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"forms": [
{
"form": "pulls one's socks up",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "pulling one's socks up",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "pulled one's socks up",
"tags": [
"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "pulled one's socks up",
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}
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},
"expansion": "pull one's socks up (third-person singular simple present pulls one's socks up, present participle pulling one's socks up, simple past and past participle pulled one's socks up)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Alternative form: pull up one's socks"
},
{
"ref": "2000 October 20, Jeff Zillgitt, “U.S. dominates first day of Presidents Cup”, in USA Today, retrieved 2008-09-30",
"text": "They're all going to pull their socks up and play a bit better.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts."
],
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],
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"effort",
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],
[
"renew",
"renew"
],
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"redouble",
"redouble"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "belly up to the bar"
},
{
"word": "get one's act together"
},
{
"word": "knuckle down"
},
{
"word": "roll up one's sleeves"
},
{
"word": "shape up"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "鼓起勇气"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "een tandje bijzetten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "kääriä hihansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "ryhdistäytyä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "rimboccarsi le maniche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "darsi da fare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "prodigarsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "roll up one's sleeves",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "zakasać rękawy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "pôr a mão na massa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "pôr as mãos na massa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakatátʹ rukavá",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заката́ть рукава́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "roll up the sleeves",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasučítʹ rukavá",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "засучи́ть рукава́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "ponerse las pilas"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "pull one's socks up"
}
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"form": "pulls one's socks up",
"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "pulling one's socks up",
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},
{
"form": "pulled one's socks up",
"tags": [
"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "pulled one's socks up",
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}
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "Alternative form: pull up one's socks"
},
{
"ref": "2000 October 20, Jeff Zillgitt, “U.S. dominates first day of Presidents Cup”, in USA Today, retrieved 2008-09-30",
"text": "They're all going to pull their socks up and play a bit better.",
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],
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"To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts."
],
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],
[
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],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
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}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "belly up to the bar"
},
{
"word": "get one's act together"
},
{
"word": "knuckle down"
},
{
"word": "roll up one's sleeves"
},
{
"word": "shape up"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "鼓起勇气"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "een tandje bijzetten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "kääriä hihansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "ryhdistäytyä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "rimboccarsi le maniche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "darsi da fare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "prodigarsi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "roll up one's sleeves",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "zakasać rękawy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "pôr a mão na massa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "pôr as mãos na massa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakatátʹ rukavá",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заката́ть рукава́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "roll up the sleeves",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasučítʹ rukavá",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "засучи́ть рукава́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts",
"word": "ponerse las pilas"
}
],
"word": "pull one's socks up"
}
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