[hang up] {v.} 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. * /When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom./ 2a. To place […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hang together

[hang together] {v.} 1. To stay united; help and defend one another. * /The club members always hung together when one of them was in trouble./ Syn.: [STICK TOGETHER]. Compare: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hang by a thread

[hang by a thread] or [hang by a hair] {v. phr.} To depend on a very small thing; be in doubt. * /For three days Tom was so sick that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hang in the balance

[hang in the balance] {v. phr.} To have two equally possible results; to be in doubt; be uncertain. * /Until Jim scored the winning touchdown, the outcome of the game […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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put aside

[put aside] {v. phr.} 1. To save; put something aside for a special purpose. * /Peter puts $100 aside every week./ 2. To […]

talk back

[talk back] also [answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher […]

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If at first you do succeed--try to hide your astonishment.

cheesebox

[cheesebox] {n.}, {slang} A small, suburban house built by a land developer available at low cost and resembling the other […]

have it

[have it] {v. phr.} 1. To hear or get news; understand. * /I have it on the best authority that we will be paid for our work […]