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[intransitive] informal especially American English to arrive at the place where someone is
waiting for you:
I went to meet Hank, but he never showed.






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informal to be stupid or crazy:
He must have been out of his mind to employ her.

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informal

to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly

She's up to 
 (= doing something bad or forbidden) - you can always tell because she
stays in her room.
He looks very suspicious hanging around by the bins - I'm sure he's up to 
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to happen:

I don't know what's going on.

What were the children doing while all this was going on?
Like all good resorts, there is plenty going on.
A lot goes on in those government meetings.






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used when you are angry about a situation and you do not want it to continue:

That's it. I'm leaving.

That does it! I'm not going to listen to any more of this!








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spoken used at the beginning of a sentence to emphasize that you think something or someone is
very good, very bad etc:

What a lovely day!

What a horrible thing to do!
What nice people they are!

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c) if something bad happens to you on top of something else, it happens when you have other
problems:
On top of everything else, I now have to go to work next Saturday!






[not before noun]

having to stay for a period of time in a place that is too small:

It isn't good for you to be cooped up in the house all day.



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informal
to work very hard in order to do something well


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if you say someone has a nerve, you mean that they have done something unsuitable or impolite,
without seeming to be embarrassed about behaving in this way:
He has a lot of nerve asking for more money.
She lets me do all the work, and then she has the nerve to criticize my cooking.