PHRASES
PHRASES:
Leave someone their own device=make someone do as their wish
Be destined for=be bound for a particular place
Front runner=the leader in a competition
Hedge your bets=avoid committing yourself
Hell – bent=determined to achieve something
Clued up=well informed
On cloud nine=extremely happy
Like clock – work=very smoothly and easily
Under a cloud=out of favor or suspected of something
#### – a –hoop=extremely pleased
Coat of arms =a design used as a special symbol of a family, city or organization
Get cold feet=lose your nerve
In cold blood=without feeling
Hold down =succeed in keeping a job
Hole up=hide yourself
Go the whole hog=do something fully
In hock-in debt
Take the plunge=commit yourself to a bold course of action
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