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hustle v - push roughly; jostle.

They were hissed and hustled as they went in.

Pool was then hustled out of the room.

hustle n - a state of great activity

The hustle and bustle of the big cities.

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fizzle out:

- to gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way:

They went to different universities and their relationship just fizzled out.

Their romance fizzled out after a few months.

The movie made a great start, but the action seemed to fizzle out.

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plough on - to continue doing something although it is difficult or boring

He could see that she didn't like what he was saying, but he ploughed on (= continued talking) regardless.

It would be a mistake to plough on with this plan - it will never work.

School is a struggle. She is trying to plough on for now, but she can't wait to finish.

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strident

- presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way

strident demand

strident opinion

Other members of the family are stridently against the idea.

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run someone ragged 使...疲于奔命

- exhaust someone by making them undertake a lot of physical activity.

For 20 minutes they ran us ragged.

England ran Tunisia ragged in that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances.

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snuff out

- end something
- extinguish a candle or flame

There is concern that overfishing could snuff out some species.

His political career was snuffed out in its prime.

A breeze snuffed out the candle.

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pass someone by

- happen without being noticed or fully experienced by someone

Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by.

Messi is trying to do too much and he ends up so frustrated that the game just passed him by.

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pass someone by

- happen without being noticed or fully experienced by someone

Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by.

Messi is trying to do too much and he ends up so frustrated that the game just passed him by.

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get acquainted with someone

- If you get or become acquainted with someone that you do not know, you talk to each other or do something together so that you get to know each other. You can also say that two people get or become acquainted. 

An FBI agent walked me in and they let us get acquainted for a while.

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colour drain from someone's face

- used to say that someone became very pale 

The color drained from her face when he told her there had been an accident.

I just felt like my life as I knew it was ended. I felt the colour drain from my face.