put the bite on (one) イディオム
set (one) back
cost How much did your new suit set you back?
give (one) up for|give|give one up for|give up|giv
v. phr. To abandon hope for someone or something.
After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.
keep (one) posted|keep one posted|keep posted
v. phr. To receive current information; inform oneself.
My associates phoned me every day and kept me posted on new developments in our business.put the chaw on (one)
To ask or burden addition for a accommodation or donation of money. Jane's good-for-nothing brother is consistently comes artful about our abode every brace of weeks to put the chaw on us for a few bucks. The alumni affiliation of my old university puts the chaw on me already or alert a year attractive for a donation.Learn more: bite, on, putput the chaw on someone
and put the blow on someoneSl. to try to get money from someone. Tom put the chaw on me for ten dollars. Bill put the blow on me, but I told him to balloon about it.Learn more: bite, on, putput the chaw on someone
AMERICAN, INFORMALIf you put the chaw on someone, you ask them for something, abnormally money. If you allocution to them, they'll put the chaw on you for a cigarette and bus fare.Learn more: bite, on, put, someoneput the chaw on
blackmail; blackmail money from. North American & Australian informal 1955 Ray Lawler Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Your money's runnin' out you apperceive you can't put the chaw on me any more. Learn more: bite, on, putput the chaw on someone
tv. to try to get money out of someone. You’re consistently putting the chaw on me for a few bucks. Go away. Learn more: bite, on, put, someone
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