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21find one's tongue — find (or lose) one s tongue be able (or unable) to express oneself after a shock …
22find — I. verb (found; finding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English findan; akin to Old High German findan to find, Latin pont , pons bridge, Greek pontos sea, Sanskrit patha way, course Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to come… …
23find — verb (past and past participle found) 1》 discover by chance or deliberately. ↘(find something out or find out about something) discover information or a fact. ↘succeed in obtaining: he s struggling to find the money for the trip.… …
24find one's feet — stand up and become able to walk. ↘establish oneself in a particular field. → find …
25find it in one's heart to do something — allow or force oneself to do something I ask you to find it in your heart to forgive me …
26find a friendly bush — verb To urinate or defecate or to seek relative privacy for that purpose; to relieve oneself, particularly outdoors …
27orient oneself — find one s position in relation to unfamiliar surroundings. → orient …
28reorient oneself — find one s bearings again. → reorient …
29wet oneself — Verb. To laugh heartily, to find something particularly amuzing. A shortening of wet oneself laughing. E.g. I wet myself when I saw how ridiculous she looked in that hat. Cf. piss oneself laughing …
30make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ …