F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[figure in] {v.}
1. {informal}
To add to a total; remember to put down in figures.
We figured in the travel expenses but forgot the cost of meals.
2. To have a part in; be partly responsible for.
Joe figured in all our touchdowns.
* /Mary's […]
[figure on] {v.}
1. To expect and think about while making plans.
We did not figure on having so many people at the picnic.
He figured on going to town the next day.
Syn.: [PLAN ON].
2. To depend on; be; sure about.
* /You can figure on […]
[figure out] {v.}
1. To find an answer by thinking about (some problem or difficulty); solve.
Tom couldn't figure out the last problem on the arithmetic test.
Sam couldn't figure out how to print a program until the teacher showed him how.
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[figure up] {v. phr.}
To calculate; add up.
If you can figure up how many phone calls I've made from your home, I will pay you right away.
[fill (in) the gap] {v. phr.}
To supply a missing piece of information; provide a clue during the course of solving a mystery.
Sherlock Holmes said, "These fingerprints are bound to fill the gap in our investigation."
[fill in] {v.}
1. To write words needed in blanks; put in; fill.
You should fill in all the blanks on an application for a job.
2. {informal}
To tell what you should know.
The new boy didn't know the rules so Bob filled him in.
* /The […]
[fill one's shoes] {v. phr.}
To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for.
When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes.
Joe hopes to fill his father's shoes.
See: [IN ONE'S SHOES].
[fill out] {v.}
1. To put in what is missing; complete; finish; {especially}, to complete (a printed application blank or other form) by writing the missing facts in the blank spaces; to write down facts which are asked for in (a report or application.)
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[fill the bill] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be just what is needed; be good enough for something; be just right.
The boss was worried about hiring a deaf boy, but after he tried Tom out for a few weeks, he said that Tom filled the bill.
* /I thought […]