American Idioms and Expressions

Fire Away At (someone Or Something) Idiom

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fire away at (someone or something)
What does fire away at (someone or something) mean?		 to shoot at someone or something, to ask many questionsThe students began to fire away at the speaker after he finished his speech.

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for free
What does "for free" mean?		 for no charge or costWe were able to get a television set from our neighbor for free.
Man of straw
What does "Man of straw" mean?		 A weak person that can easily be beaten of changed is a man of straw.
bench
What does "bench" mean?		 remove a player from a game (usually basketball, football, or baseball). He got benched after four missed throws.
kangaroo court
What does "kangaroo court" mean?		 an illegal court formed by a group of people to settle a dispute among themselves The military court in the small country was a kangaroo court that permitted the military to do whatever they wanted.

have contact with (someone)
What does "have contact with (someone)" mean?		 communicate with someoneThe government has had no contact with the kidnappers for several weeks.
ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
What does "ferret (information or something) out of (someone)" mean?		 to get something from someone by being persistentI worked hard to ferret the time and place of the party out of my friend.
do a job on
What does "do a job on" mean?		 destroy; ruin; harm (somebody or something)
ESP
What does "ESP" mean?		 Extrasensory Perception Extrasensory PerceptionThe movie was about a small boy who had the ability of ESP.
grate on (someone's) nerves
What does "grate on (someone's) nerves" mean?		 to annoy or bother someone The woman who I work with grates on my nerves. She is very irritating.

pan out
What does "pan out" mean?		 to end or finish favorably, to work out well"I hope that your plans to go back to school pan out."
tied up
What does "tied up" mean?		 to be busyI was tied up yesterday and did not have enough time to telephone my friend.
thumbs up on (someone or something)
What does "thumbs up on (someone or something)" mean?		 to be in favor of someone or somethingEverybody cheered when it was announced that we had voted thumbs up for a new holiday in the winter.
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