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go out of fashion/style What does go out of fashion/style mean?	to become unfashionable	Striped pants have recently gone out of fashion.
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consider an offer What does "consider an offer" mean?	to think about an offer or proposal	The man considered the offer to buy his car.

go begging What does "go begging" mean?	to be unwanted or unused	Much food went begging when fewer people than expected came to the dinner.
act up What does "act up" mean?	to misbehave	The children began to act up during the field trip.
Quarrel with bread and butter What does "Quarrel with bread and butter" mean?	Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of the family’). If a sub-ordinate in an organisation is quarrelsome or if he is not patient enough to bear the reprimand he deserves, gets angry and retorts or provokes the higher-up, the top man dismisses him from the job. So, he loses the job that gave him bread and butter. Hence we say, he quarrelled with bread and butter (manager or the top man) and lost his job.
press one`s luck What does "press one`s luck" mean?	to depend too much on luck, to expect to continue to be lucky	My uncle is pressing his luck if he thinks that he will continue to make a lot of money on the stock market.

put (someone or something) out of one`s head/mind What does "put (someone or something) out of one`s head/mind" mean?	to try not to think about someone or something	My friend has been trying to put his girlfriend out of his mind since they stopped seeing each other.
make oneself heard What does "make oneself heard" mean?	speak loudly so you will be heard above the noise	I had to speak loudly in order to make myself heard while the loud music was playing.
trump card What does "trump card" mean?	something that is kept back to be used to win success if other things do not work	The man's trump card was his knowledge of the sales figures that nobody else knew.
gang up on (someone) What does "gang up on (someone)" mean?	to attack someone in a group	The children tried to gang up on the boy but he ran away.
black-tie event/affair What does "black-tie event/affair" mean?	a formal event where guests wear semi-formal clothes with men wearing black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets	The award ceremony for the movie awards was a black-tie affair.
come out of one's shell What does "come out of one's shell" mean?	to become more friendly or sociable	My sister's little boy came out of his shell and began to talk to everybody around him.

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Go Out Of Fashion/style Idiom