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settle downTo become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.Rate it:

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dust settleIndicates a wait for a heated, angry atmosphere to calm down.Rate it:

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Settle an Old ScoreTo take revenge for one’s wrong actions being done in the past, to get even with someoneRate it:

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settle downto get comfortable with one's new accommodation or circumstances.Rate it:

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settle downTo establish a settled lifestyle, and especially to marry.Rate it:

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settle forTo accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.Rate it:

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settle inTo get comfortable or established, as in a new place.Rate it:

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settle intoTo become comfortable with a place or routine.Rate it:

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settle onTo make a decision or selection; to decide.Rate it:

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settle someone's hashTo physically or verbally subdue someone.Rate it:

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settle upto pay what one owesRate it:

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settle uponTo decide something over other options.Rate it:

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account ofTo esteem; to prize; to value.Rate it:

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account forTo explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.Rate it:

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go on the accountTo become a pirate; to join a pirating or filibustering expedition.Rate it:

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account toTo answer to; to be responsible to.Rate it:

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call to accountTo challenge or contest; to hold answerable for.Rate it:

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give a good account of oneselfTo act in a creditable manner.Rate it:

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on account ofFor the sake of.Rate it:

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on account ofbecause; since; due to, owing to; on account of the fact thatRate it:

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on no accountUnder no circumstances.Rate it:

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on one's own accountOn one's own behalf.Rate it:

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on one's own accountBy oneself.Rate it:

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on one's own accountAt one's own risk.Rate it:

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on someone's accountFor someone's sake.Rate it:

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pad the accountTo enrich one's self with money, sometimes unjustlyRate it:

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Swiss bank accountUsed other than as an idiom: see Swiss, bank account.Rate it:

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Swiss bank accountAny place considered safe or secure to put things in.Rate it:

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take into accountOr pay attention to; to notice.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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come to termsTo reach an agreement or settle a dispute.Rate it:

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reckon forTo answer for; to pay the account for.Rate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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blow overTo pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down.Rate it:

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allow forTo take into account when making plans.Rate it:

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il fait la caisseHe is making up his cash account.Rate it:

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kiss and make upTo settle one's differences and forgive.Rate it:

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log outTo exit an account in a computer system so that it doesn't recognize you until you log in again.Rate it:

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reckon withTo settle accounts with or to settle claims with.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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faire avaler des couleuvres à quelqu'unTo say very humiliating things to a man who, on account of his inferior position, is obliged to put up with them; To make any one swallow a bitter pill.Rate it:

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alicui expensum ferre aliquidto put a thing down to a man's account.Rate it:

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answer toTo be accountable or responsible to; to account to; to report to.Rate it:

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arrangez-vousThat is your business; Settle it among yourselves.Rate it:

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bed into settle, to make [someone] feel at homeRate it:

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Blow Your Own HornTo boast about your own capabilities or feats, to give a detailed account of your achievements and seek other people’s attention, to excessively praise and brag about yourselfRate it:

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chalk up toTo attribute or account for something.Rate it:

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codex or tabulae ratio accepti et expensiaccount-book; ledger.Rate it:

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considere alicubi (Att. 5. 14. 1)to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere.Rate it:

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controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollereto put an end to, settle a dispute.Rate it:

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