somebody of a charge
11at somebody's discretion — at sb s diˈscretion idiom according to what sb decides or wishes to do • Bail is granted at the discretion of the court. • There is no service charge and tipping is at your discretion. Main entry: ↑discretionidiom …
12put somebody in their place — put sb in their ˈplace idiom to make sb feel stupid or embarrassed for showing too much confidence • At first she tried to take charge of the meeting but I soon put her in her place. Main entry: ↑placeidiom …
13bear down — verb 1. exert a force with a heavy weight (Freq. 1) The snow bore down on the roof • Syn: ↑drag down, ↑bear down on, ↑press down on, ↑weigh down • Hypernyms: ↑press …
14take care — verb 1. be careful, prudent, or watchful (Freq. 9) Take care when you cross the street! • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. be in charge of or deal with …
15murder — mur|der1 W2S3 [ˈmə:də US ˈmə:rdər] n [Origin: Partly from Old English morthor, partly from Old French murdre] 1.) [U and C] the crime of deliberately killing someone →↑manslaughter ▪ On the night the murder was committed , he was out of the… …
16head — head1 W1S1 [hed] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top of body)¦ 2¦(mind)¦ 3¦(calm/sensible)¦ 4¦(person in charge)¦ 5¦(front/leading position)¦ 6¦(crazy)¦ 7 a head/per head 8¦(river/valley)¦ 9 come to a head 9 bring something to a head …
17lead — lead1 W1S1 [li:d] v past tense and past participle led [led] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take somebody somewhere)¦ 2¦(go in front)¦ 3¦(be in charge)¦ 4¦(cause something to happen)¦ 5¦(cause somebody to believe something)¦ 6¦(influence)¦ 7¦(be more successful)¦… …
18turn on — verb 1. cause to operate by flipping a switch (Freq. 12) switch on the light turn on the stereo • Syn: ↑switch on • Ant: ↑switch off (for: ↑ …
19run — run1 W1S1 [rʌn] v past tense ran [ræn] past participle run present participle running ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly using your legs)¦ 2¦(race)¦ 3¦(organize/be in charge of )¦ 4¦(do something/go somewhere quickly)¦ 5¦(buses/trains etc)¦ …
20have — have1 W1S1 [v, əv, həv strong hæv] auxiliary v past tense and past participle had [d, əd, həd strong hæd] third person singular has [z, əz, həz strong hæz] [: Old English; Origin: habban] 1.) used with past participles to form ↑perfect tenses ▪… …
