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41lie down — (lay down) vb to surrender, abase oneself. A fashiona ble euphemism in the late 1980s, partic ularly in the contexts of business and politics. It normally had the sense of giv ing up without a struggle in an adversarial situation. Sit down and… …
42sit down — vb to acquiesce, submit or suffer in silence. The opposite to standing up for oneself , sit down is a synonym for the probably more widespread lie down. The phrase has become a vogue term and a busi ness jargon expression rather than a mere… …
43buckle down — Isaac finally began to buckle down in his junior year Syn: get (down) to work, set to work, get down to business; work hard, apply oneself, make an effort, be industrious, be diligent, focus …
44rope down — verb lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside The ascent was easy roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing • Syn:… …
45To come down — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
46To come down upon — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
47To dig down — Dig Dig (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug} (d[u^]g) or {Digged} (d[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to …
48run-down — adj 1. unhealthy, in poor health, sickly, peaked, with low resistance, languishing, on one s last legs; debilitated, valetudinarian, Inf. off one s feed, below par, not oneself, laid low, Sl. in a bad way, Inf. far gone; weakened, out of… …
49rub somebody down — ˌrub sb/oneself/sthˈdown derived to rub the skin of a person, horse, etc. hard with sth to make it clean and dry • I came out of the water and rubbed myself down with a towel. Main entry: ↑rubderived …
50get down with the kids — verb To attempt to ingratiate oneself with people younger than oneself by adopting or imitating their language, mannerisms, clothing, etc, often to the derision of the people imitated …
