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keep (someone) company What does keep (someone) company mean?	sit and stay with someone (especially someone who is lonely or sick)	I stayed home last night so that I could keep my mother company.
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Off the top of your head What does "Off the top of your head" mean?	If you say something off the top of your head, you don't think about it beforehand.
go over (something) What does "go over (something)" mean?	to examine or review something	The accountant will go over the numbers tomorrow.
wheels What does "wheels" mean?	transportation in a car; a car
bite off more than one can chew What does "bite off more than one can chew" mean?	to try to do more than you can deal with	I am trying not to bite off more than I can chew so that I do not overwork myself.
a leading question What does "a leading question" mean?	a question that suggests the kind of answer that you want to hear	The lawyer asked the man a leading question when he asked him why he had lied about the money. He had never lied about money.

words stick in one's throat What does "words stick in one's throat" mean?	one can hardly speak because he or she is so overcome by emotion	I tried to ask the girl in my class out for a date but the words stuck in my throat and I couldn't say a thing.
fit (someone) into a schedule What does "fit (someone) into a schedule" mean?	to be able to enter someone into a schedule and have time to see him or her	The doctor was not able to fit me into her schedule.
take a nap What does "take a nap" mean?	to have a brief period of sleep	I stopped to take a nap before I continued driving to see my parents.
Feast today, famine tomorrow What does "Feast today, famine tomorrow" mean?	If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow.
out of line What does "out of line" mean?	to be unacceptable, to be not correct	His proposal to travel to New York is out of line. We can never accept it.

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Keep (someone) Company Idiom