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(I'm) (very) glad to meet you.

a polite expression said to a person to whom one has just been introduced. (See also (I'm) pleased to meet you.) Mary: I'd like you to meet my brother, Tom. Bill: I'm very glad to meet you, Tom. Jane: Hi! I'm Jane. Bob: Glad to meet you. I'm Bob.

See also: glad

(I'm) pleased to meet you.

an expression said when introduced to someone. Tom: I'm Tom Thomas. Bill: Pleased to meet you. I'm Bill Franklin. John: Have you met Sally Hill? Bill: I don't believe I've had the pleasure. I'm pleased to meet you, Sally. Sally: My pleasure, Bill.

See also: please

(It's) nice to meet you.

an expression said just after being introduced to someone. Tom: Sue, this is my sister, Mary. Sue: It's nice to meet you, Mary. Mary: How are you, Sue? Bob: I'm Bob. Nice to see you here. Jane: Nice to meet you, Bob.

See also: nice

gone to meet one's maker

Euph. died. Poor old Bob has gone to meet his maker. After a long illness, Reggie went to meet his maker.

See also: gone, maker

Good-bye for now. and (Good-bye) until next time.; Till next time.; Bye for now.; Till we meet again.; Until we meet again.

Good-bye, I'll see you soon.; Good-bye, I'll see you next time. (Often said by the host at the end of a radio or television program.) Alice: See you later. Good-bye for now. John: Bye, Alice. Mary: See you later. Bob: Good-bye for now. The host of the talk show always closed by saying, "Good-bye until next time. This is Wally Off, Slgning off."

See also: now

I would like you to meet someone. and I would like to introduce you to someone.

an expression used to introduce one person to another. (The word someone can be used as the someone.) Mary: I would like you to meet my Uncle Bill. Sally: Hello, Uncle Bill. Nice to meet you. Tom: I would like to introduce you to Bill Franklin. John: Hello, Bill. Glad to meet you. Bill: Glad to meet you, John.

See also: like

I'd like (for) you to meet someone.

an expression used to introduce someone to someone else. (The someone can be a person's name, the name of a relationship, or the word someone.) Tom: Sue, I'd like you to meet my brother, Bill. Sue: Hi, Bill. How are you? Bill: Great! How are you? Bob: Hello, Fred. I'd like for you to meet someone. This is Bill. Fred: Hello, Bill. I'm glad to meet you. Bill: Hello, Fred. My pleasure.

See also: like

make (both) ends meet

Fig. to earn and spend equal amounts of money. (Usually in reference to a meager living with little if any money after basic expenses.) I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet. Through better budgeting, I am learning to make both ends meet.

See also: end, make

meet someone halfway

Fig. to compromise with someone. No, I won't give in, but I'll meet you halfway. They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.

See also: halfway

meet one's death and meet one's end

Fig. to die. After 20 years, my dog finally met his death when he got hit by a bus. The skydiver met his end when his parachute didn't open.

See also: death

meet one's match

Fig. to meet one's equal; to encounter someone who can match or outdo one in some activity, talent, etc. John played tennis with Bill yesterday, and it looks as if John has finally met his match. Listen to Jane and Mary argue. I always thought that Jane was loud, but she has finally met her match.

See also: match

meet one's Waterloo

Fig. to meet one's final and insurmountable challenge. (Alludes to the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.) The boss is being very hard on Bill. It seems that Bill has finally met his Waterloo. John was more than Sally could handle. She has finally met her Waterloo.

meet the requirements (for something)

to fulfill the requirements for something. Sally was unable to meet the requirements for the job. Jane met the requirements and was told to report to work the next day.

meet up with someone or something

to meet someone or something, usually by accident. I met up with Don on the street yesterday. James met up with a strange accident.

See also: up

meet with someone

to have a meeting with someone. I will meet with all of them on Monday. When can I meet with you?

meet with something 

1. [for someone] to experience something, such as an accident. Poor Carlo met with a serious accident. Henry always feared meeting with a horrible fate.

