IDIOM & PHRASES -4

To run hot-

Meaning: be ahead of one’s shcedule 

Example: Sundar is running hot in his cricket career 

Roar to life-

Meaning: to begin working 

Example: He puts his foot on the accelerator and the innings roars to life

Blacked out- 

Meaning: to suppress by censorship 

Example: The CPI said on Tuesday that Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s  
Independence Day speech was blacked out by Doordarshan and All India Radio 

Trampling on- 

Meaning: to crush someone or something underfoot, To tread heavily or destructively on something 

Example: The children trampled on the flowers 

Give up- 

Meaning: to stop doing something that you do regularly 

Example: The Union home ministry is set to give up its power to impose the disturbed

Ring in- 

Meaning: (ring in something), to ring bells to celebrate something, especially the new year 

Example: Janamastmi was rung in with religious fervor in Maharastra on Tuesday. 

To fan the flames- 

Meaning: make something more intense; to make a situation worse 

Example: The riot fanned the flames of racial hatred even more. 

Cruise around in something- 

Meaning: to drive or ride around in something 

Example: Would you like to cruise around in a car like that? 

Chips in- 

Meaning: to add something to someone else’s conversation.

Example: Athisyaraj chips in with a four wicket haul as the side eases past super gillies .

Tighten the screws- 

Meaning: exert strong pressure on someone. 

Example: Washington contained and struck to tighten the screws on the Super Gillies batting.

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