T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[tat]
See: [TIT FOR TAT].
[tax trap] {n.}, {informal}
Predicament in which taxpayers in middle-income brackets are required to pay steeply progressive rates of taxation as their earnings rise with inflation but their personal exemptions remain fixed, resulting in a loss of real […]
[tea]
See:
[CUP OF TEA] also [DISH OF TEA].
[teach a lesson] {v. phr.}
To show that bad behavior can be harmful.
When Johnny pulled Mary's hair, she taught him a lesson by breaking his toy boat.
The burns Tommy got from playing with matches taught him a lesson.
[team up with] {v. phr.}
To join with; enter into companionship with.
My brother prefers to do business by himself rather than to team up with anybody else.
[tear around] {v. phr.}
To be constantly on the go; dash around.
No one can understand how she manages to tear around from one social event to another and yet be a good mother to her children.
[tear down] {v.}
1. To take all down in pieces; destroy.
The workmen tore down the old house and built a new house in its place.
2. To take to pieces or parts.
The mechanics had to tear down the engine, and fix it, and put it together again.
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[tear into] {v. phr.}
To attack vigorously, physically or verbally.
The anxious buyers tore into the wedding gowns on sale at the famous department store.
See: [RIP INTO].