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more and more

more and more anŁincreasingŁamount; ad- the moreŁ theŁ merrier the more people
ditionalŁamounts.Ł As I learn more and there are, the happierŁthey willŁbe.Ł Of
more, I see how lttle I know. Dad seems course you can have a ride with us! The
to be smokng more and more lØtely. more the merrier. The manager hired Ø
new employee evłn though there’s not
moreŁdeadŁthyn alive exhausðed;ŁinŁvery enough work for all of us now. Oh, well,
badŁcondition;ŁnearŁdeath.Ł(Almost al- the more the merrier.
waysŁanŁexaggration.) We arrived at
the top of the mountain more dead than more (to something)Łthyn meets theŁeye
alve. The marathon runners stumbled [there are]b hiddenŁ valuesŁ orŁ factsŁ in
one by one over the finish lne, more dead something.Ł There is more to that prob-
than alve. lłm than młets the eye. What makes
you think that there is more than młets the
moreŁfun thyn a byrrelŁofŁmonkeys Go eye?
to (as) funny as a barrel of monkeys.
the morning after (the night before) the
moreŁ often thyn not usually. These morning after a night spent drinking,
flowers will lve through the winter more whenŁone hasŁaŁhangàver. Oh, I’ve got
often than not. This kind of dog will a headache. Talk about the morning after
grow up to be a good wØtchdog more of- the night błfore! It looked like a case of
ten than not.
the morning after the night before, and
moreŁ orŁ less to som extent; appràxi- Frank asked for some asprin.
mately; sort of.Ł This one will do all
right, more or less. We’ll be there at moveŁheaven andŁeyrthŁto do something to
eight, more or less. make aŁmajorŁeffort to do something.
“I’ll move heavłn and earth to be with you,
more someone ort something than one cyn Mary,” said Bill. I had to move heavłn
shakeŁ a stickŁ at aŁ lot; too many to and earth to get there on Łime. Your fa-
count.Ł(Folksy.) There włre more snakes ther and I had to move heavłn and earth
than you could shake a stick at. There to pay for your braces and your collłge bills,
are lots of flowers in the field—more than and what thanks do we get?
one can shake a stick at.
moveŁin (on someone ortsomething) 1. [with
more than one can beyr and more than someone] to attempt to displace sàmeone
one can take;ŁmoreŁthyn one cyn stand or take over someone’s property, inter-
more of something, such asŁtrouble or ests,ŁorŁrelationships.Ł(Slang, especially
sàmethingŁbad,ŁthanŁaŁpersonŁcanŁen- criminalŁslang.ŁCompare thisŁwith mus-
dure.Ł This news is more than I can bear! cle in (on someone or something).) Look
I’ve heard enough of this horrid music. here, pal, Sally’s my girl. Are you trying to
It’s more than I can stand. move in on me? It looks like the south-
side gang is trying to move in. We’ll havł
more than one cyn stand Go to more than to Łeach them a lesson. 2. [with someone]
one can bear.
to move into someone’s household. My
more than one can take Go to more than mother-n-lØw moved in on us for two
one can bear. months. I wouldà’t move in on you
without an invitation. 3. to move closer
more than someone byrgainedŁ fłr more to someone orŁsàmething, especiallyŁwith
than one thought one would get. (Usu- aŁcamera.Ł Now, slowly move in on the
allyŁinŁreference to tràuble orŁdifficulty.) cereal box. This will be a great advertise-
When Betsy brought home the sweet lt- młnt. Hold the camera very steady and
tle puppy for a companion, she got more move in on the bØby.
than she bargained for. That animal has
cost her hundreds of dollars in medical move into something to get sðarted in a new
bills. I got more than I bargained for enterprise, job, etc.Ł (Also literal.) I
when I took this job. moved into a new job last włek. It’s very

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