Fall Behind Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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fall behind What does fall behind mean?	to fail to keep up with work/studies/payments etc.	I fell behind with my homework at the beginning of the term and had problems throughout the year.
fall behind What does fall behind mean?	to fail to keep up with work/studies/payments etc.	I fell behind with my homework at the beginning of the term and had problems throughout the year.
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Curry favour What does "Curry favour" mean?	If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ('Curry favor' is the American spelling.)

get one's wires crossed What does "get one's wires crossed" mean?	to get confused about something	We got our wires crossed and we both went to different places for our meeting.
close one's eyes to (something) What does "close one's eyes to (something)" mean?	to ignore something, to pretend that something is not really happening	My father closed his eyes to the problems that were happening in his company.
play possum What does "play possum" mean?	to pretend to be inactive or asleep or dead	I think that the man is playing possum and is not really sleeping.
raise a fuss What does "raise a fuss" mean?	to make trouble, to cause a disturbance	The woman at the restaurant raised a fuss when her meal arrived late.

ham it up What does "ham it up" mean?	do something silly or try to exaggerate something in a funny way	I was hamming it up with my friend in front of the principal's office.
pour out What does "pour out" mean?	to come out in great number or quantity, to stream out of a place	After the football game thousands of fans poured out of the stadium.
have the right to (do something) What does "have the right to (do something)" mean?	have the freedom or legal right to do something	The lawyer did not have the right to ask personal questions during the trial.
Tale of the tape What does "Tale of the tape" mean?	This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports; it comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight.
get going What does "get going" mean?	to begin, to act, to go	"Let's get going and begin to clean the house."
in the air What does "in the air" mean?	current, exerting an influence	It is in the air that we will be getting a new supervisor next week.

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