1. He got mad at his parents after they told him to .......... down while they watched TV.

2. Since there was no agenda for the day, the team leader decided to play it by .......... and deal with issues as they came up.

3. He couldn't wait to show his girlfriend his .......... new condo; it was one of the newest interior decorating styles.

4. The police chief decided to pull out all the .......... on the investigation. He really needed to catch the dangerous wanted criminal quickly.

5. The government decided to pull the .......... on the research funding because the scientists weren't working very hard on the project.

6. Bryan knew that his partner was trying to put one .......... on him, so he quickly dissolved the partnership.

7. The parents knew that their kids were trying to pull the .......... over their eyes with their long drawn-out story.

8. She knew that she was really pushing the .......... by putting that racy picture of a girl in a skimpy bikini on the front page of the local paper.

9. After the reporter implied that the police officer might have been involved in some illegitimate deals, the officer told the reporter to put a .......... in it.

10. He knew he would have to put on his .......... cap and start studying for the test soon.