Phrases & Expressions

To share the cost of a meal or an outing so that each person pays a separate share.

• Let's go Dutch tonight.
• We always go Dutch when we eat out.

To start one's own business or commercial venture.

• Jeff decided to go into business selling baseball cards.
• Eva went into business selling her homemade muffins.

Something that is suitable or appropriate for a particular situation or purpose.

• This car is a good fit for our family.
• He's not a good fit for the team.

In SQL, a command that groups rows with the same values in chosen columns.

• Use GROUP BY to count items per category.
• GROUP BY is often used with COUNT and SUM in reports.

To have a short time free, e.g. to talk or help someone.

• Do you have a moment to talk?
• If you have a moment, could you check my email?

To be likely to behave in a particular way.

• He has a tendency to worry too much.
• She has a tendency to forget names.

Used to warn people to look out or pay attention.

• Heads up! There's a ball coming your way.
• Heads up, everyone, the manager is coming.

Used by air traffic control to tell a pilot or driver to stop before a runway or other point and wait.

• Hold short of runway one eight.
• The controller told us to hold short of the active runway.

Said by a pilot to confirm taking over the flight controls from the other pilot.

• Pilot A: "You have control." Pilot B: "I have control."
• After the handover, the new pilot says, "I have control."

Used to say that you think something is true or likely to happen.

• I reckon it will be a difficult task.
• I reckon he'll be here soon.