to make sth out of
81worm something out of somebody — ˌworm sth ˈout of sb derived (informal) to make sb tell you sth, by asking them questions in a clever way for a long period of time • We eventually wormed the secret out of her. Main entry: ↑wormderived …
82flatten something out — ˌflatten sthˈout derived to make sth completely flat Main entry: ↑flattenderived …
83reason something out — WORK OUT, think through, make sense of, get to the bottom of, puzzle out; informal figure out. → reason * * * ˌreason sth ˈout derived to try and find the answer to a problem by using your power to think in a logical way Syn: figure out …
84even out — UK US even (sth) out Phrasal Verb with even({{}}/ˈiːvən/ verb ► to become regular or equal, or to make something do this: »Adding money to your portfolio a little at a time will even out a lot of unpredictable fluctuations. »Investors are waiting …
85roll out — UK US roll out Phrasal Verb with roll({{}}/rəʊl/ verb ► MARKETING to make a new product, service, or system available for the first time: »A media campaign is expected to roll out early next year. roll sth out »The company plans to roll out the… …
86price yourself out of the market — phrase to charge such high prices for your products that customers stop buying them Thesaurus: setting, controlling and changing prices and costshyponym prices and costssynonym Main entry: price * * * price yourself out of the market : to make… …
87ride something out — come safely through something, esp. a storm or a period of danger or difficulty the fleet had ridden out the storm * * * ˌride sthˈout derived to manage to survive a difficult situation or time without having to make great changes • Do you think… …
88mete something out (to somebody) — ˌmete sthˈout (to sb) derived (formal) to give sb a punishment; to make sb suffer bad treatment • Severe penalties were meted out by the court. • the violence meted out to the prisoners Main entry: ↑ …
89comb something out — ˌcomb sthˈout derived to pull a ↑comb through hair in order to make it neat or to remove knots from it Main entry: ↑combderived …
90bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… …
