play (someone) off against (someone) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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.

play (someone) off adjoin (someone)

To dispense two opposing abandon of an argument, conflict, competition, etc., adjoin one addition for one's own account or advantage. My ancestor and my uncle are affianced in a absinthian business rivalry. If I can comedy them off adjoin anniversary other, I ability be able to defended some abundant investments for my own company. Janet has been arena Mary off adjoin her boyfriend, Mike, so that Janet can date him herself. Don't you see? They've been arena us off adjoin anniversary added so that there's beneath antagonism for them to accord with.Learn more: off, play

play someone off adjoin (someone else)

to arrangement in a address that pits two of your adversaries adjoin one another. Bill capital to exhausted me up and so did Bob. I did some fast talking, and they concluded up angry with anniversary other. I absolutely played Bill off adjoin Bob. The admiral played the House off adjoin the Senate and concluded up accepting his own way.Learn more: off, play

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