Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[pull together] <v.> To join your efforts with those of others; work on a task together; cooperate. * /Many men must pull together if a large business is to succeed./ * /Tim was a good football captain because he always got his teammates to pull together./
[pull up] <v.> 1. To check the forward motion of; halt; stop. * /He pulled up his horse at the gate./ 2. To tell (someone) to stop doing something; say (someone) is doing wrong and must stop; scold. * /Jim talked rudely to Mother, and Father pulled him up./ * /Ann said in her report that America was discovered in 1634, and the teacher pulled her up./ 3. To stop moving forward; halt. * /The car slowed down and pulled up at the curb./ 4. To come even with; move up beside. * /The other boat pulled up alongside us./
[pull up one's socks] <v. phr.> To try to do better, either in terms of one's behavior or at a task one is performing. * /I'll have to pull up my socks if I am going to finish my work today./
[pull up short] <v. phr.> To suddenly stop. * /He pulled up short in his red car at the corner when he saw a pregnant lady crossing./ * /When Mark saw that he was hurting Jill's feelings, he pulled up short and started to talk about something entirely different./
[pull up stakes] <v. phr.>, <informal> To leave the place where you have been living. * /We are going to pull up stakes and move to California./ * /The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years./
[pull wires] See: PULL STRINGS.
[punch] See: BEAT TO THE PUNCH, PACK A PUNCH, PULL ONE'S PUNCHES, TAKE A PUNCH AT.
[punch-drunk] <adj.> 1. Dazed or become dulled in the mind from being hit in the head. * /He was a punch-drunk boxer who made his living shining shoes./ 2. In a foggy state of mind; groggy. * /Mary was so thrilled at winning the contest she acted punch-drunk./ * /Mark was punch-drunk for a few minutes after he fell off his bicycle./
[puppy love] also [calf love] <n.>, <informal> The first love of very young people. * /When John and Mary began going around together in junior high school, their parents said it was just puppy love./
[pure and simple] <adj.> Simply stated; basic.
– Follows the noun it modifies and is used for emphasis. * /The problem, pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter./ * /The question, pure and simple, is whether you will support me./ Compare: BOIL DOWN(3).
[purpose] See: AT CROSS PURPOSES, ON PURPOSE, TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
[purse] See: LINE ONE'S POCKETS also LINE ONE'S PURSE.
[purse strings] <n.> Care or control of money. * /Dad holds the purse strings in our family./ * /The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings./
[push around] <v.>, <informal> To be bossy with; bully. * /Don't try to push me around!/ * /Paul is always pushing the smaller children around./
[push off] or [shove off] <v.> 1. To push a boat away from the shore. * /Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off./ 2. <slang> To start; leave. * /We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill./ * /Jim was planning to stay at the beach all day, but when the crowds arrived he shoved off./
[push on] <v. phr.> To press forward; proceed forward laboriously. * /The exhausted mountain climbers pushed on, despite the rough weather, as the peak was already in sight./
[push one's luck] See: PRESS ONE'S LUCK.
[pushover] <n.> 1. Something easy to accomplish or overcome. * /For Howard steering a boat is a pushover as he was raised on a tropical island./ 2. A person easily seduced. * /It is rumored that she is a pushover when she has a bit to drink./
[push over] <v. phr.> To upset; overthrow. * /She is standing on her feet very solidly; a little criticism from you certainly won't push her over./ * /The wind in Chicago can be so strong that sometimes I'm afraid I'll get pushed over./
[push the panic button] <v. phr.>, <slang> To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry. * /John thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button./ * /Keep cool; don't hit the panic button!/ Syn.: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.
[push-up] <n.> An exercise to build strong arms and shoulders, in which you lie on your stomach and push your body up on your hands and toes. * /At the age of seventy, Grandpa still does twenty push-ups every day./ * /The football team does push-ups every day./
[push up daisies] <v. phr.>, <slang> To be dead and buried. * /I'll be around when you're pushing up daisies./ * /Don't play with guns or you may push up the daisies./
[put] See: HARD PUT or HARD PUT TO IT, STAY PUT.
[put about] <v. phr.> - Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./
[put a bee in one's bonnet] See: BEE IN ONE'S BONNET.
[put a bug in one's ear] or [put a flea in one's ear] See: BUG IN ONE'S EAR.
[put across] <v.> 1. To explain clearly; make yourself understood; communicate. * /He knew how to put his ideas across./ Compare: GET ACROSS. 2. <informal> To get (something) done successfully; bring to success; make real. * /He put across a big sales campaign./ * /The new librarian put across a fine new library building./ Syn.: PUT OVER(2). Compare: PULL OFF.
[put all one's eggs in one basket] <v. phr.> To place all your efforts, interests, or hopes in a single person or thing. * /Going steady in high school is putting all your eggs in one basket too soon./ * /To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket./ * /He has decided to specialize in lathe work, although he knows it is risky to put all his eggs in one basket./
[put a new face on] <v. phr.> To alter the aspect of something; change. * /Mr. Merry man's announcement of his candidacy for governor puts an entirely new face on the political scene in our state./
[put an end to] or [put a stop to] <v. phr.> 1. To make (something) end; stop; end. * /The farmer built an electric fence around his field to put an end to trespassing./ * /The principal said that running in the halls was dangerous, and told the teachers to put a stop to it./ 2. To destroy or kill. * /The new highway took most of the traffic from the old road and put an end to Mr. Hanson's motel business./ * /When the horse broke his leg, the farmer put an end to him./