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show someone the ropes

show someone the ropes idiom

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Browse dictionary definitions near show someone the ropes

show someone the door
show someone out
show someone a good time
show signs of
show out
show one's true colors
show one's teeth
show one's heels
show one's hand
show one's face

show the way
show the white feather
show to advantage
show trial
show up
show up
show window
show-and-tell
show-bizzy
show-stopping

show someone the ropes

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