(figuratively) to break someone's heart [+ à (someone)]

(informal) to mark the occasion

(transitive with à) (informal) to shut (someone) up; to pull (someone) down a peg, to put (someone) in their place

(transitive with à) (informal) to shut (someone) up; to pull (someone) down a peg, to put (someone) in their place

(transitive with à) (informal) to shut (someone) up; to pull (someone) down a peg, to put (someone) in their place

(figuratively) to swagger, to strut, to puff up (to throw out one's chest in pride)

(figuratively) to smack of heresy

to set the table, to lay the table

(figuratively) to cut the cord, to cut the umbilical cord, to cut the apron strings

(figuratively) to exaggerate, to caricature (often on purpose, so as to make something appear more clearly)