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Non-vulgar alternative to “Don't care a ____”
I don't care a whit what you do with my old clothes.
1 Webster's Third New International Dictionary s.v. whit2
2 The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs s.v. didn't care a whit …
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Alternative idiom to "phone it in"
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
go through the motions
Do something perfunctorily, or merely pretend to do it. …
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"Speak to" vs. "Speak with"
What are the differences between these two phrasal verbs and what are the best situations to use each? …
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A phrase that basically means 'change your mind a second time to go back to your original idea'
Citations:
1 The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © 2002
2 The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition © 2005
2 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal … Verbs © 2005 …
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Idiom for making fun of something people are ashamed of?
[McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs] …
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Why "go off", as in "alarm went off"?
The phrasal verb to go on already has the meaning of to continue. …
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What do you call the facial expression or the state just before bursting into tears?
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We have a phrasal verb in Farsi for describing this state and we use it for kids or adults, but when we hear it about a kid we would definitely think of a baby with this facial expression specially …
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Verb that describes voters putting a politician out of office by voting for a different cand...
vote out phrasal verb [transitive]
to remove a person or political party from a position by voting
[Macmillan]
The multi-word verb is optionally separable (They surprisingly voted Churchill out …
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Verb for 'luck'
Maybe you could use "lucked out" meaning
to be very lucky
[Cambridge English Dictionary]
It's considered a "phrasal verb with luck verb".
Might work for you. …
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More eloquent idiom/expression for the phrase "cut it at the roots/source to prevent the pro...
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
to put an end to something before it develops into something larger. …
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Idiom for someone who buys all the best gear to do something before they even have a basic p...
(McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.) …
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Do "sleep in" and "oversleep" mean the same thing? If so, what is hidden after "sleep in?"
sleep in Phrasal verb
Remain asleep or in bed later than usual in the morning. …
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login and payoff are nouns. But can they be used as verbs?
Pay off and log in are phrasal verbs. The first is always transitive and, as such, allows the particle off to be moved. We can say ‘Will you pay off your credit card this month?’ … These are compelling reasons for verbs such as these to be written as separate words. …
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What's the most commonly used opposite of "I'm happy for you"?
feel for someone
— phrasal verb
to experience sympathy for someone:
- I know she’s unhappy, and I feel for her.
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Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of words?
(McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. S.v. "like stink." [2002] Retrieved August 11 2016 from http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/like+stink. … Likewise, but to a lesser degree, 'stink', although the phrasal context and history of use of the phrase strongly indicate that 'stink' in the sportscaster's use is admiring, rather than insulting. …
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