(idiomatic) To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.

To happen; to occur.

A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue.

(idiomatic) To do something that is unneeded or redundant.

(idiomatic) To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.

(idiomatic) To terminate or abolish something.

(transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.

Expected, or promised to arrive or be produced in the near future.

(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government.

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To initiate action; to assume or take a responsibility.