WORK AROUND THE CLOCK (work day and night)
DEEP-ROOTED ( Firmly implanted; well-established: deep-rooted prejudices.)
BREAKTHROUGH (A major achievement or success that permits further progress, as in technology.)
SEE EYE TO EYE (WITH SOMEONE) ON SOMETHING (be in agreement; "We never saw eye to eye on this question)
CUTTING-EDGE ( in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style; "cutting-edge technology";)
CARROT-AND-STICK ( Combining a promised reward with a threatened penalty: took a carrot-and-stick approach to the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.)
BUTTER SOMEONE UP (To praise or flatter excessively: You're always buttering up the boss.)
DEAD-END ( Permitting no opportunity for progress or advancement: a dead-end job.)
AIRTIGHT (excuse, alibi, social class, etc.) (without cracks or holes or weak points)
BLEND ( To combine (different elements) into a single entity: a career that blends medicine and engineering)
BRAINWASH ( persuade completely, often through coercion; "The propaganda brainwashed many people")
BOMBARD ( to assail vigorously: bombarded me with questions)
BUZZ (sound like the one that bees make)
CHAT UP ( To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner)
