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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • back downphraseC1To abandon a position in an argument or confrontation.
  • bail outphraseC1To rescue somebody from trouble, usually with money.
  • barge inphraseC1To enter or interrupt rudely.
  • bark ordersphraseC1To give commands in a short harsh voice.
  • barking up the wrong treephraseC1Blaming or pursuing entirely the wrong thing.
  • be that as it mayphraseC1A formal way of setting an objection aside.
bear a resemblancephraseC1To look somewhat like somebody or something else.
  • bear responsibilityphraseC1To carry the duty for something.
  • bear upphraseC1To keep going bravely under strain.
  • bear witnessphraseC1To state formally what you saw or know.
  • beat around the bush/ˈbiːt əˌɹaʊ̯nd ðə bʊʃ/phraseC1To avoid saying the main thing directly.
  • below parphraseC1Not as good as the usual standard.
  • bend over backwardsphraseC1To try extremely hard to please someone.
  • bite the bulletphraseC1To finally face something painful you have been avoiding.
  • black hole/blæk ˈhoʊl/phraseB22 meaningsA region of space with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.
  • blink atphraseC1To react to something with a flicker of the eyes.
  • blow overphraseC1To pass without causing lasting trouble.
  • blurt outphraseC1To say something suddenly and without thinking.
  • board upphraseC1To cover windows and doors with planks.
  • boil down tophraseC1To be, in the end, a matter of one simple thing.
  • born with a silver spoon in your mouthphraseC1Born into wealth and privilege.
  • branch outphraseC1To start doing something new and different.
  • break evenphraseC1To end with exactly as much as you started with.
  • break the mouldphraseC1To do something in a completely new way.
  • bridge the gapphraseC1To reduce a difference between two things.
  • burn bridgesphraseC1To end relationships so badly you can never go back.
  • burn the candle at both endsphraseC1To exhaust yourself by doing far too much.
  • burn the midnight oilphraseC1To work late into the night.
  • burn your bridgesphraseC1To destroy a relationship you might have needed.
  • burst someone's bubblephraseC1To spoil somebody's happy illusion.
  • bury the hatchetphraseC1To agree to stop fighting and forget the quarrel.
  • butt inphraseC1To interrupt a conversation rudely.
  • buy offphraseC1To pay somebody to stop making trouble for you.
  • buy outphraseC1To purchase somebody's whole share in a business.
  • buy upphraseC1To purchase all or most of the available supply of something.
  • by and largephraseC1Mostly; in general.