to experience sth
1experience — 1 noun 1 KNOWLEDGE/SKILL (U) knowledge or skill gained while doing a job (+ in): Karl has considerable experience in modern methods of diagnosis. | political/teaching/computing etc experience: The job requires no secretarial experience. |… …
2experience — ex‧pe‧ri‧ence [ɪkˈspɪəriəns ǁ ˈspɪr ] noun [uncountable] 1. knowledge or skill gained from doing a particular job: • He is a high up executive who has years of experience in advising investors • Applicants will normally have at least two years… …
3experience — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extensive, great, long, vast, wide ▪ limited, little …
4put something down to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex …
5chalk something up to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex …
6take sth away — UK US take sth away Phrasal Verb with take({{}}/teɪk/ verb [T] (took, taken) ► to remove something: »The federal government threatened to take away $1 billion in highway funds. take sth away from sb/sth »The amendments are not really taking any… …
7build up sth — UK US build up (sth) Phrasal Verb with build({{}}/bɪld/ verb (built, built) ► [I or T] to increase in quantity, or to add more of something so it increases in quantity: build up shares/stock/wealth »At this time of year, stores are building up… …
8build sth on sth — UK US build (sth) on sth Phrasal Verb with build({{}}/bɪld/ verb (built, built) ► [T] to develop something that was started in the past or created by someone else: »The study builds on research by the nation s leading geneticists. »She built her… …
9plunge in/plunge into sth — Ⅰ. UK US plunge in/plunge into sth Phrasal Verb with plunge({{}}/plʌndʒ/ verb [I or T] ► [I or T] to suddenly start doing something in an active and enthusiastic way: »The Zurich insurance group has plunged headlong into fund management in… …
10plunge into sth — Ⅰ. UK US plunge in/plunge into sth Phrasal Verb with plunge({{}}/plʌndʒ/ verb [I or T] ► [I or T] to suddenly start doing something in an active and enthusiastic way: »The Zurich insurance group has plunged headlong into fund management in… …
