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Examples

• All

• The next time will be its last.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• The whole west side of my house loses its paint job!

  Bloodletting (1997)

• You want to know its meaning?

  The Hustler (1961)

• We will return it to its virgin state.

  I'm Not Gay : A Musical (2023)

• Yeah, destroyed the entire building and all of its contents...

  Joey & Rex Save the Church (2022)

• A small box, its lid gone, lay on its side on the deck inside the bow.

  Academic text (2011)

• Ukraine responded by seizing gas that was on its way to Germany through the pipeline.

  Academic text (2011)

• From the very start, Syria made no secret of its intent to undermine the U.S. invasion.

  Academic text (2011)

• The phrase "collective security" conjures up NATO and its importance for peace and prosperity across Europe.

  Academic text (2011)

• The United States will also need to redouble its efforts to discourage subsidies to consumers.

  Academic text (2011)

Idioms

I

in its own right

22 4.6

To be important or good without help from someone else

B

to bring to its knees

• Informal

19 6.5

To make a person, company or system stop working

I

in its path

18 1.3

In the way of a moving thing that can hit or damage things

C

to close its doors

17 4.0

To permanently stop operating as a business or organization

A

at its peak

15 3.3

Something is at its strongest, most successful, or most intense

T

to turn (something) on its head

• Informal

12 6.5

Make people see something in a very different way

J

to judge a book by its cover

• Informal

9 4.4

Decide something about a person or thing by how they look

I

in all its glory

7 5.8

A time when something looks very beautiful and impressive

O

on its merits

• Formal

4 6.2

People judge a thing by its own facts and qualities, not by reputation

T

to its core

4 5.6

In a way that changes someone or something very deeply and completely

H

to have its moments

• Informal

4 7.0

To be good sometimes even if not overall

O

on its hind legs

3 3.4

An animal that stands on its back legs to see or reach something

P

past its prime

2 5.2

No longer at its best or in good condition

A

a shadow of its former self

• Informal

1 7.1

A person or thing that is much weaker and less impressive than before

C

to chase its tail

• Informal

1 7.5

To keep doing the same task without getting anywhere

B

behind its time

7.6

Out of date and not keeping up with current ideas

D

to drive a stake through its heart

• Informal

8.9

To end something completely so it cannot continue

F

first and last of its kind

8.5

A unique thing or event that will never happen again

L

to let crazy stick its dick in someone

• Offensive

9.9

To let strong, uncontrolled feelings make your life worse

G

to gain a life of its own

7.8

To become larger and hard to control as it spreads beyond where it started

H

hanging off its hinges

6.1

A door or window that hangs loosely because its supports are broken

T

to tell its own tale

7.2

To show its history without using words

S

to stick its dick in

• Offensive

9.9

To become involved in a messy situation and make it worse

T

to turn up on its ear

• US

8.6

To change a situation completely and suddenly

U

up on its ear

• Informal

9.8

People or places in confusion and disorder after a big change

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology