Let (someone) Go Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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let (someone) go What does let (someone) go mean?	discharge someone from a job, fire someone	The company has decided to let several hundred workers go in order to become profitable again.
let (someone) go What does let (someone) go mean?	free someone from prison or from an arrest	The courts decided to let the man go because there was no evidence to keep him in prison.
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scratch (someone`s) back What does "scratch (someone`s) back" mean?	do a favor for someone in the hope that they will do something for you	If you scratch the supervisor's back he will help you when you need help.

walk arm-in-arm (with someone) What does "walk arm-in-arm (with someone)" mean?	to walk with one's arms linked with someone else	The two girls walked arm-in-arm down the street.
too … by half What does "too … by half" mean?	too much; excessively; extremely.	You are too crazy by half.
reliance on (someone or something) What does "reliance on (someone or something)" mean?	trust and dependence on someone or something	I think that my father has too much reliance on his business partner and it is causing him problems.

pale around the gills What does "pale around the gills" mean?	to be looking sick	The man looked pale around the gills when he left the boat.
full steam ahead What does "full steam ahead" mean?	with as much energy and enthusiasm as possible	It was full steam ahead with the project to build the new stadium.
When in Rome, do as the Romans What does "When in Rome, do as the Romans" mean?	This idiom means that when you are visiting a different place or culture, you should try to follow their customs and practices.
Horse of a different color What does "Horse of a different color" mean?	Unlike the subject at hand.	Bush and Reagan are both credible, but Clinton is a horse of a different color. Horses are registered at birth and the registration includes a record of their color. When a horse trades hands due to sale, the registration is also transferred. Sometimes the color recorded on the registration may not match the actual color of the horse leading one to suspect the horse is not the one in the registration. Horses sometimes change color as they age, just as some people's hair changes color. More likely the horse is not the one represented on the registration but is actually an entirely different horse.

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Let (someone) Go Idiom