(idiomatic, transitive) To praise or congratulate.

To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork. / (idiomatic, US) To pay (implies lots of money).

Focused alertness, quick-thinking resourcefulness, stability of thought and feeling, or good sense, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging.

(idiomatic) Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.

(idiomatic) Back to the start, as after a dead end or failure.

(idiomatic) To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.

To punish in an overly mild and largely symbolic manner. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

(idiomatic) An overly mild punishment; a reprimand. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, line. / (idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate. / Not in a line, straggly.

(idiomatic) To reform; to improve one's habits.