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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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110 words · showing 61–110

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  • come off itphraseB2A blunt way of telling somebody not to be ridiculous.
  • come out/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/phraseB12 meaningsTo be published or released.
  • come out inphraseC1To develop a rash or spots on the skin.
  • come out withphraseB2To say something surprising without warning.
  • come overphraseB12 meaningsTo visit someone's home.
  • come rain or shinephraseB2Whatever happens, without fail.
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  • come to an agreementphraseB2To settle on terms both sides accept.
  • come to think of itphraseB2Said when a new thought strikes you mid-sentence.
  • come up withphraseB2To produce an idea, plan or solution.
  • coming of agephraseC1Reaching the age at which you count as an adult.
  • common groundphraseB2The part of a disagreement both sides can accept.
  • 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.
  • concrete junglephraseB2A city of hard buildings with nothing green in it.
  • conduct a surveyphraseB2To carry out a study of what people think.
  • congratulations/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/phraseA22 meaningsSaid to somebody who has succeeded or had good news.
  • conveyor beltphraseB2A moving loop that carries things along.
  • convince yourselfphraseB2To talk yourself into believing something.
  • cool down/kuːl ˈdaʊn/phraseB1To become less hot — or less angry.
  • cordon offphraseC1To close an area with a barrier so nobody may enter.
  • cost an arm and a legphraseB2To be terribly expensive.
  • cost the earthphraseB2To be outrageously expensive.
  • costa ricaphraseB1The peaceful Central American country of rainforests, with no army at all.
  • cotton onphraseC1To finally understand what is going on.
  • couch potato/ˈkaʊtʃ pəˌteɪtəʊ/phraseB2A person who lies on the sofa watching TV all day.
  • count on/kaʊntʌn/phraseB2To rely on someone or something with confidence.
  • cover all the basesphraseC1To prepare for every possibility.
  • cover your mouthphraseB1To put a hand over the lips in shock.
  • cover your tracksphraseC1To remove the signs that you were there.
  • crack down onphraseB2To start dealing with something far more strictly.
  • crease upphraseC1To laugh helplessly, or to make somebody do so.
  • credit card/ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/phraseA1The plastic rectangle you tap or swipe to pay without cash.
  • creep up onphraseB2To approach unnoticed, as age or a deadline does.
  • crop upphraseB2To appear unexpectedly.
  • cross that bridge when you come to itphraseC1To deal with a problem only when it actually arrives.
  • cross your fingersphraseB1To fold one finger over another for luck.
  • cross your legsphraseB1To rest one leg over the other while sitting.
  • cross your mindphraseB2For a thought to pass through briefly.
  • crowd aroundphraseB1To gather closely on every side of something.
  • cry over spilled milkphraseB2To waste sadness on a small mistake already made.
  • 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 backphraseB2To reduce the amount of something.
  • cut cornersphraseC1To do a job cheaply and carelessly to save time or money.
  • cut downphraseB12 meaningsTo reduce the amount of something you use or do.
  • cut it outphraseB2What you snap at someone to make them stop annoying you.
  • cut off/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]phraseB2To separate or disconnect — a phone line, power, or a village by snow.
  • cut your lossesphraseB2To stop before a bad situation gets worse.
  • cutting board/ˈkʰʌɾɪŋ bɔɹd/phraseB1The flat wooden board you chop vegetables on.