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give someone a bloody nose

idiom

To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.


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  1. 01

    as if someone owns the place

    Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

  2. 02

    banana nose

    A large, unusually long nose.

  3. 03

    beat someone round the ears

    To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

  4. 04

    bless someone with

    To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

  5. 05

    bring someone to their knees

    To defeat and make submit to orders.

  6. 06

    button nose

    A nose with a small size and a relatively flat, round shape, usually considered to be dainty or cute in appearance.

  7. 07

    call someone every name in the book

    To call someone many abusive names.

  8. 08

    call someone everything but a child of God

    To call someone many abusive names.

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