to let sb stew

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• let someone stew (in their own juice) — formal phrase to deliberately leave someone to worry about something that they have done wrong Thesaurus: to make someone worried or nervoussynonym Main entry: stew …   Useful english dictionary

• let somebody stew in their own juice — let sb stew in their own ˈjuice idiom (informal) to leave sb to worry and suffer the unpleasant effects of their own actions Main entry: ↑stewidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• stew in your own juice/juices — see ↑stew, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑juice stew in your own juice/juices informal : to worry and suffer because of something that you did Let him stew in his own juices for a while. • • • Main Entry: ↑stew …   Useful english dictionary

• stew — [[t]stju͟ː, AM stu͟ː[/t]] stews, stewing, stewed 1) N VAR A stew is a meal which you make by cooking meat and vegetables in liquid at a low temperature. She served him a bowl of beef stew... They made a stew. 2) VERB When you stew meat,… …   English dictionary

• stew — I UK [stjuː] / US [stu] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms stew : singular stew plural stews a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in liquid ladling out the lamb stew • in a stew II UK [stjuː] / US [stu] verb… …   English dictionary

• stew — stew1 [ stu ] noun count or uncount a dish made by cooking vegetables, and usually meat or fish, slowly in liquid: ladling out the lamb stew in a stew INFORMAL very nervous, worried, or confused about something stew stew 2 [ stu ] verb… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stew in your own juice —    If you let someone stew in their own juice, you leave them to worry about the consequences of their own actions.     Ricky spent last night in prison for starting a fight let him just stew in his own juice! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• stew in one's own juice — {v. phr.}, {informal} To suffer from something that you have caused to happen yourself. * /John lied to Tom, but Tom found out. Now Tom is making John stew in his own juice./ * /I warned you not to steal those apples. You got caught, and you can… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stew in one's own juice — {v. phr.}, {informal} To suffer from something that you have caused to happen yourself. * /John lied to Tom, but Tom found out. Now Tom is making John stew in his own juice./ * /I warned you not to steal those apples. You got caught, and you can… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• leave someone to stew — leave (someone) to stew if you leave someone to stew, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. I could have said a few comforting words and made him feel better but I thought I d let him… …   New idioms dictionary

• leave to stew — leave (someone) to stew if you leave someone to stew, you leave them to worry about something bad that has happened or something stupid they have done. I could have said a few comforting words and made him feel better but I thought I d let him… …   New idioms dictionary