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Take a punt

To  take  a chance, to attempt or try something, to make a bet.

(Be) up to scratch

Spiral downward

Set in stone

1. To be very difficult or impossible to change. The schedule isn't  set in stone , but we'd like to stick to it pretty closely. 2.  no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone" carved in stone unchangeable  - not changeable or subject to change; " a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life.

Push back

1.to  arrange  a  later  time for something The  deadline  has been  pushed  back two  weeks . 2.push something back to/until something :  Can I  push  back our  meeting  to 27 May?

Selling point

a  characteristic  of a  product  that will  persuade   people  to  buy  it

A handful of times

Left someone aghast

On a wind up

Turn to mush

Raring to go

Follow smth through

to name (but) a few

Make up ground

off the book

on/off the somebody's books

Spread (oneself) thin

on/along the lines of

In line with sth

In the line of duty

Running joke

Shore up smh

Sure up

1. Make safer, more secure, more sure.

A match made in heaven

Get smth off your chest

Take a sabbatical from smth

balloon up

come at a cost

By the skin of your teeth

1. If you do something by the skin of  your   teeth , you only just  succeed  in doing it. 2. In a single word, the idiom means  ‘narrowly’  or  ‘barely’  and it is commonly used to refer to a narrow escape from disaster or to imply that you succeeded in doing something but  ‘only just

Leave it late

You delay doing it so that when you eventually do it, it is useless or ineffective.

From all quarters

From many people and places

A Lightning rod

Bear a resemblance

Have a field day

1. to take  advantage  of an  opportunity  to do something you  enjoy . 2. to  gain   advantage  or  success  from a  situation ,  esp . one that is  bad  for someone  else . 

Home and dry

Play the devil's advocate

Take a swipe

Take (something) into consideration

Relish dreams

Wipe the floor with someone

Swirl around

To spread and circulate among a particular group of people or in response to the actions of a particular person or thing. Fearful uncertainty has been swirling around the population as the government continues to threaten its secession from the trade union. P/s: Scandal continue to swirl around the disgraced movie producer as more and more people come forward to allege abuse and mistreatment. 

feel the strain/under the strain

Be no exception

Double as someone or something

a letdown

Stake a claim

Dead man walking

Look out for (someone)

hand over

Crystal clear

hit back

Pave the way

Hurl abuse at

in a bid

In an attempt

In broad daylight

Within striking distance

Be out in force

1. Present somewhere in large numbers. 2. Appearing or operating in a large, unified group; present at full strength, as of an army.

Echo down/through the ages

Foot the bill

Go (one's) separate ways

Big up

Have a soft spot

Put up a good/poor show

1. to do something  well ​/​ badly They put up a  poor  show against the  stronger   team . 

Have/Get the impression

Keep someone/something apart

Lifeline

Head and shoulders above

Wade into smth

1. To become involved in a difficult situation, often without thinking carefully. 2. To enter a fight, a discussion or an argument in an aggressive or not very sensitive way.

lace his boots

Pipe down

1. Stop talking. 2. Be less noisy

Jet off

1. To depart and travel by airplane. 2. To fly somewhere. 

Hold your head (up) high

To be very confident and proud

In vain

1. without  success  or a result  We  walked  on,  looking  in  vain  for a  taxi 2.  To no avail, useless, without purpose

Go into free fall

To experience a sudden, rapid, and uncontrollable decline (e.g., in value, reputation, success, etc.) that continues unabated for an indefinite length of time

Pass the time

to let time or a period of time go by especially while doing something enjoyable