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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  • (not) worth a cent
  • (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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  • strike out at (someone or something)
  • get going
  • go belly up
  • shoot up (someone or something)
  • in check
  • foist (something) off on (someone) or foist off (something) on (someone)
  • peg away (at something)
  • come home to (someone)
  • give (someone) the shirt off one's back
  • last but not least


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