• give the lie to it

• get to grips with it

• a stupid wise thing to do

• come true

• there are no two ways about it

• have to go

• be on the point of doing it

• a set-to

• come to nothing

• funny peculiar

• make a fool of him

• praise him to the skies

• open his eyes to it

• shoulder to shoulder

• go through it with a fine-toothed comb

• see one's way to doing it

• nail one's colours to the mast

• over the moon

• overdo it

• rub off on to him

• lead up to it

• run it to earth

• there you are

• out to do something

• a heart-to-heart

• go to earth

• find it in one's heart to do it

• to good purpose

• go to the wall

• what all have you

• worn to a shadow