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have a physical (examination)

get a medical check-up Our company sent all the employees to have a physical last week.

for example/for instance

as an example；as proof； to give an example or illustration例如；举例说明
Many great men have risen from poverty， Lincoln and Edison，for example．许多伟人出身贫寒，例如林肯和爱迪生。
In physics，for example，“ to do work”means to move matter through a distance by a force．例如，在物理方面，“作功”意味着用一个力把一个物体移动一段距离。

for example instance

make an example of

punish sb． as a warning to others 杀一儆百
The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during the test．老师惩罚了考试中抄袭别人试卷的男孩以警告别的学生。
The headmaster made an example of Jane to try to stop misbehavior by the other pupils．校长对简作了惩罚，以儆戒其他同学不要调皮捣蛋。

hold up as an example

Idiom(s): hold sb or sth up (as an example)

Theme: PRAISE

to point out someone or something as a good example.
• I was embarrassed when the boss held me up as an example.
• I don't like for anyone to hold me up like that.
• The teacher held up the leaf as an example of a typical compound leaf.

cross-examine

Idiom(s): cross-examine sb

Theme: LEGAL - COURTROOM

to ask someone questions in great detail; to question a suspect or a witness at great length.
• The police cross-examined the suspect for three hours.
• The lawyer plans to cross-examine the witness tomorrow morning.

for example|example|for|for instance|instance

adv. phr. As an example; as proof; to give an example or illustration. Not only rich men become President. For example, Lincoln was born poor. There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving; for instance, training lions.
Compare: FOR ONE THING.

make an example of|example|make|make an example

v. phr. To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong. The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test. The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting him in the stocks.

example

example
see for example; make an example of; set an example.

for example

for example
Also, for instance. As an illustration of something, as in Dress casually, in blue jeans, for example, or This program has problems—for instance, it's hard to retrieve lost data. The first expression, which dates from the late 1500s, is used throughout this book to illustrate how an idiom is used. The variant dates from the mid-1600s.

get one's head examined

get one's head examined
Also, have one's head examined. One is crazy or absolutely wrong. For example, You like this food? Go get your head examined, or If you believe that story, you should have your head examined. This hyperbolic and usually jocular expression of disagreement may, thought Eric Partridge, allude to the now discredited field of phrenology, which holds that the configurations of the skull reveal mental and emotional characteristics. [Early 1900s]

hexaemeron

hexaemeron
the Hexaemeron
Bible the six-day period of the Creation

set an example

set an example
Also, set a good or bad example. Behave in a way that should (or will) be imitated, as in Dad was always telling Bill to set a good example for his younger brother, or They were afraid of setting a bad example for the other nations. [Late 1700s]

More Idioms/Phrases

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