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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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  • carry on/ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/phraseB12 meaningsTo continue doing something.
  • carry overphraseC1To keep something for a later period instead of losing it.
  • cast off/kæst ɒf/phraseC1To finish knitting by securing the last row.
  • cast onphraseC1To make the first row of loops on a knitting needle.
  • catch firephraseB12 meaningsTo start burning.
  • catch on/kæt͡ʃ ˈɒn/phraseB2
2 meanings
To come to understand something.
  • catch somebody's driftphraseC1To grasp the general point somebody is making.
  • caught red-handedphraseC1Discovered in the very act of doing wrong.
  • chalk and cheesephraseC1Two things that could not be more unalike.
  • chalk upphraseC1To record a win or a total to somebody's credit.
  • chance upon/ˈt͡ʃɑːns əˌpɒn/phraseC1To meet or find by pure accident.
  • change your tunephraseC1To suddenly say the opposite of what you said before.
  • chicken outphraseC1To lose your courage at the last moment and not do it.
  • chime inphraseC1To add your voice to a conversation already going.
  • clean as a whistlephraseC1Perfectly clean, or completely free of blame.
  • clean slatephraseC1A fresh start with all past mistakes wiped away.
  • clock upphraseC1To reach a total of miles, hours or wins.
  • club togetherphraseC1To share the cost of something between several people.
  • come around tophraseC1To end up agreeing with a view you first rejected.
  • come byphraseB22 meaningsTo obtain or acquire something.
  • come out inphraseC1To develop a rash or spots on the skin.
  • coming of agephraseC1Reaching the age at which you count as an adult.
  • commuter beltphraseC1The ring of towns people travel from into a city for work.
  • compliments to the chefphraseC1A message of praise sent back to the kitchen.
  • cordon offphraseC1To close an area with a barrier so nobody may enter.
  • cotton onphraseC1To finally understand what is going on.
  • cover all the basesphraseC1To prepare for every possibility.
  • cover your tracksphraseC1To remove the signs that you were there.
  • crease upphraseC1To laugh helplessly, or to make somebody do so.
  • cross that bridge when you come to itphraseC1To deal with a problem only when it actually arrives.
  • cup your earphraseC1To hold a hand behind the ear to hear better.
  • curiosity killed the cat/kjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti kɪld ðə ˈkæt/phraseC1The warning that asking too much can get you in trouble.
  • curtain upphraseC1The moment a performance begins.
  • cut cornersphraseC1To do a job cheaply and carelessly to save time or money.