hash out
To talk all about and try to agree on; discuss thoroughly.
The teacher asked Susan and Jane to sit down together and hash out their differences.
The students hashed out the matter and decided to drop it.
have it out
To settle a difference by a free discussion or by a fight.
Joe called Bob a bad name, so they went back of the school and had it out. Joe got a bloody nose and Bob got a black eye.
The former friends finally decided to have it out in a free argument and they became friends again.
I am going to have it out with Jack about all the times that he has told us lies.
Ben had it out with his roommate about coming back home so late and making a lot of noise.
have one's wits about one
To be alert; remain calm; not panic.
Sam was the only one who kept his wits about him when the floodwaters of the Mississippi broke into our yard.
have qualms about
have qualms in
To feel uneasy about; hesitate about something.
Mike had no qualms in telling Sue that he was no longer in love with her.
head out
To go or point away.
The ship left port and headed out to sea.
The car was parked beside the house. It was headed out towards the street.
Leave; start out.
I have a long way to go before dark. I'm going to head out.
heart goes out to
You feel very sorry for; you feel pity or sympathy for. Used with a possessive.
Frank's heart went out to the poor children playing in the slum street.
Our hearts went out to the young mother whose child had died.
heart in one's mouth
heart in one's boots
A feeling of great fear or nervousness. Often considered trite.
Charles got up to make his first speech with his heart in his mouth.
My heart was in my mouth as I went into the haunted house.
When the bear came out of the woods towards us, our hearts were in our mouths.
hedge about
hedge in
To surround with a hedge or barrier; protect or separate by closing in.
The house is hedged about with hushes and trees.
The little garden is hedged in to keep the chickens out.
To keep from getting out or moving freely; keep from acting freely; block in.
The boys are hedged in today. They can only play in the backyard.
The king said he could not make new laws if he was so hedged in by old ones.