TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
verb
🔹 to look everywhere; to attempt everything

📌 We left no stone unturned in our search for the city's best ice cream.
📌 If a solution can be found, Mr Danby, I shall leave no stone unturned until I have found it.
📌 But knowing him and his dedication, he will leave no stone unturned in his recovery
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TO FILL SOMEONE IN
verb
🔹to inform (someone) fully; to give (someone) the details

📌 Lisa missed the meeting where that was discussed: so someone will have to fill her in.
📌 I didn't receive the information in the mail—could you fill me in?
📌 Please fill in the new secretary about our rules.
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TO SEE EYE TO EYE
verb
🔹to have similar opinions; to understand each other

📌They have almost nothing in common, but when it comes to baseball they see eye to eye.
📌I'm not going to argue the point with you, Alex. We just don't see eye to eye.
📌 Yuriko saw eye to eye with Yul on almost every aspect of the production.
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THE ELEVENTH HOUR
noun
🔹the last possible moment for doing something

📌 We only received the signatures at the eleventh hour.
📌 To change plans at the eleventh hour.
📌 Our pianist had fallen ill, and then, at the eleventh hour, when we thought we’d have to cancel the performance, Jill offered to replace him.
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A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
🔹 a good thing that seemed bad at first

📌 Well, maybe this is a blessing in disguise.
📌 Losing that job turned out to be a blessing in disguise for him as it forced him to start business.
📌 Missing the train was a blessing in disguise, because I met my future wife that day.
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HANG OUT
🔹 spend time relaxing (informal)

📌 I don’t have any money, let’s just hang out at my place.
📌 They spent the whole day hanging out by the pool.
📌 I spent a lot of time listening to music and just hanging out with friends.
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CALL OFF
🔹 to cancel

📌 We need to call off the meeting due to the weather.
📌 The trip to Italy might be called off.
📌 The companies called off their merger plans late Monday
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TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
🔹 to look everywhere; to attempt everything

📌 We left no stone unturned in our search for the city's best hot dog.
📌 If a solution can be found, Mr Danby, I shall leave no stone unturned until I have found it.
📌 But knowing him and his dedication, he will leave no stone unturned in his recovery
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PLAY FIRST FIDDLE
🔹 To have a leading, commanding, or controlling role, position, or part.

📌 Ever since the power shift in Congress, Senator Smith has been playing first fiddle in the agenda for tax reforms.
📌 In his eyes father plays first fiddle in the family
📌 Though she's had many small parts in a variety of films, this is the first movie that sees Ms. Warren playing first fiddle.
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TO THINK SOMETHING OVER
🔹to consider (something) carefully

📌 I probably won't accept the job offer, but I am still thinking it over.
📌 She said she needs time to think it over.
📌 I'll give you time to think my offer over.
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TO RUN INTO
verb
🔹to meet (someone) by chance

📌 I hadn't seen him in months, but I ran into him at the supermarket last week.
📌 Guess who I ran into today!
📌 Oh, I didn't tell you that I ran into Mary when I was at the movie theater.
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TO LOOK INTO
verb
to seek information about; to investigate
📌 He had once looked into buying his own island off Nova Scotia.
📌 It should also look into the possibilities of wind-generated electricity.
📌 We are looking into buying a camper for our summer trip.
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SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL
proverb
🔹 ignore any evil that we come in contact with.
📌 He is taking a ‘hear no evil, see no evil’ approach to being the Minister of Health.
📌 Jill: Do you have any idea why Fred is staying in the office so late every night? Jane: Not me. Like the three little monkeys, I see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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HEAR SOMETHING ON THE GRAPEVINE
noun
🔹1. to hear rumours about something 2. to hear some news from someone who heard it from someone else

📌 We keep hearing it on the grapevine that the two co-stars of that movie are getting married, but they are not saying anything.
📌 We heard on the grapevine that our company would be taken over by another one, but the official communication says otherwise.
📌 I heard through the grapevine that he was leaving - is it true?
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TO DO ONE'S BEST
verb
🔹to try as hard as possible

📌 He didn't get a perfect score, but he did his best and that is what really matters.
📌 No one expects you to do the job perfectly. Just do your best.
📌 We did our very best to give our kids a good education.
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