2. [for someone or something] to strike or touch something. That board is supposed to meet perfectly with the surface of the wall. Her head met with the top of the car a number of times during the journey.

3. to encounter some kind of response. The proposal met with unexpected opposition. Her speech was met with universal approval.

more (to something) than meets the eye

Fig. [there are] hidden values or facts regarding something. There is more to that problem than meets the eye. What makes you think that there is more than meets the eye?

See also: eye, more

where the rubber meets the road

Fig. at the point in a process where there are challenges, issues, or problems. Now we have spelled out the main area of dissent. This is where the rubber meets the road.

See also: road, rubber

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come to a sticky end  (British & Australian humorous) also meet a sticky end (British & Australian humorous)

to die in an unpleasant way Of course the villain comes to a sticky end in the last act of the play.

See also: come, end, sticky

make (both) ends meet

to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need My wages were so low that I had to take a second job just to make ends meet.

See also: end, make

meet somebody halfway

to show that you really want to reach an agreement or improve your relationship with someone by doing some of the things that they ask you to I really want this relationship, Simon, and I'm prepared to work at it but you have to meet me halfway.

See also: halfway

meet your maker  (humorous)

to die I'm afraid Zoe's rabbit is no more. He's gone to meet his maker.

See also: maker

meet your match

to meet someone who is able to defeat you in an argument or a competition The world chess champion finally met his match when he was beaten by a computer.

See also: match

meet your Waterloo

if someone who has been successful in the past meets their Waterloo, they are defeated by someone who is too strong for them or by a problem which is too difficult for them

Usage notes: The French leader Napoleon was finally defeated at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.

She finally met her Waterloo when she tried to take on the club champion.

See meet in the flesh, come to a sticky end

meet/see somebody in the flesh

to meet or see someone yourself, instead of watching them in a film or on television, etc. I knew his face so well from the photographs that it felt a bit strange when I finally saw him in the flesh.

See also: flesh

Never the twain shall meet.  (literary)

something that you say when two things or people are so different that they can never exist together or agree with each other Psychologists support behavioural therapy, pharmacologists support drugs, and never the twain shall meet.

See also: never, shall

There is more to something/somebody than meets the eye.

something that you say when you think that something or someone is less simple than they seem to be at first There's more to this than meets the eye. I suspect Tom's not telling the truth. There must be more to him than meets the eye, or else why would she be interested in him?

See also: eye, more

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make ends meet

to have enough money to pay for your basic expenses To make ends meet, she runs a day-care center out of her home.

See also: end, make

meet somebody halfway

to do some of what someone asks you to do He's put forward some good proposals for settling the strike, but the other side has not been willing to meet him halfway.

Usage notes: often said about an attempt to reach an agreement about something

Related vocabulary: split the difference

See also: halfway

meet your match

to find someone equal to you in some way Martina finally met her match on the tennis court today and lost, three sets to two.

See also: match

meet up (with somebody)

to see and talk to someone familiar or someone you do not know Let's meet up for drinks after work. I met up with a couple of Australians on the train.

Usage notes: refers to seeing someone either intentionally or unexpectedly

See also: up

meet with something (slightly formal)

to experience something, esp. something unpleasant The proposal for the new highway met with harsh criticism.

Usage notes: often used of a negative reaction

more (to somebody/something) than meets the eye

more interesting or complicated than someone or something appears at first There is more to her death than meets the eye - she was probably murdered. There must be more to him than meets the eye, or else why would she be interested in him?

Usage notes: also used in the form less than meets the eye (not as interesting or complicated as it appears): Unfortunately, with her boyfriend, there is less than meets the eye.

See also: eye, more

never the twain shall meet

these two things or people will never exist together or agree with each other Psychologists believe in therapy, chemists believe in drugs, and never the twain shall meet.

See also: never, shall