take the lot

  • 1take a lot of - — (or some) be difficult to do or effect in the specified way he might take some convincing …

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  • 2take the heat off someone — take the heat off (someone) to stop people criticizing or attacking someone. If your deputy admitted responsibility and resigned, it would take a lot of the heat off you …

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  • 3take the heat off — (someone) to stop people criticizing or attacking someone. If your deputy admitted responsibility and resigned, it would take a lot of the heat off you …

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  • 4take the fall for someone — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …

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  • 5take the fall for something — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …

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  • 6take the fall for — take the fall (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …

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  • 7take the fall — (for (someone/something)) to accept responsibility for something. The team s general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well …

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  • 8take [a lot of/some etc.] stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for …

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  • 9take a lot of stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for …

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  • 10take the cake — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take the first prize; be the best; rank first. * /Mr. Jones takes the cake as a storyteller./ 2. To be the limit; to be the worst; have a lot of nerve; be a very rude, bold, or surprising action. * /I let Jack borrow my… …

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