make+demands+upon

  • 131run something in — Brit. use something new in such a way as not to make maximum demands upon it. → run …

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  • 132liberal — adj 1 Liberal, generous, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, munificent, handsome are applied to a person or to his deeds or utterances and mean showing or revealing a spirit of giving freely and without stint. Liberal suggests openhandedness or… …

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