an extra team chosen to enter a competition without taking part in the regular qualifying method in Idioms
an absurd or hopeless search in Idioms
a strike not ordered by a labor union but done without planning by a group of workers in Idioms
will not allow or consider something in Idioms
to win by a small amount in Idioms
to be victorious or successful after hard work or difficulty in Idioms
to gain the support and sympathy of someone in Idioms
to end, to finish, to settle in Idioms
to finally do something in Idioms
to end something, to finish something, to settle something in Idioms
to tighten the spring of a machine or clock to make it work in Idioms
to finally be somewhere in Idioms
to finally get or have something in Idioms
to allow and pretend not to know about something (e.g. a law or rule being broken) in Idioms
a series of several wins one after the other in Idioms
to erase someone's (bad) record in Idioms
to remove something by wiping or rubbing it, to clean the surface of something in Idioms
