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put one`s foot down What does put one`s foot down mean?	to object strongly to something, to take firm action	Our boss put his foot down and did not allow any more money to be spent on company entertainment.
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sack out What does "sack out" mean?	go to bed; get in bed; go to sleep
shoulder to shoulder What does "shoulder to shoulder" mean?	side by side, with a shared purpose	The children were standing shoulder to shoulder during the exercise class.
learn by rote What does "learn by rote" mean?	learn or memorize something without thinking about it	We learned many verbs by rote in the foreign language class.
get down to the nitty-gritty What does "get down to the nitty-gritty" mean?	to get down to the basic facts	The teacher called us into her office to get down to the nitty-gritty of what had happened earlier.
dirt What does "dirt" mean?	scandal; story with sordid details

piggy bank What does "piggy bank" mean?	a small bank/container for saving money that is sometimes in the shape of a pig	The small boy saved much money in his piggy bank.
back down (from someone or something) What does "back down (from someone or something)" mean?	to fail to carry through on a threat to do something	The government backed down from their plan to sell the national airline.
from head to toe What does "from head to toe" mean?	from the top of one's head to one's feet	I dressed warmly from head to toe before I went outside.
put one's foot in one's mouth What does "put one's foot in one's mouth" mean?	to say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation	I put my foot in my mouth and said that I did not like fish just before my friend served me fish at the dinner party.

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Put One`s Foot Down Idiom