wanted (verb)
71make it up to — verb to pay back, to return someone a previous good deed. After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner …
72cater — verb /ˈkeɪtər/ a) To provide food professionally for a special occasion. Did you hire someone to cater our party next week? b) To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve. I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim …
73spill one's guts — verb a) To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive. At first, the suspect would not tell us anything about the other participants in the crime. But after being offered a… …
74talk someone's ear off — verb To talk excessively or far more than is wanted or appreciated. If he can get you on the phone, hell talk your ear off, every time. See Also: work ones arse off, work ones butt off, work ones tail off …
75bite one's tongue — verb To forcibly prevent oneself from speaking, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute. After the comments she made about homosexuals, I wanted to scream at her, but I bit my tongue instead. Syn:… …
76disband — verb to break up or cause to cease to exist The president wanted to disband the scandal plagued agency …
77give away the store — verb To transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party. But he left the impression he wanted, of a man prepared to be conciliatory who would never give away the store …
78nostrify — verb /ˈnɒs.tɹɪ.faɪ,ˈnɑs.tɹə.faɪ/ a) To nostrificate; to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university. The status of academic school is conferred on any institution by a special law, and only academic schools are authorized to confer… …
79protract — verb a) To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. No one wanted Nicolette at the discussion, as she would protract the debate long beyond any reasonable limit with her tedious and tangential arguments. b) To use a protractor. Syn: prolong …
80snap someone's head off — verb To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark. Pas awfully cranky, Mrs. Cox said resignedly. Hes always been that way! You cook him corn beef thats the night he wanted pork chops; sometimes… …
