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rub off on

rub off  (on someone) [for a characteristic of one person] to seem to transfer to someone else.  I'll sit by Ann. She has been lucky all evening. Maybe it'll rub off on me. Sorry. I don't think that luck rubs off. ( of personal qualities, behavior, opinions, etc) to become part of a person's character as a result of that person spending time with sb who has those qualities, etc: My MF's hyperbolic constructions rub off on this head-man! Lets hope some of John's good ideas rub off on all of us!

peppy

lively and high-spirited. "stickers bearing peppy slogans" def: Full of  pep ;  energetic ,  cheerful , and  vigorous ;  bouncy e.g. Cedric was not feeling  peppy  when he woke up two hours before dawn. Synonyms energetic ,  lively ,  perky ,  sparky ,  zippy def: Full of or characterized by energy and high spirits; lively.

kick the tires

( idiomatic ,   colloquial )  To  inspect  something to  ensure  it meets  expected   standards  or has  favored   characteristics , typically before committing  to  purchasing  or otherwise  selecting  it. e.g. Not content with the advantage it gets when 39% of its customers  kick the tires  on the merchandise in someone else's showroom before buying from them, Amazon decided to go a little further.

learn the ropes

to understand how to do a particular job or activity  It'll take some time for the new receptionist to learn the ropes. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms  know the ropes   (to understand how something is done)  and  show someone the ropes  or  teach someone the ropes (to teach someone how something is done) :  You'd better find someone to show you the ropes if you're going to fix the car yourself.

repercussion

1 . an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, esp. an unwelcome one. "the move would have grave repercussions for the entire region" synonyms: consequence(s), result(s), effect(s),  outcome ;  reverberation(s), backlash ,  aftermath ,  fallout , tremors "the political repercussions of the scandal"

cranky

ill-tempered; irritable. "he was bored and cranky after eight hours of working" eccentric or strange, typically because highly unorthodox. "a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere" (of a machine) working badly; shaky. "the cranky elevator breaks down periodically"

veg

to relax all day and eat a lot I'll probly be veggin out all day state of being vegetable-like (unmoving and slowly degenerating) "I vegged on my couch for a few days"

Knee jerk

A spontaneous, thoughtless, predictable and stereotypical reaction to something, usually an opinion or a statement. E.g. An entire culture of American neo-conservatives has seemed to build itself on a type of knee-jerk reaction to any kind of criticism of the Bush Administration or the loyal element of the Republican Party, even from fellow conservatives -- the kind of pseudo-patriotism discouraged by Theodore Roosevelt.