Phrasal verbs

( transitive )  To  withdraw  or  back-pedal  on a statement or promise;  retract .   [ quotations ▲ ] 2010 , Greg Sargent,  The Plumb Line : Did Obama  walk back  his support of Cordoba House? As you know, the Internets are alive with the claim that Obama has now  walked back  his support of Cordoba House, and I've gotten tons of emails telling me that my earlier praise of the speech is no longer operative. But did he really  walk back  what he said last night?

1. (in a joking way) 2.  anyone that goes againt what you morally believe. hanging out with people who dont believe the same way as you can possibly get you to start acting like them. and it doesnt even have to be religious morals either... it can be things such as not hanging out with other teens that drink because you may be tempted to try it.

flesh  something  out  (with something) Fig.  to  make   something   more   detailed,   bigger,  or  fuller.   This  is  basically  a  good   outline.   Now   you'll   have  to  flesh  it  out.   The   play   was   good,   except   that   the   author   needed  to  flesh   out   the   third   act.  It  was   too   short.

reprimand someone severely. "he chewed me out for being late"

  to   accept   defeat;   to   go   to   extremes   to   indicate   one's   defeat.     So,   because  I  lost   the   contract,  I am  supposed  to  fall  on my  sword  or  something?

quibble over (something) To  argue,   dispute,  or  contend   (with   someone)   over  or  about   something,   especially   that   which  is  trivial  or  petty.   I'm happy   enough   with   following   your   plan,  so  let's   not   quibble   over   the   details.   The   couple   was   just   quibbling   with   one another   over   the   bill,   much  to  their   waiter's   consternation. See   also:   quibble Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. quibble  (about someone or something)   (with someone)  and  quibble (over   someone  or  something)   (with   someone) to be  argumentative  or  contentious   with   someone   about ...

(dɪˈdjuːs) 1. To reach (a conclusion) by reasoning. 2. To infer from a general principle; reason deductively: deduced from the laws of physics that the new airplane would fly. 3. To trace the origin or derivation of.

a small, narrow space or opening. synonyms: chink ,  crack ,  crevice ,  slit ,  split ,  fissure ,  rift ,  cleft ,  opening ,  gap ,  aperture , cavity ,  hole ,  hollow ,  niche ,  corner ,  nook ,  interstice "every little cranny was filled with drifted snow"

( idiomatic )  an  instinct  or  intuition ; an  immediate  or  basic  feeling or  reaction   without a logical rationale Don't think too hard about the answers to a personality test; just go with your gut feeling. Houst had a gut feeling he was being followed, so he hurried to his car.

Done or made without due consideration or attention; precipitate or cursory:  a hasty decision; a hasty conclusion.  See Synonyms at impetuous.

the person who is more mature than the opposite person, the person who makes more mature decisions.

selective extraction of points in an argument in order to refute or affirm them while ignoring others which will not support the point(s) being made. Much of cherry picking is  anecdotal evidence , because it only uses one or two examples to make a point also known as: suppressed evidence, fallacy of incomplete evidence, argument by selective observation, argument by half-truth, card stacking, fallacy of exclusion, ignoring the counter evidence, one-sided assessment, slanting, one-sidedness

impose def: to force (oneself, one's opinions  etc ) on a person.  The headmaster liked to impose his authority on the teachers.

e.g.  He has  refused  to  pay , not without reason.

conceitedly assertive and dogmatic in one's opinions. "an arrogant and opinionated man"

knee-jerk reaction: Fig.   an   automatic   or   reflex   reaction;   an   immediate   reaction   made   without   examining   causes   or   facts.   With   one  of his   typical   knee-jerk   reactions,  he  said  no  immediately,   citing   some   moral   argument   that  no  one   understood.

just imminent or becoming apparent. "trouble could be on the horizon"

of, relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure. "long curtains in voluptuous crimson velvet"

(of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed. "I felt strangely subdued as I drove home" somber ,  low-spirited ,  downcast ,  sad ,  dejected ,  depressed ,  gloomy , despondent ,  dispirited , disheartened,  forlorn ,  woebegone ; 

Fig.   something   for   someone   to   think   about;   issues   to   be   considered.   Your   essay   has   provided  me  with   some interesting   food   for   thought.   My  adviser   gave  me  some   food   for   thought   about   job   opportunities.

At   some   point   in   time,   as   in   Somewhere   along   the   line   I'm   sure  I  climbed   that   mountain . at   some   point   during   a   period   or   an   activity   I  don't   know   what   went   wrong   with   our   relationship   but   somewhere   along the   line  we  stopped   loving   each   other.

Fig.   to   get   an   understanding   of   the   causes   of   something.   We  must   get  to  the   bottom  of  this   problem   immediately. There  is  clearly   something   wrong   here,   and  I  want  to  get  to  the   bottom  of  it. Find   the   basic   underlying   quality   or   cause   of   something.   For   example,   He  was   determined  to  get  to  the   bottom  of  the  problem . to   discover   the   truth   about   a   situation   (often   +   question   word)   The   family   finally   got  to  the   bottom  of  why   their   boy   was killed.   How   will   investiga...

to   finish   something   first   so   that   you   can   do   something   else   I  got  my  required   courses   out  of  the   way,   and   now  I  can  study   the   things   I'm   really   excited   about. e.g. get the methodology out of the way