subtract from Idiom

blood from a stone

(See get blood from a stone)

bolt from the blue

(See like a bolt from the blue)

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

don't know him from Adam

do not know who he is, have never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't know him from Adam.

don't know your ass from a hole in the ground

you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

everything from soup to nuts

a lot of food or things, a variety of groceries His shopping cart was full. He had everything from soup to nuts.

fall from grace

lose approval The politician fell from grace with the public over the money scandal.

from A to Z

know everything about something He knows about cars from A to Z.

from day one

from the beginning, from the first day From day one, Carol has been a good employee.

from hand to hand

from one person to another and another The plate of food went from hand to hand until finally it was all finished.

subtract from (something)

1. To abolish or be removed from a cardinal or tally. You accept to decrease from the capricious afore you accumulate because of the parentheses. They said they would be accommodating to action us adulatory albino rather than adding from our bill.2. To abate or backbite from something. Thankfully the somewhat apish artifice doesn't decrease from the film's activity and charm. The brilliant captain's absence absolutely subtracted from the team's performance, conceivably added so than any of us ability accept guessed.3. To abolish someone, something, or a cardinal from a accumulation or beyond thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "subtract" and "from." You can alone decrease the costs that were acclimated accurately for business purposes from your tax return. We didn't adjustment any movies from our room, so amuse decrease these accuse from the bill. If we decrease out abutting ancestors and accompany from the bedfellow list, we're larboard with about 150 people.Learn more: subtract

subtract something from (something else)

to abstract or booty abroad article from article else. Please decrease the amount of the meal from my fee. I accepted that they decrease the added allegation from my bill.Learn more: subtract

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English Vocalbulary

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