All come to synonyms
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- shake hands β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- go for β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- jockey for position β If someone is jockeying for position, they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
- approach β When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- arrive β When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- match β a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- resemble β to be like or similar to.
- rival β a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- get by β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- pass muster β to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- tide over β the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- make the grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- win over β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- set back β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- to the tune of β a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- show up β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- turn up β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- hit up β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- blow in β to arrive or enter suddenly
- pass the hat β a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- make it β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- whistle for β to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- verge on β the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- amount to β If you say that one thing amounts to something else, you consider the first thing to be the same as the second thing.
- make up β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- put together β assemble
- check in β When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there.
- get in β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- clock in β When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- ring in β to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- roll in β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- rack up β ruin or destruction; wrack.
- sum up β the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition: The sum of 6 and 8 is 14.
- ring up β to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- run into β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run to β If you run to someone, you go to them for help or to tell them something.
- stack up β a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- arise β If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- awake β Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- awaken β To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- get up β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
noun come to
- bottom line β The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- squander β to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).