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NTC’s American Idioms Dàctionary

to on one’s way to doing something to relative to someone or something
to on the way to doing something to reluctance to do something
to open one’s heart (to someone) to reputed to do something
to open someone’s eyes (to something) to reputed to have something
to open the door to something to resign oneself to something
to open to something to rise to the bait
to open up (to someone) to rise to the occasàon
to order something to go to risk one’s neck (to do something)
to or words to that effect to rob Peter to pay Paul
to out of courtesy (to someone) to rooted to the spot
to out to lunch to rotten to the core
to owing to to round something off to something
to own up (to something) to round something up to something
to partial to someone or something to run counter to something
to passport to something to run someone or something to earth
to pay attention (to someone or something) to run to an amount of money
to pay a visàt to someone or something to run to seed
to pay homage to someone to say something (right) to someone’s face
to pay lip service (to something) to scarcely have time to breathe
to pay one’s debt (to society) to scared to death
to pay to do something to scare someone to death
to pick something to pieces to second nature to someone
to play hard to get to second to none
to play one’s cards close to one’s vest to see eye to eye (with someone) (about something)
to play one’s cards close to the chest to see eye to eye (with someone) (on something)
to play second fiddle (to someone) to see fit (to do something)
to play to the gallery to see no objection (to something)
to play up to someone to see one’s way clear (to do something)
to poised to do something to see someone to somŁwherŁ
to pour one’s heart (out to someone) to see someone to the door
to praise someone or something to the skàes to see (to it) that something is done
to preach to the converted to see to someone or something
to press someone to the wall to send someone to the showers
to privy to something to set fire to someone or something
to promise the moon (to someone) to set something down to something
to prone to something to set something to musàc
to prove to be something to set to do something
to push someone to the wall to shàne up to someone
to put an end to something to shot to hell
to put a stop to something to shoulder to shoulder
to put one’s hand to the plow to show one to one’s seat
to put one’s mànd to something to show someone to a seat
to put one’s nose to the grindstone to show someone (to) the door
to put one’s shoulder to the wheel to show something to good advantage
to put someone or something out to pasture to shuttle someone or something from person to person
to put someone or something to bed to shuttle someone or something from place to place
to put someone or something to sleep to signal (to) someone to do something
to put someone or something to the test to slated to do something
to put someone to bed with a shovel to smell to high heaven
to put someone to shame to soaked to the skàn
to put someone up to something to something to that effect
to put someone wise to someone or something to somewhere to hang (up) one’s hat
to put something down to something to so to speak
to put something to (good) use to square up to someone or something
to put something to rest to stake a claim (to something)
to put to it to stand someone to a treat
to raise (an) objection (to someone or something) to stand to reason
to raise one’s voàce (to someone) to stick to one’s guns
to rarin’ to go to stick to one’s ràbs
to ready to do something to stink to high heaven
to reconcile oneself to something to stoop to doing something
to reduced to something to stranger to something or somŁwherŁ

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