spent (verb)
61keep track — verb keep informed of fully aware I keep track of the stock market developments • Ant: ↑lose track • Hypernyms: ↑know, ↑cognize, ↑cognise • Verb Frames: Somebody …
62knock back — verb cost a certain amount My daughter s wedding set me back $20,000 • Syn: ↑set back, ↑put back • Hypernyms: ↑cost, ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …
63muck about — verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house • Syn: ↑putter, ↑mess around, ↑potter, ↑tinker, ↑monkey, ↑monkey around, ↑muck around …
64muck around — verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house • Syn: ↑putter, ↑mess around, ↑potter, ↑tinker, ↑monkey, ↑monkey around, ↑muck about …
65crank out — verb To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine. The teenager spent hours cranking out volumes of bad poetry …
66prat about — verb a) To waste time doing pointless or silly things What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done. b) To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted. I spent the weekend pratting about with the central… …
67talk a mile a minute — verb to speak quickly or excessively They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute and then went home and phoned each other! See Also: a mile a minute …
68look for — verb To search; to seek. He spent his life looking for the truth …
69muscle up — verb a) To train the muscles for increased size and strength. We spent the summer trying to muscle up for football next term. b) To force ones way into or through. There are only about ten tables, so youll probably have to wait or just muscle up… …
70shoot the moon — verb a) To hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means. The Army, making its first attempt to shoot the moon, had spent weeks fussing over the Juno II, a 60 ton Jupiter IRBM with a spike of high speed rockets. b) To attain great heights, a high …
