C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[charge off] {v.}
1. To consider or record as a loss, especially in an account book.
The store owner charged off all of the last season's stock of suits.
Syn.: [WRITE OFF] (1).
2. or [charge up] {informal}
To accept or remember (something) as a […]
[charge something to something] {v.}
1. To place the blame on; make responsible for.
John failed to win a prize, but he charged it to his lack of experience.
The coach charged the loss of the game to the team's disobeying his orders.
2. To […]
[charge up] {v. phr.}
1. To submit to a flow of electricity in order to make functional.
I mustn't forget to charge up my razor before we go on our trip.
2. To use up all the available credit one has on one's credit card(s).
* /"Let's charge […]
[charge with] {v. phr.}
To accuse someone in a court of law.
The criminal was charged with aggravated kidnapping across a state line.
[charmed life] {n.}
A life often saved from danger; a life full of lucky escapes.
He was in two airplane accidents, but he had a charmed life.
During the war a bullet knocked the gun out of his hand, but he had a charmed life.
[cheapskate] {n.}, {informal}
A selfish or stingy person; a person who will not spend much. — An insulting term.
None of the girls like to go out on a date with him because he is a cheapskate.
[cheat on someone] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be unfaithful (to one's wife or husband, or to one's sweetheart or fiancee).
It is rumored that Joe cheats on his wife.