A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations



Download 4,84 Mb.
Pdf ko'rish
bet287/1250
Sana28.06.2022
Hajmi4,84 Mb.
#714465
1   ...   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   ...   1250
Bog'liq
A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

cut and run • hit and run
cut and run —leave without warning; make a quick or sud-
den escape: To cut and run, to walk out, as Elspeth had, was
quite unthinkable to Isabel: it was not in the pattern of civi-
lized behavior.
hit and run —(attrib.) 
1
. (of a driver) failing to stop after
causing an accident: He will suffer no after-effects from in-
juries sustained when knocked down by a hit-and-run mo-
torist. 2. (of methods in guerilla warfare, etc.) using swift action
followed by an immediate withdrawal: Some of them were in-
dulging in violence and arson, adopting “hit and run” tactics.
cut back on something • cut back to something
cut back on something —lower the rate of smth.; reduce
smth.: The company cut back on production during the war.
Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase cut back something
1
make smth. shorter by cut-
ting: He decided to cut the plants back, in order to improve
their growth later in the season. 2. = cut back on something:
The industry has been faced with having to cut back produc-
tion because of rising costs.
cut back to something(in films) return in time to smth.:
Laurie is staring into oblivion as the film cuts back to the ear-
lier scene.
cut back one’s losses • cut one’s losses
cut back one’s losses —diminish costs, expenditures, etc.: The
company said the new strategy was designed to help it cut
back its losses.
cut one’s losses —
1
= cut back one’s losses: Many semiconductor
firms which had overproduced … sought to cut their losses by
quickly selling off their stockpiles of semiconductors. 2. with-
draw from a losing or unsatisfactory situation: Bonaparte saw
that he was beaten and, like the great man he was, cut his
losses.

Download 4,84 Mb.

Do'stlaringiz bilan baham:
1   ...   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   ...   1250




Ma'lumotlar bazasi mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan ©hozir.org 2024
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling

kiriting | ro'yxatdan o'tish
    Bosh sahifa
юртда тантана
Боғда битган
Бугун юртда
Эшитганлар жилманглар
Эшитмадим деманглар
битган бодомлар
Yangiariq tumani
qitish marakazi
Raqamli texnologiyalar
ilishida muhokamadan
tasdiqqa tavsiya
tavsiya etilgan
iqtisodiyot kafedrasi
steiermarkischen landesregierung
asarlaringizni yuboring
o'zingizning asarlaringizni
Iltimos faqat
faqat o'zingizning
steierm rkischen
landesregierung fachabteilung
rkischen landesregierung
hamshira loyihasi
loyihasi mavsum
faolyatining oqibatlari
asosiy adabiyotlar
fakulteti ahborot
ahborot havfsizligi
havfsizligi kafedrasi
fanidan bo’yicha
fakulteti iqtisodiyot
boshqaruv fakulteti
chiqarishda boshqaruv
ishlab chiqarishda
iqtisodiyot fakultet
multiservis tarmoqlari
fanidan asosiy
Uzbek fanidan
mavzulari potok
asosidagi multiservis
'aliyyil a'ziym
billahil 'aliyyil
illaa billahil
quvvata illaa
falah' deganida
Kompyuter savodxonligi
bo’yicha mustaqil
'alal falah'
Hayya 'alal
'alas soloh
Hayya 'alas
mavsum boyicha


yuklab olish