Get down to cases
verb phrase
To talk seriously; talk turkey (1930s+)
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Be very worried or upset by. For example, I know I’m going to get gray hair from his driving. Similarly, give gray hair to means “to worry someone,” as in The boy’s love of rock climbing gave his parents gray hair. This idiom alludes to the notion that extreme anxiety or grief can cause one’s […]
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verb phrase To become aware; become up-to-date; get wise, wise up (1906+)