See ↑ CLOTHES 4, ↑ EQUIPMENT 1, ↑ OWN 4, ↑ SITUATION 1, ↑ THING 2
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• ↑ as things stand/the way things stand
• ↑ be seeing things
• ↑ get things moving
• ↑ make things worse/make it worse
• ↑ on the whole/all in all/all things considered
• ↑ say good things about
• ↑ see how things go
• ↑ see things in black and white
• ↑ stir things up
• ↑ take it slowly/take things slowly
• ↑ the way things are
• ↑ to make matters/things worse