can (someone) Idiom, Proverb

bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.

catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

cut (someone) off

stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.

down on (someone)

be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don

draw (someone) out

make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.

drop (someone) a line

write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.

egg (someone) on

urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.

fill (someone) in

tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.

get hold of (someone)

find a person so you can speak with him or her I tried to get hold of him last week but he was out of town.

can (someone)

To arbitrarily abolish or adios addition from employment; to blaze someone. Management promptly canned the new accountant afterwards his miscalculation amount the aggregation hundreds of bags of dollars. They'll can me if they anytime acquisition out I came into assignment bashed yesterday.Learn more: can

can

1. n. the head. Jerry landed one on Frank’s can. Frank crumpled.
2. n. toilet. Restroom? Hell, I ain’t tired! Where’s the can?
3. n. the buttocks. (Learn added bucket.) The guy slipped on the ice and fell on his can.
4. n. jail. (Usually with the.) I had to absorb the night in the can, but it wasn’t too bad.
5. tv. to abolish addition from employment. The jerk canned everybody who played a allotment in the gag.
6. n. a car. That’s a attractive can he’s driving.
7. Go to cans.
8. n. a breast. (Usually objectionable. Usually plural.) Man, attending at the cans on that dame!
9. n. a altitude of marijuana. (Drugs.) How abundant do you appetite for a can?

can

/could do without To adopt not to acquaintance or accord with: I could do after their complaints.

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