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make the world go around

idiom

To play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.


Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  3. 03

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  4. 04

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  7. 07

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  8. 08

    come into the world

    To be born.

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