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Idioms Flashcards

1
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an organization or a person that attempts to exploit a company with undervalued assets by making a hostile takeover bid

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raider

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2
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to squeeze the directors into submission

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bear hug

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3
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when a firm or investor aims to buy a substantial holding in a takeover-target company’s equity by instructing brokers to buy the shares as soon as the stock markets open

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down raid

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4
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a sudden attempt by one company to take over another one by making a public tender offer

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saturday night special

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5
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a company that tries to take control of another company by offering to buy large numbers of its shares

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black knight

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6
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a company that offers the target firm (the maiden) a way out with a friendly takeover

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white knight

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7
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buying a minority interest in a firm targeted by a black knight, a white knight, not big enough to buy a majority interest, helps out the targeted firm quite a bit with the influx of capital but does not guarantee a successful defense

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white squire

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8
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strategies that company can use when it doesn’t want to be taken over, includes affecting the value of the target’s stock in some way

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shark repellent

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9
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discouraging an unwanted takeover by offering lucrative benefits to the current top executives who may lose their job if the company is taken by another firm

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golden parachute

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10
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occurs when a large block of stock is held by an unfriendly company or rather who then forces the target company to repurchase the stock at a substantial premium to destroy any takeover attempt

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greenmail

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11
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when management threatens that in the event of a takeover, the management team will resign in the same time

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people pill

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12
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the target company aims at making its owns stock less attractive to the acquire

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poison pill

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13
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allows exciting shareholders to buy more shares at a discount and the goal is to dilute the shares held by the bidder and make the takeover bid more expensive and difficult

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flip-in poison pill

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14
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allows the stockholders to buy the acquirer’s shares at a discounted price in the event of merger

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flip-over poison pill

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15
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the takeover-target company may take actions which may lead to its ultimate destruction

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suicide pill

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16
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a tactic by which the target company issues a large number of bonds that come with the guarantee that they will be redeemed at a higher price if the company is taken over

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macaroni defense

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17
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a firm of risk arbitrage and anti-takeover strategy when a target firm implements this provision, it will make an effort to make in unattractive to the hostile bidder

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scorched-earth defense

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18
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valuable assets

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crown jewels

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19
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when the board of the directors of the target company meets to consider the bid, the “just say no”

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nancy reagan defense

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20
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when a company that is under a hostile takeover acquires its would-be buyer

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pac-man defense

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21
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to not be able to continue an activity or do something you want to do

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against a brick wall

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22
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in someone’s care; as someone’s responsibility

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on your doorstep

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23
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to enjoy yourself by going to things like parties or dances

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on the tiles

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24
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to produce the basic ideas or structures from which something much larger develops

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laid the foundation

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25
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to complete the first step in a process

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a foot in the door

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26
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to suddenly become very angry

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hit the roof

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27
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illegally or dishonestly

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through the back door

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28
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like a great weight or burden

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like a ton of bricks

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29
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a broad general view or description of a problem

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ten thousand foot view

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30
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the last possible moment that you can do something

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the eleventh hour

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31
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be very successful, have a perfect record

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be a thousand

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32
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at a disadvantage

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behind the eight ball

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33
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a new strength or energy to continue something that is an effort

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second wind

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34
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to hold back in one’s criticism

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pull the punches

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35
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not fair

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below the belt

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36
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doing badly and likely to fall

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on the ropes

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37
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saved by the timely intervention of someone or something

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saved by the bell

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38
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to signal that one is going to quit; to quit

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throw in the towel

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39
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changing the terms of a debate or a conflict after it has started

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keep moving the goalposts

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40
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a situation that is fair to all; a situation where everyone has the same opportunity

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a level playing field

41
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to support someone or something that cannot win or succeed

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back the wrong horse

42
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typical; about what one could expect

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par for the course

43
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something that you say which means that it is important to choose suitable people for particular activities because everyone has different skills

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horses for courses

44
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to talk to someone; to confer with someone briefly

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touch base

45
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exactly even, especially in a race or a contest

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neck and neck

46
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a very influential person or group; a leading company or individual in a particular market or industry

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a major player

47
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to persuade someone to support you or to continue to support you

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keep (people) onside

48
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a person of great importance or influence

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heavywight

49
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commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

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drop the ball

50
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to cooperate

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play the ball

51
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to be someone else’s move, play, or turn

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the ball’s in your court

52
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knowledgeable; competent; attentive

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on the ball

53
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a situation; state of affairs

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we are in whole new ball game

54
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to take an idea or plan and develop it further

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run with the ball

55
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feeling strange and out of place

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like a fish out of water

56
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past and forgotten

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water under the bridge

57
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spend without thinking

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spend money like water

58
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get into trouble

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land him in hot water

59
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no effect on me

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like water off a duck’s back

60
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made less forceful

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watered down

61
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is not credible

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doesn’t hold water

62
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to transfer something from one place to another, often illegally

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siphon something off

63
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to be deceived or cheated by someone

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take for a ride

64
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lie openly or brazenly, knowing that what you are saying is completely false

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lie through your teeth

65
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a dishonest method of getting money or other benefits

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on the fiddle

66
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the practice of looking over somebody’s shoulder when they are using a computer or other electronic device in order to obtain personal information

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shoulder-surfing

67
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to deceive somebody by making them believe something which is not true

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lead somebody up the garden path

68
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to finally understand the truth about something

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scales fall from your eyes

69
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to trick somebody, often by saying things that aren’t true

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pull the wool over somebody’s eyes

70
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without actual lying, a person omits important facts or gives incomplete information

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economical with the truth

71
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to lose a lot of money in an unfair way, usually by being robbed or cheated

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taken to the cleaners

72
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to be well-intentioned

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heart’s in the right place

73
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to get discouraged

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lose heart

74
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to feel disappointed

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sink heart

75
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really, really want to do or have something

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set heart on

76
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find encouragement

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take heart

77
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to care a lot about something

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close to heart

78
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to be no longer motivated to do something

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heart’s not in it

79
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trust inner feeling

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heart of hearts

80
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change one’s mind

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change of hearts

81
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to memorize something word by word

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by heart

82
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to have an intimate discussion about one’s true feelings

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heart-to-heart

83
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fundametally

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at heart

84
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to begin too soon

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to jump the gun

85
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overcome an obsticle

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to clear a hurdle

86
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to have an advantage

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to have an inside track

87
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to stay even with others

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to keep pace with

88
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to do it very well or well enough and other people try to do the same

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to set the pace

89
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to hand over a particular duty responsibility to somebody

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to hand the torch to someone

90
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to be no longer considered

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to be out of the running

91
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almost as successful as somebody or something else

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to come in a close second

92
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help someone in an action or enterprise

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give a hand

93
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it does not happen very often or exists in very small numbers

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count something on (the fingers of) one hand

94
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somebody could do something well, despite having no experience of it

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turn their hand

95
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to come to be held or possessed by the wrong person or group

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fall into the wrong hands

96
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punish someone for an offence according to one’s own ideas of justice, especially in an illegal or violent way

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take the law into one’s own hands

97
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two people or things are very closely connected or related

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hand in hand

98
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the people in one part of an organization do not know what the people in another part are doing and this is causing confusion or difficulties

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the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing

99
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to practice a skill often enough so that you do not lose the skill

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keep hand your in

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