“from the”

The following 27 entries include the term from the.

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from the time

idiom

: from (a point in the past) until the present time : since

from the word go

idiom

: from the beginning

keep the wolf from the door

idiom

: to have or earn enough money to afford things (such as food and clothing) that is needed to live

nothing could be farther from the truth

idiom

used to say that something someone else has said is completely untrue

nothing could be further from the truth

idiom

used to say that something is absolutely not true

separate the men from the boys

idiom

: to show which people are really strong, brave, etc., and which are not

separate the sheep from the goats

idiom

: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

separate the wheat from the chaff

idiom

: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

stand out from the crowd

idiom

: to be unusual in a good way

stand out from the pack

idiom

: to be different from others

straight from the top

idiom

: from the person with the most authority or power

take it from the top

idiom

: to start from the beginning of a scene, song, etc.

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