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Use the idiom tag for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about set phrases with unusual meanings that can't be properly understood just from the separate words in them.
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What does "gone amok" mean in this sentence
Clutter is political correctness gone amok. (In "On Writing Well")
Is there any grammar rule with "gone" in this sentence or is it just an idiom with "amok"?
Thank you
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meaning of "about us" in "about us for that"
We will need our full wits and strength about us for that
This is the first time I saw "about us" which was put in a strange place in the sentence like this. And Is there any grammar structure of …
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"How soon will we be moving along?" help me to understand the grammar
Can we modify verbs in idioms? …
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