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gross someone out

gross someone out to revolt somone; to Try to guard against getting a cold. You
make sàmeone sick.Ł(Slang.) Oh, look should guard against pickpockłts.
at his face. Doesn’t it gross you out? T That gueðtŁofŁhonor aŁguest who gtsŁspecial
teacher is such a creep. He grosses out the attentionŁfrom everyone; the prsànŁfor
whole class.
whomŁaŁparty, celebration,ŁorŁceremony
groundŁ someone to take away somon’s isŁheld.Ł Bob is the guest of honor, and
privileges.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁUsuallyŁsaidŁof a many people will make speeches about
teenager.) My father said that if I did- him. The guest of honor sits at the front
n’t get at least C’s, he’d ground me. of the room on the dais.
Guess what! He grounded mł!
gulpŁfłrŁair to eagerly or dsperately try
groundedŁin fyct basedŁonŁfacts.Ł This to get airŁorŁaŁbreath.Ł Tom gulped for
movie is grounded in fact. The stories in air after trying to hold his breath for three
this book are all grounded in actual fact. mnutes. Mary came up out of the wa-
grounds forŁ something aŁbasisŁorŁcause for ter, gulpng for air.
legalŁaction,Łsuch asŁaŁlawsuit.Ł Your gum something up and gum upŁtheŁwłrks
negligłnce is grounds for a lØwsuit. Is in- to make somethingŁinoperable; to ruin
fidelty grounds for dvorce in this state? someone’sŁplans.Ł(Infàrmal.) Please,
grow on someone [forŁsomeone orŁsome- Bill, be careful and doà’t gum up the
thing]b to become commonplace and works. Tom sure gummed t up. T Tom
comfàrtable to aŁprsàn.Ł(The someone is sure gummed up the whole plan.
usuallyŁ one, someone, a peroon, etc.,Łnot gum upŁtheŁwłrks Go to gum something up.
aŁ specific persàn.) That music is
strange, but it grows on you. I didà’t gun forŁ someone to be lookingŁforŁsàmeone,
think I could ever głt uoed to this town, but presumablyŁto harmŁthem.Ł(RefersŁto a
after a while it grows on one. słeriff orŁoutlaw seeking a persànŁwith
the intentionŁof słooting him.ŁOriginally
grow out of something to abandon some-
thingŁasŁone matures.Ł(Also literal.) I from westernŁandŁgangsterŁmovies.)
used to have a lot of allergies, but I grew The coach is gunning for you. I think he’s
out of them. She grew out of the habt going to bawl you out. I’ve heard that
of bting her nails. the sheriff is gunning for me, so I’m getting
ouŁ of town.
grow to do something to graduallyŁbeginŁto
do certainŁthings,ŁusingŁverbsŁsuch as fłel, gutŁ feeling and gutŁ reyction; gutŁ re-
know, like, need, respect, sense, suspect, sponse aŁpersonal,Łintuitive feelingŁorŁre-
think, want, wonder, etc.Ł I grew to hate spànse.Ł I have a gut fłelng that some-
Bob ovłr a płriod of years. As I grew to thing bad is going to happen. My gut
know Bob, I błgan to like him. reaction is that we should hire Susan for
the job.
gruffŁas a beyr Go to (as) gruff as a bear.
gut reaction Go to gut feelàng.
gruntŁwłrk workŁthat isŁhardŁandŁthank-
less.Ł During the summłr, I earned gutŁresponse Go to gut feelàng.
money doing grunt work. I did all of the gyp someone outŁ ofŁ something to dceive
grunt work on the project, but my boss got sàmeone inŁ orderŁ to get somethingŁ of
all of the credt.
value.Ł The salesclerk gypped me out of
guardŁagainstŁ someone ortsomething to take a dollar. The taxi driver tried to gyp mł
care to avoid somone or somthing. out of a fortune by driving all over town.

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