set down
v. phr.— «DeMatteis, who was helmeted and traveling north, had set his bike down in what’s known as a “brake fall” stop. “I didn’t know if he was dead or alive.”» —“Motorcyclist on the hunt for his rescuer in Teqesta” by Michelle Sheldone TCPalm (Fort Pierce, Florida) Jan. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Debbie from Crawfordsville, Florida, says that when she and her husband reach an impasse while working on something, they’ll say Let’s grok about it, which they use to mean “Let’s think about it.” Grok was coined by...
Michelle in Thorne Bay, Alaska, wonders why a skittish person may be called a nervous Nellie. That term is associated with the nickname of politician Frank B. Kellogg, who was considered overly emotional and indecisive, but who also won the 1929...