Idioms review ESP 3_1

make something possible

• pave the way

• move the dial

• hold your breath

• pave over

cause something to change in a way that can be seen or heard

• above the fray

• move the dial

• close the deal

• go down a route

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There are those who argue that Britain should ................, but they don't include either Sunak or Keir Starmer.

• gone down the aisle

• get something moving

• go down this route

• play catch up

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Britain didn't need its equivalent of an IRA because it had taken an early lead in renewable energy and the Americans were now ....

take a position ahead of others at first, particularly in business

• make an early start

• take an early lead

• from an early age

• get an early start

try to make as much progress as someone or something that you are competing with

• play off

• play by play

• warm to an idea

• play catch up

cost a lot of money, usually more than someone or something can afford

• broke out

• break the bank

• break sweat

• break the pocket