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meet up with

Categories: time verb
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[meet up with]  {v. phr.}
To meet by accident; come upon without planning or expecting to.
When he ran around the tree, Bob suddenly meet up with a large bear.
The family would have arrived on time, but they met up with a flat tire.
Categories: time verb
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meet with

Categories: experience verb
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[meet with]  {v.}
1. To meet (someone), usually by accident.
In the woods he met with two strangers.
Syn.: [COME UPON].
2. To meet together, usually by plan; join; have a meeting with.
The two scouts met with the officers to talk about plans for the march.
3. To experience (as unhappiness); suffer (as bad luck); have (as an accident or mishap).
The farmer met with misfortune; his crops were destroyed by a storm.
The traveler met with an accident on the road.
Categories: experience verb
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go halfway

Categories: verb
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[go halfway] or [go halfway to meet one] or [meet one halfway]  {v. phr.}
To give up part of what you want or to do your share in reaching an agreement with someone.
Our neighbors are willing to go halfway to meet us and pay their share for a fence between our houses.
Bob wants to make up after your fight and you should meet him halfway.
If you're willing to go halfway with us, we'll be friends again.
Bill met Mary halfway after their argument.
Categories: verb
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make ends meet

Categories: money verb
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[make ends meet]  {v. phr.}
To have enough money to pay one's bills; earn what it costs to live.
Both husband and wife had to work to make ends meet.
Categories: money verb
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meet one's match

Categories: verb
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[meet one's match]  {v. phr.}
To encounter someone as good as oneself.
The champion finally met his match and lost the game.
Categories: verb
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meet one's eye

Categories: verb
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[meet one's eye]  {v. phr.}
To be in plain view or come into plain view; appear clearly or obviously.
When John rounded the bend, a clear blue lake met his eye.
On a first reading the plan looked good, but there was more to it than met the eye.
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meet one's Waterloo

Categories: verb
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[meet one's Waterloo]  {v. phr.}
To be defeated; lose an important contest.
After seven straight victories the team met its Waterloo.
John fought instead of running, and the bully met his Waterloo.
(After Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo.)
Categories: verb
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meet one's death

Categories: death verb
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[meet one's death]  {v. phr.}
To die.
Algernon met his death in a car accident.
Categories: death verb
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make both ends meet

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[make both ends meet]
See: [MAKE ENDS MEET].
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meet halfway

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[meet halfway]
See: [GO HALFWAY].
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