to take the ground
11get off the ground — verb get started or set in motion, used figuratively (Freq. 2) the project took a long time to get off the ground • Syn: ↑take off • Hypernyms: ↑start, ↑go, ↑get going • …
12To bite the ground — Bite Bite (b[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Bit} (b[i^]t); p. p. {Bitten} (b[i^]t t n), {Bit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Biting}.] [OE. biten, AS. b[=i]tan; akin to D. bijten, OS. b[=i]tan, OHG. b[=i]zan, G. beissen, Goth. beitan, Icel. b[=i]ta, Sw. bita, Dan.… …
13Up from the Ground — infobox music festival music festival name = Up from the Ground location = Gemünden am Main/Steinwiesen, Germany years active= 2000 present dates = August genre = Extreme metal website= [http://www.uftg.de/ www.uftg.de] Up from the Ground is an… …
14drive into the ground — drive/run/work (yourself) into the ground to work so hard that you become very tired or ill. He ll run himself into the ground if he doesn t take some time off …
15run into the ground — drive/run/work (yourself) into the ground to work so hard that you become very tired or ill. He ll run himself into the ground if he doesn t take some time off …
16work into the ground — drive/run/work (yourself) into the ground to work so hard that you become very tired or ill. He ll run himself into the ground if he doesn t take some time off …
17take the shame — vb British to accept the blame (publicly and/or wholeheartedly) or face the criticism of one s peers. A key phrase in the play ground vocabulary of London teenagers since the later 1970s. The concept is from black speech; shamed up is another… …
18take the high ground — idi to take a position of advantage or superiority …
19How to Grow a Woman from the Ground — Infobox Album | Name = How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Type = Album Artist = Chris Thile Released = September 12, 2006 Recorded = Sear Sound Recording Studios Genre = Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass Length = Label = Sugar Hill Producer =… …
20To take the place of — Place Place (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space …
