 62  2. ... when she got engaged to Mr. Sunbury and he ventured to call her Bea, she put her foot down firmly. (W. S. Maugham) (4) to keep (a person) going — to keep him alive; help him with money, etc. 1. I kept myself going on black coffee, whisky and cigarettes. (A. Cronin) 2. ... and she was so tired herself that she did not know how long she could keep going. (D. Cusack) 3. ... still struggling to pay off the mortgage he'd had to raise to keep them going at all during the depression. (D. Cusack) (5) to leave a person to his own devices, to leave a person all on his own — to leave him alone to do what he wishes, giving him no help or advice to be on one's own, to work (live, do something, etc.) on one's own — to be independent, not directed or controlled by others, or simply just to be by oneself 1. He left us to our own devices; he didn't give a damn how the work was done as long as it was finished, when we'd promised, and he refused to be bothered with details. (J. Braine) 62 |
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