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adown[əʹdaʋn]
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be up and down Идиома

a downer (drug)

a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.

a downer (sadness)

an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

back down

yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bed down

lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

blow me down

I am very surprised, I do not believe it Well, blow me down, Olive. You can cook spinach, too!

bog down

slow to a stop The negotiations bogged down when the union said they would not negotiate about the part-time workers.

break down

fail, not operate, out of order If that copier breaks down again I'm going to give it away.

breakdown

sudden health failure, fall apart After his breakdown, he found an occupation with less stress.

be up and down

1. To be alternately blessed and sad, as due to abasement or a alarming event. My dad's been absolutely up and down anytime aback he absent his job at the factory. I was absolutely abashed as to why I was so up and down afterwards accepting my baby, until my doctor told me about the babyish blues.2. To go aback and alternating amid success and failure. Things were a bit up and down in the aboriginal few years of the business, but now we're seeing abiding accumulation advance anniversary month.Learn more: and, down, up

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break the news break the record break the silence break through break up break up (with someone) break your fall break your heart breakdown breath of fresh air breath of wind breathe a sigh of relief breathe down my neck breathe down one breathe easy breathe one's last brick be under (one's) wing be under (someone's) care be under (someone's) spell be under a microscope be under control be under no illusion be under orders be under par be under suspicion be under the cosh be under the illusion that be under the impression that be under the impression that... be under the microscope be under the pump be under the spell of (someone) be under the wing of (someone) be under way be up be up (one's) alley be up (one's) ass be up (oneself) be up a/the creek (without a paddle) be up against it be up and around be up and down be up for (something) be up for grabs be up on be up on (something) be up the creek without a paddle be up the duff be up the pole be up the spout be up the stick be up to (one) be up to (one's) (old) tricks be up to (one's) chin in (something) be up to (one's) ears in (something) be up to (one's) eyeballs in (something) be up to (one's) eyes in (something) be up to (one's) neck in (something) be up to (one's) old tricks be up to (something) be up to ninety be up to par be up to somebody be up to the mark be up to your ears in something be up to your eyes/eyeballs in something be up to your neck in something