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

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78 words · showing 1–60

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  • pair ofphraseA1Used before a noun to indicate two matching items or one two-part object.
  • paper overphraseC1To hide a problem instead of solving it.
  • par for the course/ˈpɑː fə ðə ˈkɔːs/phraseC1Exactly the sort of trouble you should have expected.
  • pass awayphraseB2To die, said gently.
  • pass onphraseB22 meaningsTo hand something to somebody else.
  • pass outphraseB22 meaningsTo lose consciousness suddenly.
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  • pass the buckphraseC1To push responsibility onto somebody else.
  • pat on the backphraseB2A light touch meaning well done.
  • patch upphraseB2To repair something roughly so it lasts a while.
  • pay a complimentphraseB2To say something in praise of somebody.
  • pay a visitphraseB2To go and see somebody for a while.
  • pay attentionphraseA2To listen and concentrate on something.
  • pay back/peɪ bæk/phraseB12 meaningsTo return money that was borrowed.
  • pay offphraseB22 meaningsTo repay a debt completely.
  • pay outphraseB2To hand over a large sum, especially under an insurance policy.
  • peak seasonphraseB2The crowded expensive months when everyone travels.
  • peg outphraseC1To hang washing on a line with clips.
  • personal bestphraseB1The best result a person has achieved themselves.
  • phase out/feɪ̯z äʊ̯t/phraseB2To discontinue something gradually over a planned period.
  • pick atphraseB22 meaningsTo eat only small amounts without appetite.
  • pick onphraseB2To treat one person unfairly again and again.
  • pick outphraseB12 meaningsTo select something carefully from a group.
  • pick upphraseB13 meaningsTo lift something up.
  • piece of cake/ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/phraseB1Something extremely easy to do.
  • piece togetherphraseB2To assemble an understanding of something from separate fragments.
  • piggy bankphraseB1The little animal-shaped box children drop coins into.
  • pile upphraseB2To grow into a heap or a backlog.
  • pin downphraseC1To get a clear answer out of somebody.
  • piping hot/ˌpaɪ.pɪŋ ˈhɒt/phraseB2So hot it is only just bearable.
  • pitch darkphraseB2So dark that nothing at all can be seen.
  • place an orderphraseB2To ask formally for goods to be supplied.
  • plastic bagphraseA2A light disposable carrier bag made of plastic.
  • play devil's advocatephraseC1To argue the opposite side to test an idea.
  • play it by earphraseC1To decide as you go rather than plan ahead.
  • play upphraseC12 meaningsTo behave badly or be difficult.
  • please/pliːz/phraseA13 meaningsAdded to a request to make it polite.
  • plenty ofphraseA2A large or sufficient quantity of something.
  • point outphraseB2To draw attention to something.
  • poke aroundphraseC1To search casually through somebody's things.
  • polar bearphraseB2The big white hunter that lives on the Arctic ice.
  • police stationphraseA2The building from which police officers work.
  • post office/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/phraseA2A building where postal and related services are provided.
  • pour cold water onphraseC1To dampen somebody's enthusiasm for an idea.
  • practice makes perfectphraseB2The saying: repeat something enough and you master it.
  • press aheadphraseB2To carry on despite the difficulties.
  • pride of placephraseC1The best and most prominent position of all.
  • prop up/ˌpɹɒp ˈʌp/phraseB2To hold something upright, or to keep it from failing.
  • pros and consphraseB2The arguments for and against something.
  • provide forphraseB2To supply somebody with what they need to live.
  • puff upphraseC1To swell out, or to make somebody conceited.
  • pull offphraseC1To succeed in doing something difficult.
  • pull outphraseB22 meaningsTo withdraw from an agreement or undertaking.
  • pull out all the stops/ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔːl ðə ˈstɒps/phraseC1To make every possible effort.
  • pull overphraseB2To move to the side of the road and stop.
  • pull someone's legphraseB2To tease someone by making them believe a joke.
  • pull stringsphraseC1To use private influence to get something arranged.
  • pull throughphraseB2To survive a serious illness or crisis.
  • pull yourself togetherphraseB2To regain control of your emotions.
  • purse your lipsphraseC1To press the lips together in disapproval.
  • push aroundphraseB2To treat somebody roughly and give them orders.