compile from
compile (something) from (something)
To assemble something from component parts. Don't worry, I'm compiling a study guide from the notes I took this semester. I'm making Grandma a collage for her birthday, and I am compiling some excellent shots from all these family photo albums. I hear the publisher is going to compile an anthology from all of the essays we sent in!
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compile something from something
to make up something from something; to collect and consolidate something from something. She compiled a book of poetry from verses written by her friends. Lynn compiled a picture book from family photographs going back almost a century.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
- address comments or remarks to
- address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
- be at a disadvantage
- at a disadvantage
- be (as) serious as a heart attack
- a run on (something)
- a rush on (something)
- at the point of (doing something)
- (the) odds are against (something)