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2021-03-14 21:00:01 Take root, phrase.

Definition: Become fixed or established.

Examples:

1. The idea had taken root in my mind.
2. Spatial sequences merging across the shifting levels prevent fixed identities from taking root anywhere.
3. Because he had little to say about social need and there was no legislative provision for subsidising loss-making services, the idea took root that the issue had simply been ignored.
4. Nevertheless, the idea took root in their minds.
5. I quickly stomped on that idea before it fully took root.
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2021-03-14 17:00:09 Nunu, noun.

/ˈnuːnuː/

Definition (South African • informal): An insect, spider, worm, or similar small creature.

Examples:

1. The box gives protection against worms and other nunus.
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2021-03-14 10:00:00 Plainly, adverb.

/ˈpleɪnli/

Definition: Able to be perceived easily.

Examples:

1. A light was plainly visible.
2. She could plainly hear footsteps behind her.
3. A sinister yet plainly demarcated force of evil is ever-present in his films.
4. That same shock was now plainly visible in Mallory's eyes.
5. In that darkness, any little star showed as plainly as a sun.
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2021-03-13 21:00:01 See the back of, phrase.

Definition (informal): Be rid of (an unwanted person or thing)

Examples:

1. We were always glad to see the back of her.
2. This New Year's Eve I was alone, glad to see the back of 2004 and preparing to move forward in the coming year.
3. I won't be sorry to see the back of all these roadworks so we can all go about our daily business.
4. They will be glad to see the back of him in Edinburgh.
5. By the sounds of it, they're glad to see the back of him.
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2021-03-13 17:00:04 Nunu, noun.

/ˈnuːnuː/

Definition (South African • informal): An insect, spider, worm, or similar small creature.

Examples:

1. The box gives protection against worms and other nunus.
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2021-03-13 10:00:00 Enact, verb.

/ɪˈnakt/

Definition (with object): Put into practice (an idea or suggestion)

Examples:

1. The pressure group's aim was to see the proposals enacted.
2. The French Revolution was an attempt to enact his ideas.
3. Because real people formulate and enact political ideas, it is often easy to locate the supposed evil of a given idea in its human agent.
4. The National Security Adviser joined the President at the ranch to discuss enacting recommendations that could be implemented immediately by executive order.
5. He later challenged him to commit to enacting the recommendations of the report during his term as president.
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2021-03-12 21:00:01 Back to the drawing board, phrase.

Definition: Used to indicate that an idea, scheme, or proposal has been unsuccessful and that a new one must be devised.

Examples:

1. The government must go back to the drawing board and review the whole issue of youth training.
2. The developers must now go back to the drawing board in relation to this second phase of their project.
3. The regulations must be sent back to the drawing board and revised to conform to the real world.
4. York Council expects to send developers back to the drawing board over their proposals for the city's Barbican Centre.
5. They have also decided to go back to the drawing board on the idea for bus priority in Shipton Road between Loweswater Road and Rawcliffe Lane.
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