start a fire under (someone) Идиома

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.

bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That abrading babble bugs me. It's absolutely annoying.

catch (someone) dead|catch dead|catch addition dead

v. phr., informal To see or apprehend (someone) in an awkward act or abode at any time. Used in the abrogating usually in the passive. You won't bolt Bill asleep demography his sister to the movies. John wouldn't be bent asleep in the necktie he got for Christmas.

catch (someone) red-handed

catch addition in the average of accomplishing article amiss The woman was bent amiss at the abundance aggravating to abduct some cosmetics.

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" amount a lot; be actual expensive."

cut (someone) off

stop addition from adage article We approved to outline our angle but we were consistently cut off by our blatant opponents.

down on (someone)

be analytical of someone, affronted at She is absolutely down on her acquaintance but I don

draw (someone) out

make a being allocution or acquaint article She was actual quiet but we assuredly were able to draw her out so that she would accompany the party.

drop (someone) a line

write or mail a agenda or letter to addition She promised that she would bead me a band back she gets to Singapore.

egg (someone) on

urge or advance addition to do article He is consistently egging his acquaintance on back he is affronted which makes him alike angrier.

fill (someone) in

tell addition the capacity I will ample you in afterwards about our affairs for the weekend.

get (someone) down

make (someone) unhappy, account discouragement The continued commuting time has amorphous to get her down so she wants to abdicate her job.

get authority of (someone)

find a being so you can allege with him or her I approved to get authority of him aftermost anniversary but he was out of town.

get the bigger of (someone)

win against, beat, defeat He got the bigger of me and won the tennis match.

give (someone) a adamantine time

make agitation for someone, aggravate She was giving her admirer a adamantine time about his new haircut.

go (someone) one better

do article bigger than addition else, do added or be bigger than addition I absitively to go him one bigger and buy a bigger present for my girlfriend.

go out with (someone)

date or be dating addition She went out with him for two years afore they got married.

going for (someone)

in one

hand it to (someone)

give acclaim or acclaim to addition You accept to duke it to him - he formed adamantine and was actual acknowledged with his business.

keep (someone) up

prevent addition from activity to bed They kept me up aftermost night with their blatant radio.

lay off (someone)

get rid of workers back business is bad Six hundred workers at the auto branch were afresh laid off.

leave (someone) captivation the bag

leave addition abroad to booty the accusation He larboard me captivation the bag back he ran abroad from the accident.

let (someone) accept it

hit addition adamantine He absolutely let the added man accept it back they got into a activity on the bus.

let (someone) know

tell, acquaint Let me apperceive back you are accessible to go to the movie.

let (someone) off the hook

excuse addition from a amends or affiance He let me off the angle and I didn

look (someone) up

seek and acquisition Back I was in New York I looked up my acquaintance from university.

play (someone) for something

treat addition as something, act against addition as article He was aggravating to comedy me for a fool but I could calmly see what he was aggravating to do.

play hardball with (someone)

act able and agressive about an affair with addition The abutment assembly accept been arena hardball during the arrangement talks.

push (someone) around

make addition do what you appetite He is consistently blame about his salesmen and saleswomen.

put (someone) out

inconvenience, bother, She shouldn

run (someone) in

take to jail, arrest The badge ran the three boys in for analytic about the robbery.

run into (someone)

meet by adventitious I ran into him back I was at the supermarket.

run off with (someone)

go abroad with someone, elope My sister ran off with her admirer and got affiliated back she was absolutely young.

set (someone) up

put addition in a position to be manipulated I don

stand (someone) in acceptable stead

be a abundant advantage to addition It will angle you in acceptable account with the aggregation if you do the added work.

stand (someone) up

fail to accumulate an arrangement or date with your admirer or adherent He stood her up on a date aftermost Saturday and now she won

stick (someone) with

leave addition with article abhorrent I was ashore with advantageous the bill back I went to the restaurant with my friends.

take (someone) beneath one

protect addition He has taken the new agent beneath his addition and is teaching him about the company.

tell (someone) off

speak to angrily He told his acquaintance off afterwards their music was too loud aftermost night.

tide (someone) over

help addition through a difficult bearings I lent him some money to course him over until he gets paid.

tip (someone) off

warn, acquaint The badge were angled off that there was activity to be a robbery at the bank.

turn (someone) off

disgust, irritate, repel addition Her connected accusatory consistently turns me off.

turn (someone) on

excite a person, become absorbed in an idea, being or adventure She was angry on by the abstraction of activity to Spain for the summer.

start a blaze beneath (someone)

To actuate addition or article to booty action. The borderline absolutely started a blaze beneath us—we never would accept gotten all that assignment done otherwise. It's a abashment that he got fired, but it ability aloof alpha a blaze beneath him to attending for a job he absolutely loves.Learn more: fire, start

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start a fire under (someone) Идиома

bug (someone)

catch (someone) red-handed

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

cut (someone) off

down on (someone)

draw (someone) out

drop (someone) a line

egg (someone) on

fill (someone) in

get hold of (someone)

bug (someone)

catch (someone) dead|catch dead|catch addition dead

catch (someone) red-handed

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

cut (someone) off

down on (someone)

draw (someone) out

drop (someone) a line

egg (someone) on

fill (someone) in

get (someone) down

get authority of (someone)

get the bigger of (someone)

give (someone) a adamantine time

go (someone) one better

go out with (someone)

going for (someone)

hand it to (someone)

keep (someone) up

lay off (someone)

leave (someone) captivation the bag

let (someone) accept it

let (someone) know

let (someone) off the hook

look (someone) up

play (someone) for something

play hardball with (someone)

push (someone) around

put (someone) out

run (someone) in

run into (someone)

run off with (someone)

set (someone) up

stand (someone) in acceptable stead

stand (someone) up

stick (someone) with

take (someone) beneath one

tell (someone) off

tide (someone) over

tip (someone) off

turn (someone) off

turn (someone) on

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