fumble She fumbled in her pocket and refused to answer questions.
seesaw She seesawed between choosing cakes and pancakes.
dig in one’s heels She dug in her heels and refused to help during cleaning time.
step down/step aside/stand aside She stepped down from her position after many years.
let sth slide She let everything slide, even though she had many nightmares ab it.
go off Bcos her alarm didn’t go off, the food started going off when she left for a while. Her mom went off on her, face red with anger.
bring up She brought up a tricky question during the meeting.
recap She recapped everything at the end.
bloodthirsty I don’t enjoy bloodthirsty movies.
iron guts She ate some spoiled food and she’s fine, she has iron guts.
live off He doesn’t work and lives off his parents.
go off The milk smells like it’s going off.
take sides I don’t like to take sides in arguments.
brace I always brace for every potential bad thing.
relentless Bcos of the relentless heavy rain, ppl finally paid their respects to the victims.
engulf I have a duvet engulfs me during the freezing night.
sweep someone off their feet She got a gift on their wedding anniversary and was swept off her feet.
sweep sth under the carpet Each time she sweeps problems under the carpet.
make a clean sweep She made a clean sweep of her can-do attitude after a major milestone in her life.
drive Her business has been driven to success.
excess She has an excess of food in her fridge.
creep Things are creeping forward bcos of her hardworking.
