go for (smb.)
31play smb for smth — treat someone as something, act toward someone as something He was trying to play me for a fool but I could easily see what he was trying to do …
32will have smb do smth — заставить (кого л. сделать что л.) His father will have him go in for medicine, the house master said. None can have him wear a formal dress for any function. The examiner will have him give the proper answer. Source: (Arakin 4, 10) …
33Dob smb. in — inform on somebody, contribute money, nominate someone for a task …
34Get up smb. — 1. (of a male) have sex with (someone); 2. successfully stir or annoy someone; rebuke somebody, e.g. The boss got up me for being late …
35dob smb. in — Australian Slang inform on somebody, contribute money, nominate someone for a task …
36get up smb. — Australian Slang 1. (of a male) have sex with (someone); 2. successfully stir or annoy someone; rebuke somebody, e.g. The boss got up me for being late …
37what will you do for a face when the monkey wants its arse back? — Australian Slang smb. is ugly …
38go\ smb\ one\ better — v. phr. informal To do something better than (someone else); do more or better than; beat. Bill s mother gave the boys in Bill s club hot dogs for refreshments, so Tom s mother said that she would go her one better next time by giving them hot… …
39as far as smb/smth is concerned — (from Idioms in Speech) as far as somebody (something) is involved, as to somebody; inasmuch as something involves one As far as I m concerned I ve never danced a step since I married. (W. S. Maugham) Betty found a place for us here, and as far… …
40bring home the importance of smth to smb — make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting …