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81climb the wall — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To react to a challenging situation with too great an emotional response, frustration, tension, and anxiety. * /By the time I got the letter that I was hired, I was ready to climb the wall./ 2. To be so… …
82climb\ the\ wall — v. phr. slang informal 1. To react to a challenging situation with too great an emotional response, frustration, tension, and anxiety. By the time I got the letter that I was hired, I was ready to climb the wall. 2. To be so disinterested or… …
83climb down — PHRASAL VERB If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands. [V P] If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position... [V P on/over n] He has climbed… …
84climb the ladder — obsolete to be hanged Either from the ascent to the scaffold or because the ladder itself was used for the drop: When he was upon the ladder he prayed that God would inflict some visible judgment upon his Uncle. (Wallace, 1693)… …
85climb down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms climb down : present tense I/you/we/they climb down he/she/it climbs down present participle climbing down past tense climbed down past participle climbed down British to admit that you were wrong,… …
86climb·down — /ˈklaımˌdaʊn/ noun [singular] Brit : an act of admitting that you have made a mistake and are changing your position or opinion His statement is seen as a climbdown from the strong denial he made yesterday. see also climb down at ↑climb, 1 …
87climb-down — /kluym down /, n. a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position. [1885 90; n. use of v. phrase climb down] * * * …
88climb the walls — verb To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to feel very agitated. There are purists who climb the walls when German Conductor Organist Harpsichordist Karl Richter performs Bach. . . . To them, imagination and Richter has plenty is the… …
89climb on the bandwagon — jump/climb/get on the bandwagon DISAPPROVING ► to become involved in an activity that is already successful so that you can get the advantages of it yourself: »The success of the product led many firms to try to jump on the bandwagon. Main Entry …
90climb/get on the bandwagon — jump/climb/get on the bandwagon DISAPPROVING ► to become involved in an activity that is already successful so that you can get the advantages of it yourself: »The success of the product led many firms to try to jump on the bandwagon. Main Entry …
