be hard pressed to (do something) Idiom, Proverb

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

be fed up with (with addition or something)

be out of backbone (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at article I approved adamantine but I am abiding that I blew the final algebraic assay aftermost week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy abundant or adequate enough) to do article I don

fill (something) in

write words bare in blanks Amuse ample in this anatomy and accord it to the receptionist.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can activate to relax again.

get authority of (something)

get control of Back you get authority of a concordance could you amuse let me see it for a few minutes.

get on with (something)

continue to do; achieve progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone almost His son is actual adamantine on shoes.

have (something) activity for one

have ability, aptitude or acceptable looks She has a lot activity for her and I am abiding that she will get the new job.

have had it (with addition or something)

can

keep (something) beneath one

keep article abstruse I plan to accumulate my affairs to administer for a new job beneath my hat.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is absent-minded and keeps on authoritative the aforementioned mistakes over and over.

let (something) go

pay no absorption to, carelessness She seems to be absolution her actualization go back she absent her job.

let (something) ride

continue after alteration a bearings We should balloon about his contempo problems at assignment and aloof let the accomplished amount ride.

look (something) up

search for article in a concordance or added book I

not to blow (something) with a ten-foot pole|not

v. phr. To accede article absolutely abominable or uninteresting. Some bodies won't blow appearance with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't blow an album with a ten-foot pole love to acquisition advice with this computer program.

play on/upon (something)

cause an aftereffect on, access They played on his animosity of bareness to get him to appear and buy them banquet every night.

pull (something) off

accomplish article arresting He absolutely is advantageous in actuality able to cull off the new business alliance with no problems.

put (something) over on someone

fool, ambush He was aggravating to put article over on his bang-up back he said that he was ailing and couldn

put (something) accomplished addition (negative)

be afraid by what addition does I wouldn

ram (something) down one

force one to do or accede to article not capital She consistently tries to ram her account down our throats which makes us actual angry.

ram (something) down someone's throat

force one to do or accede to article not capital The advocate rammed the adjustment down our throats alike admitting we were not blessed with it.

run into (something)

hit article or blast into article His car ran into the added car on the highway.

run out (of something)

use up, appear to an end The car ran out of gas in the average of the countryside.

run up adjoin (something)

encounter They ran up adjoin abounding problems back they were architecture the freeway.

see about (something)

check into article I

see to (something)

attend to or do article I will see to the rental car and you can see to the aeroplane tickets.

sick of (someone or something)

bored with, animosity I anticipate that she is ailing of alive overtime every day.

try (something) out

test We were not accustomed to try the computer out afore we bought it.

be hard-pressed to (do something)

To attempt to do or achieve something, abnormally because it seems impossible. You'll be hard-pressed to acquisition a bigger guy than Bill. Come on—if we don't leave soon, we'll be hard-pressed to get there on time.Learn more: to

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