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| To stop by: |
to visit or stop somewhere briefly (also: to drop by, to drop in on). ‘To drop by’ and ‘to drop in on’ are used for visits that are unplanned or unexpected. |
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| To drop (someone) a line: |
to write a note to someone. |
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| To give (someone) a call: |
to telephone. |
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| To come across: |
to meet or find unexpectedly (also: to run across); to be perceived or judged as (also: to come off). |
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| To cross one’s mind: |
to come to one’s thoughts unexpectedly or briefly, to occur to one. |
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| To stand for: |
to represent, to signify; to tolerate. The second definition is usually used in a negative sense. The meaning is the same as ‘to put up with’ in Lesson 19. |
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| To stand a chance: |
to have the possibilty of accomplishing something. This idiom is often used with an adjective such as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’. It also occurs in the negative, sometimes with the adjective ‘much’. |
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| To look on: |
to watch as a spectator, to observe. |
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| To look up to: |
to admire, to respect greatly. |
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| To look down on: |
to feel superior, to think of someone as less important. |
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| To take off: |
to leave the ground (for airplanes); to leave, often in a hurry. The noun form ‘takeoff’ derives from this idiom. |
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| To pull off: |
to succeed in doing something difficult; to exit to the side of a road (also: to pull over). |
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