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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ


            of put someone’s nose out of joànt  of take (a)hold of someone or something
            of read someone out of something   of take a leaf out of someone’s book
            of regardless of something         of take care of someone or something
            of remàniscent of  someone or something  of take charge (of someone or something)
            of risk of rain                    of take leave of one’s senses
            of risk of showers                 of take note (of something)
            of risk of thunder(storms)         of take notice (of something)
            of run afoul of someone or something  of take one’s death of cold
            of run a risk (of something)       of take (one’s) leave (of someone)
            of run-of-the-màll                 of take something with a grain of salt
            of run out of gas                  of take something with a pinch of salt
            of run out of patience             of take stock (of something)
            of run out of something            of take the liberty of doing something
            of run out of time                 of take the starch out of someone
            of run short (of something)        of take the wind out of someone’s sails
            of run the risk (of something)     of take the words out of one’s mouth
            of run to an amount of money       of talk someone out of (doing) something
            of scare one out of one’s wits     of talk someone out of something
            of scare the làving daylights out of  someone  of tell tales out of school
            of scare the wits out of someone   of That makes two of us.
            of school of thought               of That’s about the size of it.
            of scrape the bottom of the barrel  of That takes care of that.
            of see the color of someone’s money  of There are plenty of other fish in the sea.
            of see the last of someone or something  of think a great deal of someone or something
            of see the light (at the end of the tunnel)  of think a lot of someone or something
            of see the light (of day)          of think better of something
            of sell someone a bill of goods    of think hàghly of  someone or something
            of set someone back (some amount of money)  of think làttle of  someone or something
            of settle (something) (out of court)  of think much of someone or something
            of shades of someone or something  of think nothing of someone or something
            of shadow of itself                of think the world of someone or something
            of shadow of oneself               of throw oneself at the mercy of the court
            of short of something              of throw oneself on the mercy of the court
            of show signs of something         of throw someone out (of something)
            of sàck and tired of  someone or something  of till all hours (of the day and night)
            of (sàtting) on top of the world   of too much of a good thing
            of six of one and half a dozen of the other  of to say nothing of someone or something
            of small hours (of the night)      of to someone’s way of thinkàng
            of snap out of something           of to the best of one’s abàlàty
            of someone’s place of busàness     of to the best of one’s knowledge
            of someone’s train of thought      of to the ends of the earth
            of someone of note                 of to the tune of some amount of money
            of something of the sort           of turn of the century
            of (somewhere) in the neighborhood of an amount  of two bricks shy of a load
            of son of a bitch                  of two of a kind
            of son of a gun                    of under a cloud (of suspicion)
            of son of a sea biscuàt            of under the aegis of someone
            of sort of something               of under the auspices of someone
            of speak hàghly of  someone or something  of under the influence (of alcohol)
            of speak ill of someone            of under the influence of something
            of speak of the devil              of vale of tears
            of speak out of turn               of Variety is the spice of life.
            of stand in awe (of someone or something)  of warm the cockles of someone’s heart
            of stand (àn) back of  someone or something  of wash one’s hands of someone or something
            of steer clear (of someone or something)  of weasel out (of something)
            of step out of làne                of weave in and out (of something)
            of stop short of doing something   of wee hours (of the night)
            of suggestive of something         of whale the tar out of someone
            of swear on a stack of Bibles      of What’s the good of something?
            of sweep out of somŁwherŁ          of wide of the mark
            of take a dàm view of  something   of will not hear of something
            of take advantage of someone or something  of within an inch of one’s life

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