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put a sock in it/pʊt ə sɑk ɪn ɪt/ /pʊt eɪ sɑk ɪn ɪt/
To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.
begged/bɛɡd/
In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
put one's foot down/pʊt wʌnz fʊt daʊn/ /pət wʌnz fʊt daʊn/
To insist, demand, or refuse with finality.
like shit/ˈlaɪk ˈʃɪt/
Very badly.
aphorism/ˈæ.fə.ɹɪzm̩/
An original, laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.
off/ɔːf/ /ɑf/ /ɒf/ /ɔf/
Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
giddyup/ˈɡɪdɪˌʌp/ /ˈɡɪdiˌʌp/
(by extension) To start moving or move faster; to get a move on.
set the world on fire/sɛt ðə wɜrld ɑn faɪər/ /sɛt ðɪ wɜrld ɑn faɪər/
To do something sensational
have someone's back/hæv ˈsʌmwʌnz bæk/ /hæv sʌmˌwʌnz bæk/
To be prepared and willing to support or defend someone.
out for the count/ˈaʊt fɔːr ðə ˈkaʊnt/
Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term.