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Idioms and Phrases

Begin to accomplish or consume something, as in I've barely made a dent in this pile of correspondence , or Help us put a dent in this pie . This metaphoric expression alludes to striking a blow to make a physical indentation in something.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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