to have one’s heart set on: to desire greatly, to be determined to
on edge: nervous, anxious; upset, irritable Examples of ON EDGE Sophia was on edge all day about the important presentation she had to give to the local citizens group. I don’t like being around Jackson when he’s on edge like that. Someone should tell him to calm down and relax.
to know by sight: to recognize Examples of TO KNOW BY SIGHT I had a look around but as Jarrod’s Dad is the only one I know by sight it was a bit of a forlorn hope. If everybody doesn’t know everybody by name they’ll certainly know each other by sight.
to take turns: to alternate, to change people while doing something Examples of TAKE TURNS The well-behaved children knew how to take turns on the swing set. The skiers had to take turns going down the slope.
to buy out: to purchase a business or company; to purchase all of a person’s chares or stock Examples of TO BUY OUT When the larger scale media companies buy out the more smaller-scaled or local companies they become more powerful within the market. The other directors have offered to buy me out.
to throw out: to discard; to remove by force; to refuse to consider, to reject Examples of TO THROW OUT – Instead of throwing out our paper waste in the office, we should recycle it.– When a fight broke out between two people on the dance floor, the management threw them out.
to see off: to say good-bye upon departure by train, airplane, bus, etc. (also:to send off) Examples of TO SEE OFF What it’s like to see your man off to war, and to welcome him home again, as is. We went to the train station to see Adam off.