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[fight shy of]{v. phr.} To avoid; escape from. •/Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work./

[fight tooth and nail] See: TOOTH AND NAIL.

[figure in]{v.} 1. {informal} To add to a total; remember to put down in figures. •/We figured in the travel expenses but forgot the cost of meals./ 2. To have a part in; be partly responsible for. •/Joe figured in all our touchdowns./ •/Mary’s good grades figured in her choice as class president./

[figure on]{v.} 1. To expect and think about while making plans. •/We did not figure on having so many people at the picnic./ •/He figured on going to town the next day./ Syn.: PLAN ON. 2. To depend on; be; sure about. •/You can figure on him to be on time./ Syn.: COUNT ON.

[figure out]{v.} 1. To find an answer by thinking about (some problem or difficulty); solve. •/Tom couldn’t figure out the last problem on the arithmetic test./ •/Sam couldn’t figure out how to print a program until the teacher showed him how./ •/Mary couldn’t figure out why her cake tasted so funny until she found salt mixed in the sugar bag./ Compare: FIND OUT(1). 2. To learn how to explain; understand. •/Laurence is an odd boy; I can’t figure him out./ Compare: MAKE OUT(2).

[figure up]{v. phr.} To calculate; add up. •/If you can figure up how many phone calls I’ve made from your home, I will pay you right away./

[fill in]{v.} 1. To write words needed in blanks; put in; fill. •/You should fill in all the blanks on an application for a job./ 2. {informal} To tell what you should know. •/The new boy didn’t know the rules so Bob filled him in./ •/The teacher filled in Mary about class work done while she was sick./ 3. To take another’s place; substitute. •/The teacher was sick and Miss Jones filled in for her./

[fill (in) the gap]{v. phr.} To supply a missing piece of information; provide a clue during the course of solving a mystery. •/Sherlock Holmes said, "These fingerprints are bound to fill the gap in our investigation."/

[fill one’s shoes]{v. phr.} To take the place of another and do as well; to substitute satisfactorily for. •/When Jack got hurt, the coach had nobody to fill his shoes./ •/Joe hopes to fill his father’s shoes./ See: IN ONE’S SHOES.

[fill out]{v.} 1. To put in what is missing; complete; finish; {especially}, to complete (a printed application blank or other form) by writing the missing facts in the blank spaces; to write down facts which are asked for in (a report or application.) •/After Tom passed his driving test he filled out an application for his driver’s license./ •/The policeman filled out a report of the accident./ 2. To become heavier and fatter; gain weight. •/When Bill was nineteen he began to fill out./ •/The girl was pale and thin after her sickness, but in a few months she filled out./

[fill the bases] See: LOAD THE BASES.

[fill the bill]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be just what is needed; be good enough for something; be just right. •/The boss was worried about hiring a deaf boy, but after he tried Tom out for a few weeks, he said that Tom filled the bill./ •/I thought I would need a special tool, but this wrench fills the bill./

[fill up] or [fill it up] or [fill her up]{v. phr.} To fill entirely. (Said by the driver of a car to a gas station attendant). •/When the attendant asked Andrew how much gas he wanted in the tank, Andrew replied, "Fill her up."/

[filthy lucre]{n.}, {informal} Money, especially when thought of as bad or shameful. •/When the rich gambler tried to make Sarah marry him, she said, "Keep your filthy lucre — I shall marry the man I love."/ — Sometimes used in a joking way. •/"Come and let’s get rid of some filthy lucre."/

[filthy rich]{adj. phr.} Extremely rich but without cultural refinement; nouveau riche. •/"The Murgatroyds are filthy rich," Ted complained. "They are rolling in money but they never learned how to behave properly at a dinner table."/

[finders keepers] or [finders keepers, losers weepers]{informal} Those who find lost things can keep them. — Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. •/I don’t have to give it back; it’s finders keepers./ •/Finders keepers, losers weepers! It’s my knife now!/

[find fault]{v. phr.} To find something wrong; complain; criticize. •/She tries to please him, but he always finds fault./ •/They found fault with every box I made./ Compare: JUMP ON, PICK AT(3).

[find it in one’s heart]{v. phr.} To be able or willing because of your nature. •/He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother’s death./ •/Can you find it in your heart to forgive me?/ •/He could never find it in his heart to be mean to a dog./

[find one’s ---]{v. phr.} To become able to use (some power of the body or mind.) •/In the program for the parents, John was nervous and could not speak at first; then he found his tongue./ •/The young bird had just found its wings./ •/The baby was just beginning to find his feet./ •/The question surprised him, and it was a minute before he found his tongue./

[find oneself]{v. phr.} To find out what one is fitted for and succeed in that. •/Mary tried several lines of work, but at last found herself as a teacher./ •/Sometimes young people move around a long time from job to job before they find themselves./

[find] or [get one’s bearings]{v. phr.} To know where one is or where one is headed. •/"Without a compass," the sergeant warned the enlisted men, "you will never find your bearings in the desert."/

[find out]{v.} 1. To learn or discover (something you did not know before.) •/One morning the baby found out for the first time that she could walk./ •/I don’t know how this car works, but I’ll soon find out./ •/He watched the birds to find out where they go./ •/Mary was angry when Jane found out her secret./ 2. To get facts; to get facts about. •/He wrote to find out about a job in Alaska./ •/She found out how much the house would cost./ 3. To discover (someone) doing wrong; catch. •/Some children are bad when no one is watching them, but they are usually found out./ •/The boy knew that if he cheated on the test the teacher would find him out./