#idioms
#vocabulary
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🔹Bail out on
Meaning:
Stop supporting someone when they are in trouble.
Example:
Everybody BAILED OUT ON him when the scandal broke.
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🔹I can't be doing with it
Meaning:
I am unwilling to tolerate it.
Example:
Next door are having another party and the noise is outrageous - I'm going round there to tell them I can't be doing with it.
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🔹In the heat of the moment
Meaning:
In an overwhelming situation, causing you to act rashly.
Example:
When the burglars broke in I just lashed out. I didn't think - it was just a heat of the moment reaction.
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🔹speak/talk out of turn
Meaning:
to say something that you should not have said
Example:
I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn, but I thought you already knew.
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🔹take the edge off sth
Meaning:
to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone:
Example:
Have an apple - it'll take the edge off your hunger.
Example:
His apology took the edge off her anger.
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🔹blow sth out of proportion
Meaning:
to treat a particular event orproblem far too seriously:
Example:
It's ridiculous - we have a tinydisagreement and you blow the wholething out of proportion!
Example:
Of course, when the papers get hold of a story, it's blown out of all proportion.
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🔹put years on sb
Meaning:
If something puts years on a person, it makes them appear much older:
Example:
Being tired and unhappy puts years on you
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