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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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nobody is out to get you

0What does it exactly mean?02br
00Maybe is it an idiom or an idiomatic phrase? 02br
00Searching around, I have found just some examples like the following one:02br
01i00If 01u00nobody is out to get you02u02i00, you don't have to look in all the dark corners.02br
00Maybe does it mean something like: "Please relax, actually 01u00nobody is your enemy02u00. So be happy!"?02br
00Thank you!0-
  

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0It means "Don't be so paranoid."02br
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0Thank you GG! 02br
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00Could "get you" be replaced with something like "catch/kill/hurt you" in the sentence?0-
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0It's actually a pretty fixed phrase. I would not alter it.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Could "get you" be replaced with something like "catch/kill/hurt you" in the sentence?12blockquote
10 It can be replaced in the sense that it has a similar meaning, but it cannot be replaced and still retain its force as an idiomatic expression.02br
00CJ 0-
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0Thank you GG and CJ!02br
00Ok, I got the meaning, thank you for your helpful explanation.02br
00Anyway, I was just wondering how to "read", say, the single parts of the sentence, as I haven't come across this usage of "out" and "get" before. 02br
00In my dictionary both the words have a large number of meanings so I am trying to figure out the right one for t
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