Re: Is "is" a verb?
From: Michael West (mbwest_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 06/23/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:28:06 GMT
Michael West wrote:
> "Going it" as an idiom is related to "roughing
> it", "toughing it out", "sticking it out" (in the sense of
> endurance), "hoofing it", "batching it" (living bachelor
> style"), and a few others.
Also "winging it", "faking it", and "doing it tough",
the latter being common in Australia but not, I think
in the US, where "having it tough" would be more
likely.
-- Michael West Melbourne, Australia
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