What's Up American Idioms
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4.go for [ ]
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Grammar note: object is often "it"
Stylistic note: informal
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Object of preposition:
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5. stand out Meaning: Subject: _
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Tai Babylonia and Randy Gardner were good |
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the Russians, Rodnina and Zaitzev. But Tai |
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and Randy were so" popular, everybody in the United States seemed to
be rooting them.
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Just before the Olympic Games, Randy fell and the skaters couldn't compete. What a disappointment!
