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. and to cap It all: used to introduce the last and worst thing in a list of bad things

I left my keys at home, I missed the bus and to cap it all it started raining

to get It over (and done) with: to do sth unpleasant so that you no longer have to think or worry about it

Why don't you tell him now and get it over and done with?

I can't bear! hate/love, etc It when: used to emphasise how you feel about sth

I can't bear it when the neighbours play loud music

'll see to It: I will make sure that sth happens/is done

I will see to it personally that the tickets are sent to you this morning

I/ we would appreciate It If you could: (formal) please could you...

I/ we would appreciate It If you could: (formal) please could you...

I would prefer It If you + past tense: a polite way of saying please do sth/please don 't do sth

I'd prefer it if you left the door open

legend has It that: there is a legend that says ... [Note: rumour has it that: there are rumours that say]

Legend has it that if you pull the sword from the stone, you will become king of England.

to put It bluntly: used to introduce sth which is very direct and which might offend or surprise

Well, to put it bluntly, I think that what you did was inexcusable.

to put your foot In It: accidentally do or say sth that embarrasses or upsets sb

I really put my foot In It when I told her we had all been invited to the party. She was the only one who hadn't.

to take It for granted that: to believe or assume that sth is a fact without thinking about it

He took it for granted that we all understood French, and he started reading us a poem by Rimbaud.

to take It In turns to do sth! to take turns doing sth: if two people take it in turns to do sth/take turns doing sth, one of them does it first, then the other and so on

It was a long journey, so we took it in turns to drive/took turns driving.

th take(s) It out of you: sth makes you very tired

Teaching adolescents can certainly take it out of you.