To escape from someone; to get away from someone who is pursuing or watching you.
📖 general
General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.
To dismiss someone from their job; to fire someone.
To acknowledge, appreciate, and praise someone while they are still alive; to show gratitude and respect.
To allow someone complete freedom to act on their own initiative; to let them have full control.
To dismiss someone from a job; to fire someone. It can also refer to cutting funding or cancelling a project.
To acknowledge the good qualities or achievements of even a bad or disliked person; to be fair and admit someone's positive attributes, despite their negative ones or your personal feelings.
To dismiss someone, especially a lover or an employee; to reject someone.
To reveal a secret, especially inadvertently.
To prove something false; to show that something is not true. (Often used with 'to' as 'give the lie to').
To prove something false; to show that something is not true.
To treat someone with exceptional deference, luxury, or lavishness; to treat them as if they are royalty.
To dismiss someone from employment; to fire someone.