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to spare
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to what is needed, extra, left over, as in We paid our bills and still had money to spare . This expression uses spare in the sense of “leftover†or “unused,†a usage dating from the late 1500s.Example Sentences
“I’m almost the opposite. That’s what I’ve learned over the handful of years of being a pro is I almost need to put more pressure on myself and ramp it up and get my heart rate going. I’m better off if I were to just show up with a minute to spare and I didn’t warm up and say, OK, go play golf.â€
“His mother begged them to leave him alone, saying he was a child, and that she would give them money or gold she had to spare his life,†she said.
Since Tesla sells only zero-emission vehicles, it has regulatory credits to spare.
But the whistle went to spare Wales that honour as they continue to build under new management.
I pleaded to the universe to spare me of my suffering, to reverse time, to let me be anywhere but here.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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