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ace someone out† to maneuver someone out; to win out

over someone. _ Martha aced out Rebecca to win the

first-place trophy.

act something out† 1. to perform in real life a role that one

has imagined in a fantasy. _ I acted out an old fantasy

onstage. 2. to convert one’s bad feelings into action

rather than words. _ Don’t act your aggressions out on

me! _ She acted out her aggression. 3. to demonstrate

or communicate something through gestures or action

rather than words. _ Act your request out, if you can’t

say it.

add (something) on(to) something and add (something) on†

to extend something by providing more (of something).

(This use of on with add is colloquial.) _ You

added nearly one thousand dollars onto the total.

add (something) to something to increase the intensity or

amount of something by giving more (of something)

to it. _ You added too much sugar to my coffee.

add something up† to sum or total a set of figures. _ Please

add these figures up again.

air something out† to freshen something up by placing it

in the open air; to freshen a room by letting outside air

move through it. _ I’ll have to air out the car. Someone

has been smoking in it.

allow someone or something into a place and allow someone

or something in† to permit someone or something to enter

some place. _Will they allow you in the restaurant without

a tie? _ They won’t allow in too many visitors.

apologize (to someone) (for someone) to make an apology

to someone for someone else’s actions. _ Would

you please apologize to Wally for Tom? _ I apologized for

Frank to the hostess. _ I had to apologize for Frank. _

I had to apologize to the hostess. _ He was never able to

apologize to himself for his past errors.

apportion something out† (among some people) to divide

something and distribute it among people. _ He apportioned

the cake out among the guests. _ He apportioned

out the applications among all those in the waiting room.

argue someone down† to defeat someone in a debate. _

Sally could always argue him down if she had to.

argue something down† 1. Lit. to reduce something, such

as a bill or a price, by arguing. _ I tried to argue the

price down, but it did no good. _ Tom could not argue

down the bill. 2. Fig. to urge the defeat of a proposal

or a motion in a meeting through discussion. _ I am

prepared to argue the proposal down in court.

argue something out† to settle something by discussing all

the important points. _ We are going to have to argue

this out some other time. _Must we argue out every single

detail of this contract?

arrange for someone to do something to make plans for

someone to do something. _ I will arrange for Charles

to fix what he broke. _ I arranged for the plumber to

install a new water heater.