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51play up something — play up (something) to make something more easily noticed. The report plays up the benefits of the plan but doesn t say much about the costs. Instead of being defeated by her cancer treatment, she played it up, even showing off her bald head at… …
52bring something up — 1. tv. to mention something. (Standard English.) □ Why did you have to bring that up? CD Then they brought up the question of money. 2. tv. to vomit something up; to cough something up. CD See if you can get him to bring up the penny. CD I did,… …
53take something into your own hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] …
54in place of someone or something — in place of (someone or something) (or in someone s or something s place) : as a substitute or replacement for someone or something Use milk in place of [=instead of] water for creamier hot chocolate. In place of butter, olive oil was served with …
55Life or Something Like It — Infobox Film name = Life or Something Like It caption = Film poster amg id = 1:260905 imdb id = 0282687 writer = John Scott Shepherd Dana Stevens starring = Angelina Jolie Edward Burns Stockard Channing Christian Kane Tony Shalhoub director =… …
56put something down to experience — put (something) down to experience British, American & Australian, American & Australian to decide that instead of being upset about something bad that you have done or that has happened, you will learn from it. I m so ashamed. I let him take… …
57rustle up something — rustle up (something) to make or get something quickly. Instead of eating out, she rustled up a romantic little dinner. They want $100 by tomorrow, and I can t rustle that amount up so quickly …
58let something ride — informal 1) to allow a situation to continue instead of dealing with it immediately The longer you let it ride, the harder it will be to fix later. 2) to not react to something that someone says, especially something annoying …
59sweep something under the carpet — sweep (something) under the carpet British, American & Australian, American & Australian to try to hide a problem or keep a problem secret instead of dealing with it. The incident has forced into the open an issue that the government would rather …
60zero in on something — zero in (on (something)) to direct your attention to one particular thing. My son s teacher was able to zero in and deal with his problems. She needs to really zero in on what s important instead of going off on a lot of tangents …
