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Chang Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Meaning of these phrases

Someone please tell me what each of these phrases mean:

Please get your act together.

He pulled a 180 on me. Spme examples would be great. Thanks in advance.
  

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1. Get organized; put your life in order. ] 2.

— Philip

  • 1.
  • Get organized; put your life in order.
  • ] 2.
  • I've never heard it used this way exactly [on me], but it means to turn 180 degrees, to go in the opposite direction.
  • Perhaps here it means that he previously agreed with me but now has changed his mind completely.
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1. Get organized; put your life in order.

[She had been depressed for quite some time, but now she's getting her act together.]

2. I've never heard it used this way exactly [on me], but it means to turn 180 degrees, to go in the opposite direction. Perhaps here it means that he previously agreed with me but now has changed his mind completely.

[Whil
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Thank you, Philip.
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I think the formula "He pulled an X on me" is not that unusual, expecially where X is an idiom.
(Houdini, quickie, fast one, scam, move, switcheroo, disappearing act, bait and switch, etc.)

Also, "He pulled a trick / prank / joke on me."

X is often the name of a person who is famous or infamous for some particular type of behavior.
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Edit. expecially = especially
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