To offer some form of resistance to an attack. / (figuratively) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action.

Used to indicate that the activity being engaged in has just ended.

Alternative form of make a meal of

present participle of hold a candle

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, idiomatic, informal) To know; to be acquainted with (a person).

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, train. / (slang, vulgar) To have sex with a line of people, one after the other.

To become very angry

(humorous) A phrase used to reply to the question what time is it?.

(US, idiomatic, countrified dialect) To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.

Alternative form of throw a bone to