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To be morally good or correct

rise above

to be morally good enough not to do something bad, especially something that most other people do

be in the right

to be morally or legally correct in what you do or believe

look good/bad

to be considered a good/bad thing to do

practise what you preach

to behave in the same way that you try to persuade other people to behave

be the done thing/be done

to be the correct or suitable thing to do, or to be the way that people think you should behave

have nothing to hide

to not be afraid of what people may discover, because you have done nothing wrong

cyberloafing

using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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wane

getting smaller, weaker, or less important

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show a bit of ankle

… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything

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