to get a rise out of

to get a rise out of: to provoke a response from

This idiom is usually used when someone is teased into responding in anger or annoyance.

• You can kid me all day about my mistake, but you won't get a rise out of me.
• I got a rise out of Malcolm when I teased him about his weight. Malcolm weights over two-hundred and fifty pounds.

to rub it in

to rub it in: to tease or remind someone of something negative or embarrassing to him or her

• "Hey, Katya, remember when you fell down on the dance floor at Sylvia and Sam's wedding?""Of course I remember. You don't have to rub it in."

• I finally beat Joshua at chess last Friday, so I've been rubbing it in since then.

to stick it out

to stick it out: to remain in an unpleasant situation to keep doing an unpleasant activity, usually for a certain amount of time

• Maya wants to quit college, but she promised her parents that she would stick it out until the end of the year.
• You might hate jogging at first, but if you stick it out for a while you'll probably start to enjoy it.

to bow out

to bow out: to stop doing as a regular activity, to remove oneself from a situation

The related idiom to want out indicate that someone desires to bow out.

• She bowed out as the school's registrar after sixteen years of service.
• One of the two partners wanted out of the deal because they couldn't agree on the terms of the contract.

TO COOPERATE

TO COOPERATE (v): to work together for the same purpose

• The British had to cooperate with the French to build the tunnel.
• If you want to work in a big and famous company, you need to cooperate well with other people.

OBJECTION

OBJECTION (n): a statement or feeling of opposition; the argument or reason against somebody

• They voiced their objection to getting up so early.
• The only objection to inviting her is that she always makes a terrible mess.

TO OFFEND

TO OFFEND: to make someone angry or upset by doing or saying something that they think is rude, unkind etc

• He seemed very offended, because I forgot his birthday.
• She'd been always offending him in front of other people and had never showed her love, so he finally broke up the relationship.
• His remarks deeply offended many Scottish people.

be offended by/at something

• Liddy was offended by such a personal question.
• The careful language is designed not to offend.

TO BRAINWASH

TO BRAINWASH (v): to make someone believe something that is not true, by using force, confusing them, or continuously repeating it over a long period of time:

• It's not the first time the advertisements have brainwashed you into buying another useless thing.
• The regime of Adolf Hitler successfully brainwashed the masses hoping for better life.

• Young people are being brainwashed by this religious group.

brainwash somebody into doing something

• Commercials brainwash consumers into buying things they don't need.

—brainwashing noun [uncountable]

ODD

ODD (adj)

• I don't understand his odd behavior.
• 1,3,5,7 (…) are odd numbers.

it is/seems odd (that)

• It seemed odd that he wanted a picture of me.

TO ENCHANT

TO ENCHANT

• The Sleeping Beauty was enchanted by the evil witch and fell asleep for 100 years.
• I was enchanted to see the mountains for the first time. I must have been staring at them for nearly two hours, because I didn't notice that it got dark.