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If you do not commit to a position in an argument, you...
 
Sit on the fence
 
Stand by the door
 
Lie by the chair
 
Sit in the driveway
To yield to someone or something else
 
Give way to
 
Give path to
 
Give door to
 
Give room to
To revise something
 
Go over
 
Go under
 
Go now and be free!
 
Go after
If something is not equal to something else, then it...
 
Lags behind
 
Creeps behind
 
Sneaks behind
 
Rolls behind
If something is based on fact, then it is...
 
Grounded in fact
 
Mounded in fact
 
Stacked on fact
 
Born in fact
Connected to a source
 
Rooted in
 
Earthed by
 
Stemmed in
 
Treed up
To waste a skill, talent, or opportunity is to...
 
Throw it away
 
Throw it up
 
Throw it off
 
Throw it before
To gain employment is to be...
 
Taken on
 
Taken up with
 
Taken off by
 
Taken through something
To start doing something new or difficult
 
Embark on
 
Begin on
 
Start on
 
Commence on
To give someone an unfriendly welcome
 
Cold shoulder
 
Hard elbow
 
Hot potato
 
Sharp tongue
A good thing that seemed bad at first
 
A blessing in disguise
 
A blessing in the clouds
 
A blessing in the stars
 
A blessing hidden in your soup
Don't give up
 
Hang in there
 
Hang through it
 
Hang about it
 
Hang towards it
Calm down!
 
Pull yourself together!
 
Pull your hands apart!
 
Pull your thumbs up!
 
Pull your fingers over!
To get upset about something
 
To get bent out of shape
 
To get broken out of shape
 
To get moulded into heat
 
To get folded into steel
To test or attempt
 
Try out
 
Try before
 
Try of
 
Try beside
When you don't notice how much time has gone by because you're enjoying yourself...
 
Time flies when you're having fun
 
Time dies when you're having fun
 
Time lies when you're having fun
 
Time cries when you're having fun
To refuse someone or something
 
Turn down
 
Turn up
 
Turn over
 
Turn under
If you are not punished for doing something wrong, you....
 
Get away with it
 
Go through with it
 
Make do with it
 
Put up with it
To have an affair!
 
Cheat on
 
Cheat upon
 
Cheat beyond
 
Cheat behind
When something gets out of control, it.....
 
Gets out of hand
 
Gets out of sight
 
Get out of mind
 
Get out of my house!
To discover the solution to something
 
Figure out
 
Figure in
 
Figure up
 
Figure about
To concentrate on something
 
Knuckle down
 
Buckle up
 
Listen by
 
Trickle into
To be eager for something
 
Be up for
 
Be in for
 
Be at for
 
Be left for
To exhaust someone...
 
Wear out
 
Wear in
 
Wear for
 
Wear up
To deliberately annoy someone
 
Wind up
 
Wind down
 
Wind in
 
Wind out
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