Set 1

Question 0

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here

Answer 0

Prov. If you come in, be prepared for the worst.

Describes a hopeless situation or one somehow similar to hell. Often used jocularly.

Question 1

an A FOR EFFORT

Answer 1

Fig. acknowledgement for having tried to do something, even if it was not successful. (*Typically: get ~ ; give someone ~ .)

Question 2

ABANDON oneself TO something

Answer 2

To yield to the comforts or delights of something.

Question 3

Abandon ship

Answer 3

1. Lit. to leave a sinking ship.

Question 4

ABANDON someone or something TO someone or something

Answer 4

To leave a person, living creature, or thing to the care of someone or something; to give up someone or something to someone or something.

Question 5

ABBREVIATE something TO something

Answer 5

1. and abbreviate something as something to make specific initials or an acronym out of a word or phrase.

Question 6

the ABCs OF something

Answer 6

Fig. the basic facts or principles of something.

Question 7

ABDUCT someone FROM someone or something

Answer 7

To take away or kidnap a person from someone or from a particular place, usually in secret.

Question 8

ABET someone IN something

Answer 8

To help someone in some deed; to help someone do something illegal.

Question 9

ABIDE BY something

Answer 9

To follow the rules of something; to obey someone’s orders.