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make sb hesitate

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  • make no bones about (doing) something — make no bones about (doing) sth idiom to be honest and open about sth; to not hesitate to do sth • She made no bones about telling him exactly what she thought of him. Main entry: ↑boneidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • hesitate — 01. When he asked her to marry him, she only [hesitated] a second before saying yes. 02. When someone knocked on her door late at night, she [hesitated], walked to the door, and peered through the peephole. 03. I [hesitate] to recommend him for… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • hesitate — verb ADVERB ▪ a little, slightly ▪ briefly, momentarily ▪ (for) a minute, (for) a moment, (for) a second, etc …   Collocations dictionary

  • make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

  • make no bones about it —    If somebody make no bones about a scandal in their past, they are open and honest about it and show no shame or embarrassment.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you make no bones about something, you don t hesitate to say something in …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • hesitate — Synonyms and related words: alternate, back down, balance, balk, be dilatory, blench, boggle, call a recess, debate, delay, deliberate, demur, dither, equivocate, falter, fear, fight shy of, filibuster, flinch, fluctuate, fumble, gain time, halt …   Moby Thesaurus

  • make no bones about —    If you make no bones about something, you don t hesitate to say what you think in a frank and open way.     I made no bones about it. I told him his offer was unacceptable …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • make no bones about something —    If you make no bones about something, you don t hesitate to say something in a frank and open way.     I made no bones about it. I told him his offer was unacceptable …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • hesitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. falter, waiver, shrink, demur; pause. See doubt, stammering, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, stutter, fluctuate, vacillate, pause, stop, hold off, hold back, be dubious, be uncertain …   English dictionary for students

  • To make no bones — Bone Bone (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make scruple — Scruple Scru ple, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed stone, the twenty fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of stone, ? a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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