to make use of sth
71presume on somebody — preˈsume on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to make use of sb s friendship by asking them for more than you should • presume on somebody to do sth I felt it would be presuming on our personal relationship to keep asking her for help. Main entry:… …
72presume upon somebody — preˈsume on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to make use of sb s friendship by asking them for more than you should • presume upon somebody to do sth I felt it would be presuming on our personal relationship to keep asking her for help. Main entry:… …
73presume on something — preˈsume on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to make use of sb s friendship by asking them for more than you should • presume on something to do sth I felt it would be presuming on our personal relationship to keep asking her for help. Main entry:… …
74presume upon something — preˈsume on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to make use of sb s friendship by asking them for more than you should • presume upon something to do sth I felt it would be presuming on our personal relationship to keep asking her for help. Main entry:… …
75rob Peter to pay Paul — 1. To deprive one person in order to satisfy another 2. To raise a loan to pay off a debt • • • Main Entry: ↑rob * * * rob Peter to pay Paul phrase to take money that was intended for one particular thing and spend it on something else Thesaurus …
76advantage — noun 1 thing that helps ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, overwhelming ▪ clear, decided, decisive …
77exploit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ daring, heroic ▪ legendary ▪ His courage and exploits were legendary. ▪ wartime ▪ military …
78pass something up — TURN DOWN, reject, refuse, decline, give up, forgo, let pass, miss (out on); informal give something a miss. → pass * * * refrain from taking up an opportunity he passed up a career in pro baseball * * * ˌpass sthˈup derived (informal) to choose… …
79wear something out — USE UP, consume, go through. → wear * * * wear something out (or wear out) 1) use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order wearing out the stair carpet | the type was used again and again until it wore out 2) wear… …
80bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… …
