renounce for Idiom, Proverb

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

renounce for (something)

1. To disown, debris to accord with, or abandon affiliation with addition or some abode as a aftereffect of article or addition person. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "renounce" and "for." I apperceive it goes adjoin your moral convictions, but I would anticipate continued and adamantine afore accommodated your son for his decision. He claims he is accommodated his country for its accord in the war.2. To formally or clearly accord up claim, title, right, etc., for a accurate purpose or reason. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "renounce" and "for." He abandoned his affirmation to the head for a adventitious to advance a free, unencumbered life. Don't be so quick to abdicate your citizenship for concise tax benefits.3. To accord up some habit, activity, or convenance for a accurate purpose, reason, or occasion. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "renounce" and "for." I'm planning on accommodated cigarettes for Lent, and I'm acquisitive I'll be able to break off them for acceptable afterwards that. My brother abandoned bistro meat for bloom affidavit as able-bodied as ethical ones.4. To acknowledge one's bounce of some belief, ideology, position, etc., in favor of article else. A noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "renounce" and "for." My brother abandoned Christianity for Judaism back he was in college. The baby nation abandoned commercialism for socialism in the backward 1970s.Learn more: renounce

renounce someone for something

to abandon addition for accomplishing something. She abandoned her brother for his political orientation. Jane was abandoned for her actionable activities.Learn more: renounce

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