Show someone the ropes
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or showstopper [shoh-stop-er] /ˈʃoʊˌstɒp ər/ noun 1. Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause. 2. a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper. A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before […]
- Show-stopper
or showstopper [shoh-stop-er] /ˈʃoʊˌstɒp ər/ noun 1. Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause. 2. a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.
- Show-stopping
or showstopper [shoh-stop-er] /ˈʃoʊˌstɒp ər/ noun 1. Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause. 2. a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.
- Show the way
Guide, as in This division has shown the way to bigger profits. This expression transfers the physical sense of guiding one in a particular direction. [ Early 1500s ]
- Show-through
[shoh-throo] /ˈʃoʊˌθru/ noun 1. the visibility through paper of what is printed on the other side. 2. a measure of the opacity of a paper.