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41when you are in a hole, stop digging — 1988 D. HEALEY Observer in J. Care (ed.) Sayings of the Eighties It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging. 1989 U.S. News & World Report 23 Jan. CVI. iii. 46 (headline) When you’re in a hole, stop… …
42One Stop Shop (Tower Hamlets) — The One Stop Shop is a high profile face to face customer service enabling access to a wide range of services within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. One Stop Shops aim to put customers first and their officers are there to provide… …
43shut somebody up — v. force somebody to stop talking; prevent somebody from talking …
44leave somebody high and dry — verb To abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment. He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage …
45lay off somebody — ˌlay ˈoff | ˌlay ˈoff sb/sth derived (informal) used to tell sb to stop doing sth • Lay off me will you it s nothing to do with me. • lay off somebody doing sth Lay off bullying Jack. Main …
46lay somebody off — ˌlay sbˈoff derived to stop employing sb because there is not enough work for them to do Syn: make somebody redundant • 200 workers at the factory have been laid off. related noun ↑lay off Main entry: ↑ …
47on somebody's shoulders — on sb s shoulders idiom if blame, ↑guilt, etc. is on sb s shoulders, they must take responsibility for it • Stop trying to put the blame on somebody else s shoulders. Main entry: ↑shoulderidiom …
48snap somebody out of it — ˌsnap ˈout of it/sth | ˌsnap sb ˈout of it/sth idiom no passive (informal) to make an effort to stop feeling unhappy or depressed; to help sb to stop feeling unhappy • You ve been depressed for weeks. It s time you snapped out of it. Main entry:… …
49snap somebody out of something — ˌsnap ˈout of it/sth | ˌsnap sb ˈout of it/sth idiom no passive (informal) to make an effort to stop feeling unhappy or depressed; to help sb to stop feeling unhappy • You ve been depressed for weeks. It s time you snapped out of it. Main entry:… …
50turn against somebody — ˌturn aˈgainst sb | ˌturn sb aˈgainst sb derived to stop or make sb stop being friendly towards sb • She turned against her old friend. • After the divorce he tried to turn the children against their mother. Main entry: ↑turnderived …
