be the butt of something Idiom, Proverb

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

be the base of the joke

To be the article of an calumniating or biting joke. I like blind out with my brother and his friends, alike admitting I'm consistently the base of his jokes. Due to their adverse announcement attack aftermost month, the aggregation has been the base of abounding jokes on the Internet lately.Learn more: butt, joke, of

be the base of something

be the being or affair that added bodies generally antic about or criticize: She was the base of some actual barbarous jokes. Base in this byword agency ambition and was acclimated in the action of archery (= cutting arrows).Learn more: butt, of, something

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