Idioms

take up a collection
to gather something together, to collect something
We decided to take up a collection in order to get money to repair the old building.

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  • take up arms against (someone or something)
  • take up where one left off
  • take up with (someone)
  • taken aback
  • taken for dead
  • talk (someone's) ear off
  • talk (someone's) head off
  • talk (someone) down in price
  • talk (someone) into (doing something)
  • talk (someone) out of (doing something)
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  • keep up with the Joneses
  • made to measure
  • out of practice
  • warm the cockles of one's heart
  • warm the bench
  • warm up
  • wouldn't touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
  • knock (someone's) block off or knock off (someone's) block
  • take aim at (someone or something)
  • draw in one's horns


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