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51pluck someone from obscurity — phrase to give a person who is not well known an important job or position so that they suddenly become famous Thesaurus: to promote or demote someonehyponym Main entry: pluck …
52pluck something from the air — pluck something out of/from/the air phrase to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct ‘75% of people agree with me,’ I said, plucking a figure out of the air. Thesaurus: to guesssynonym Main en …
53pluck your eyebrows — phrase to pull hairs out from around the edges of your eyebrows in order to make them look thinner and tidier Thesaurus: shaving and hair removalhyponym Main entry: pluck …
54pluck out — index excise (cut away), extirpate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
55pluck at something — ˈpluck at sth derived to hold sth with the fingers and pull it gently, especially more than once Syn: ↑tug • The child kept plucking at his mother s sleeve. • (figurative) …
56Pluck Lake — Infobox lake lake name = Pluck Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Morfa, Swansea, Wales coords = Coord|51|38|40|N|3|55|29|W|region:GB type:landmark|display=inline,title type = inflow = outflow =… …
57Pluck (card game) — Infobox Game subject name=Pluck players=4 (2 teams of 2) ages=7 + setup time= 1 min playing time= 60 90 minutes complexity=Medium strategy=Medium random chance=Medium skills= Card Counting Strategy.|Pluck is a trick taking playing card game for… …
58pluck\ up\ one's\ courage — • screw up one s courage • pluck up one s courage v. phr. To force yourself to be brave. The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark. When his father came home in a bad mood, it took Pete some time to screw up his courage… …
59pluck out of the air — To pluck something out of the air means to say a name, date, number, etc. spontaneously, without thinking about it. What are we going to call the cat? I just plucked a name out of the air and said: How about Daisy? …
60pluck up courage — summon up enough courage to do something frightening. → pluck …
