(idiomatic) To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.

To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

To make or take a bet. / (idiomatic) To take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.

Alternative form of put one's pants on one leg at a time

(idiomatic) To be an ordinary person; to be a mere mortal.

(idiomatic) To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.

present participle of pick up what someone is putting down

Alternative form of put one's pants on one leg at a time

Alternative form of put one's pants on one leg at a time

To come to the wrong conclusion; to make a false inference.