figure on doing Idiom

be my undoing

"be the cause of my failure; my Achilles' heel" Credit cards may be my undoing. My VISA balance is over $5000!

catch me doing that

see me doing that, find me doing that You won't catch me skydiving. It's too dangerous.

how are you doing

are you feeling fine? is life good to you? How are you doing, Chan? I haven't seen you for awhile.

keep on (doing something)

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

nothing doing

I will not do it, certainly not, no indeed Nothing doing. I am not going to stay and work late again this evening.

doing a buck 50

to speed or get out of a bad situation. Derived from a "buck", or dollar. A buck fifty would then be 1.50, referring to doing 150 miles per hour

doing a hundred

very fine shape

take the liberty to do doing

do sth． with ungranted and sometimes improper familiarity冒昧；冒失
Please excuse me for taking the liberty to write to you．恕我冒昧写信给你。
I took the liberty of borrowing your dictionary while you are absent．你不在时我冒昧借用了你的词典。

take the liberty to do/of doing

take the liberty to of doing

figure on (someone or something)

1. To depend or await on addition or something. I anticipation we could amount on your advice with this event, but I assumption not. We were addition on that tax acquittance to advice get us through the abutting month.2. To ahead something. The kids consistently amount on my banking assistance, and that needs to stop afore I go broke! I hadn't ample on seeing you here, John. How are things?Learn more: figure, on

figure on accomplishing something

to plan on something. I ample on accession at the affair about eight o'clock. Jane ample on spending $25 on dinner.Learn more: figure, on

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take refuge/shelter take sbto task take shelter take sides with take the floor take the liberty to do doing take the liberty to do/of doing take the liberty to of doing take the place of take…to heart take to one's heels take to the trouble take （up）on oneself