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review idioms with set and pull

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  • Something that can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed
    Set a dangerous precedent
  • Cause someone to feel intense discomfort or irritation
    Set your teeth on edge
  • do one's fair share of work.
    Pull your weight
  • something is very difficult and frustrating
    Like pulling teeth
  • Put a plan into action
    Set the wheels in motion
  • prepare to start working
    Pull up your sleeves
  • to successfully deceive someone
    Pull a fast one
  • to control someone or something often in a secret way
    Pull the strings
  • describe a place or situation in which something is about to happen
    Set the scene
  • behaving in the same way for many years and do not want to change
    Set in your ways
  • To make everybody know the truth
    Set a record straight
  • To look sad and gloomy
    Pull a long face
  • have a strong desire for
    Set your heart on
  • To tell someone you don’t believe them and you think they are joking
    Pull the other one
  • get through an illness or other dangerous or difficult situation.
    Pull through
  • to make someone believe something that is not true as a joke
    Pull someone's leg
  • Hope strongly to achieve or reach something
    Set your sights on
  • make an effort to improve one's work, performance, or behaviour.
    Pull your socks up
  • Do something remarkable or sensational
    Set the world on fire
  • No longer changeable
    Set in stone