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failing (verb)

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  • failing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major, serious (esp. BrE), worst ▪ Vanity is her worst failing. ▪ common, human ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • hold up — verb 1. be the physical support of; carry the weight of (Freq. 4) The beam holds up the roof He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam What s holding that mirror? • Syn: ↑hold, ↑support, ↑sustain …   Useful english dictionary

  • amount to — [verb] add up to, become, come to, develop into, equal, mean, total * * * amount to [phrasal verb] amount to (something) 1 : to produce (a total) when added together The bill amounted to 10 dollars. They have debts amounting to thousands of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cop out — verb choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider • Syn: ↑opt out • Derivationally related forms: ↑copout • Hypernyms: ↑choose, ↑prefer, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • opt out — verb choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider • Syn: ↑cop out • Derivationally related forms: ↑copout (for: ↑cop out) • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • follow — verb GO BEHIND 1 (I, T) to walk, drive, run etc behind someone else, going in the same direction as them : follow sb/sth: If you ll just follow me, I ll show you to the office. | Tom Selleck walked in, followed by a crowd of photographers. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • dress down — verb 1. censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrape by — verb manage one s existence barely I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary • Syn: ↑scrape along, ↑scratch along, ↑squeak by, ↑squeeze by, ↑rub along • Hypernyms: ↑cop …   Useful english dictionary

  • communicate — verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Latin communicatus, past participle of communicare to impart, participate, from communis common more at mean Date: 1526 transitive verb 1. archaic share 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hold up — verb Date: 1851 transitive verb 1. to rob at gunpoint 2. delay, impede 3. to call attention to ; single out < his work was held up to ridicule > < hold this up as perfection Times Literary Supplement > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flunk out — verb a) To fail to finish school, or a given subject or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks). He flunked out of high school as a youth, but finished school later in life. b) …   Wiktionary

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