| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| give your word |
promise, say that you agree, count on what you say
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If you gave your word, do whatever you promised. A person is only
as good as his word.
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| glad rags |
best clothes, dress clothes
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I'll come to your concert. I'll do my hair and put on my glad rags.
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| glassy eyed |
dazed, not alert
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When I saw him he was glassy eyed. I think he was drunk.
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| glitch |
fault, problem, snag
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That printer is full of glitches. It isn't working right.
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| glom onto |
grab, take
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Don't leave any donuts around, or Bubba will glom onto them.
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| gloss over |
cover faults or errors, cover up
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Jill won't gloss over your errors. She'll tell you about them.
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| gloves are off |
(See the gloves are off)
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| glow on |
(See a glow on)
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| glowing terms |
(See in glowing terms)
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| glued to the set |
watching TV, interested in a TV show
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Jack loves sports. He's glued to the set every Saturday.
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