- pet peeve
plural noun: pet peeves
something that a particular person finds especially annoying.
"one of my biggest pet peeves is poor customer service" - As for correctness, conditions without parentheses are a recipe for silly mistakes.
- a person to whom one turns for help or support; also called go-to person.
- meet with someone
to have a meeting with someone. I will meet with all of them on Monday. When can I meet with you?
See also: meet, with
meet with something
- [for someone] to experience something, such as an accident. Poor Carlo met with a serious accident. Henry always feared meeting with a horrible fate.
- [for someone or something] to strike or touch something. That board is supposed to meet perfectly with the surface of the wall. Her head met with the top of the car a number of times during the journey.
- to encounter some kind of response. The proposal met with unexpected opposition. Her speech was met with universal approval.
- at a push
phrase of push
1.
BRITISHinformal
if absolutely necessary; only with a certain degree of difficulty.
"there's room for four people, or five at a push"
synonyms:
if necessary, in case of necessity, if need be, if needs must, if forced,if all else fails, in an emergency"at a push, you could use a disk editor to recover files" - bells and whistles
phrase of bell
1.informal
attractive additional features or trimmings. - allow something for something
- to allocate a share or a suitable amount of something, such as time, money, space, etc., for some activity or goal. I allowed only an hour for lunch. They did not allow enough money for their expenditures this month.
- to give consideration to circumstances or contingencies. We allowed room for expansion when we designed the building. Allowing for his youth and lack of experience, I forgave him completely for his oversight.
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hook it up
make it happen
about the goods for the party - my friend who works the streets said he could hook it up. - An out of the box feature or functionality (also called OOTB or off the shelf), particularly in software, is a feature or functionality of a product that works immediately after installation without any configuration or modification.[1]
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It also means that it is available for all users by default, and are not required to pay additionally to use those features, or needs to be configured. - wrap my brain around it
Make sense of.
"That algebra equation is really difficult. I can't wrap my brain around it" - blow someone or something over
[for the wind] to move strongly and upset someone or something. The wind almost blew us over. The tornado blew the shed over.
See also: blow - do justice to sb/sth
(also do sb/sth justice)
C2 to treat someone or something in a way that is fair and shows their or its true qualities:
This postcard doesn't do justice to the wonderful scenery. - in addition
Also; as well.
in addition to
Over and above; besides. - start someone over
to cause someone to begin again; to lead someone to begin again. The orchestra messed up the first few bars, so the conductor started them over again. I hope the conductor doesn't start us over again. This is getting boring to play.
See also: start
start over
to begin again. I have messed this up so much that there is nothing to do now but start over. When you start over, try to do it right this time.
