(transitive with à) to bow and scrape, to kowtow to (to behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner)

(of a person) to travel around the world, to go round the world / (of a story, etc.) to span the globe, to make news around the world

(figuratively) to put things into perspective

if at all possible, if possible

to participate in war operations, to fight in a war

(literally) in the event of a fire, to give up some items to the flames in order to preserve the rest / (figuratively) to compromise; to make sacrifices for the greater good

half-assed, sloppy, slipshod

(figuratively) for there to be no doubt about it, to be a certainty, to be clear

(informal, figuratively, transitive with à) to do no favours; to not make things easy; to be very strict, to cut someone no slack; to be ruthless, to be merciless

more than one knows what to do with, more than one can shake a stick at (a great number or amount of)