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drop/lower your guard to stop being careful to avoid danger or difficulty. Once he knew I wasn't a journalist, he dropped his guard and even let me take a photograph of him. lower your sights to accept something less good than the thing you were hoping for. With so few jobs around she's had to lower her sights. See also: sight lower the boom (American, informal) to suddenly stop someone doing something you do not approve of. Dad lowered the boom. I have to stay in the next two weekends. lower the tone if something lowers the tone of a place, it makes it less suitable for people of a high social class, and if something lowers the tone of a conversation or a piece of writing, it makes it less polite or of a lower quality. The locals don't like students living around here. It lowers the tone of the neighbourhood. (usually + of) Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling rude jokes, Ian! See also: tone lower your sights to accept something that is not as good as what you originally wanted. With so few jobs around she's had to lower her sights. Usage notes: the opposite meaning is expressed by raise your sights See also: sight |
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``When it comes to the issue of overtime accountability, the one department we have not lowered the boom on and should have long ago is the Sheriff's Department and there is just no excuse in this billion-dollar department not to keep track of this,'' Yaroslavsky said. Then the Mariners lowered the boom on the Angels, chasing starter Aaron Sele with four runs in the sixth to ensure a 6-4 victory in front of 39,121 at Edison Field. Then, the Mariners lowered the boom on the Angels, chasing starter Aaron Sele with four runs in the sixth to ensure a 6-4 victory in front of 39,121 at Edison Field. |
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