to pick somebody's brains about sth	to get ideas and information from someone
to have a bone to pick with somebody	to have sth to argue or complain about
to pick holes in sth/an argument	to find fault with sth, to find the weak point
to pick a quarrel with someone	to bring about a quarrel intentionally
to get sth across to sb	to cause sth to be understood
to get away	to escape, be free to leave
to get back	to recover possession of sth
to get back	to return home
to get in	to enter
to get on	to make progress, be successful
to get on with sb	to live and/or work in a sociable way
to get over	to recover from sth
to get through	to finish a piece of work, finish successfully
to buy a pig in a poke	to buy sth without seeing it or knowing its value, sth which turns out to be worth less than the mon
to fish in troubled waters	to try to gain a personal advantage from a troubled situation
to kill two birds with one stone	to achieve two aims by making the same effort
to tighten one's belt	to spend less money or cut down on unnecessary expense in a time of financial difficulty
to pay through the nose for sth	to pay more money than the object is worth
to do a roaring trade	to do good business and make high profits
to be in the red	to owe money to one's bank
to throw good money after bad	to lose more money trying to compensate for a loss
to be getting at	to be trying to say or suggest (colloquial)
to come up with	to present, propose, invent
to do in	to finish, get sth done, kill someone
to get out of	to avoid, escape
to go over	to examine, study or review carefully
to hang on	to wait
to make up	to form, compose, constitute
to make up	to invent (mentally)
to put away	to replace in the usual way of storage
to put away	to eat or drink excessively (colloquial)
to turn into	to become, change into sth else