Idioms

(not) stand for (something)
to not allow something to happen, to not permit something, to not tolerate something
Our teacher will not stand for students coming to his class late.

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  • (on the) spur of the moment
  • (one's) chickens have come home to roost
  • (one's) goose is cooked
  • (one's) hair stands on end
  • (one's) hands are tied
  • (the) odd (something)
  • a brush with the law
  • a case in point
  • a case of mistaken identity
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  • in part
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  • ask (someone) out or ask out (someone)
  • a holy terror
  • do with (someone or something)
  • no hard feelings
  • con (someone) out of (something)


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