spent (verb)
71knock over — verb a) To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up. b) To rob; to stage a heist The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week. See Also …
72run around after — verb To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves. I have spent all morning running around after the kids …
73thrash out — verb To discuss something so fully as to resolve a problem or conflict; to hammer out. They spent an afternoon on it, but thrashed out a solution in the end …
74pick someone's brain — verb To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone. After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense …
75reimburse — verb To compensate with pay or money; especially, to repay money spent on ones behalf. The company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip …
76take a tumble — verb a) To fall off something, or down something. Prince Charles spent the night in the hospital after he took a tumble off his horse yesterday while playing polo and briefly lost consciousness. b) To fall in price or value. Acme Industries… …
77unbend — verb a) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. He spent the afternoon shaping a swagger stick from the branch of jarrah and talking with Miss La Rue, who had sufficiently unbent toward him to… …
78scale down — verb a) To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion b) To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something Ant: scale up …
79scrump — verb /ˈskɹʌmp/ To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard. (weve all seen trees, and arent Adam and Eve condemned for having gone scrumping?; interestingly a great philosopher recalled Saint Augustine spent a lot of his long life …
80max out — verb a) To reach the limit of ones capabilities. Ive spent all afternoon shopping and maxed out my credit card. b) To reach a maximum or a point at which no more growth or improvement is possible …
