pack it in

The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.

Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.

Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.

But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.