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

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  • touch woodphraseB2Said after mentioning good fortune, to avoid tempting fate.
  • tread waterphraseB2To stay upright in deep water without moving along.
  • tuck inphraseB2To push the bottom of a shirt inside your waistband.
  • tune upphraseB2To adjust an instrument until its pitches are right.
  • turn aroundphraseB12 meaningsTo face or move in the opposite direction.
  • turn offphraseA12 meaningsTo make a device or supply stop working.
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turn onphraseA12 meanings
To make a device or supply start working.
  • turn outphraseB22 meaningsTo prove to be the case in the end.
  • turn over a new leafphraseB2To make a fresh start and behave better.
  • turn tophraseC12 meaningsTo go to somebody or something for help.
  • turn upphraseB22 meaningsTo arrive, often unexpectedly.
  • turn your backphraseB2To refuse to face or help somebody.
  • under the weather/ˈʌndə ðə ˈwɛðə/phraseB2Feeling slightly ill.
  • under your nosephraseB2Right in front of you the whole time, yet unnoticed.
  • up in the airphraseB2Still undecided; nothing is settled yet.
  • upside down/ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/phraseB22 meaningsWith the upper part at the bottom.
  • utility roomphraseB2The small room where the washer, dryer, and cleaning things live.
  • virtual reality/ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/phraseB2The computer world you step inside by strapping a screen to your face.
  • walk in the parkphraseB2Something pleasantly easy.
  • walk outphraseB22 meaningsTo leave suddenly as a protest.
  • waste awayphraseB2To grow steadily thinner and weaker.
  • water downphraseB2To weaken by adding liquid, or to soften a demand.
  • water under the bridgephraseB2An old quarrel that no longer matters.
  • watered downphraseB2Weakened by adding liquid, or made less forceful.
  • wear downphraseB22 meaningsTo reduce something gradually by friction or use.
  • wear outphraseB2To use something until it is finished — shoes or your energy.
  • weigh downphraseB22 meaningsTo press down heavily on something.
  • weigh evidencephraseB2To compare the strength of what supports each side.
  • weigh upphraseB22 meaningsTo consider the advantages and disadvantages of something.
  • welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/exclamationA17 meaningsA greeting to someone who has just arrived.
  • when pigs flyphraseB2A mocking way to say something will never happen.
  • where were wephraseB2Used to resume a conversation after an interruption.
  • white liephraseB2A small harmless untruth told to spare someone's feelings.
  • wind down/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/phraseB2To relax gradually, or to bring to a slow close.
  • window shoppingphraseB2Walking past shops just looking, buying nothing at all.
  • word of mouthnounB22 meaningsThe passing of news or information from one person to another in speech.
  • work like a charmphraseB2To succeed perfectly and immediately.
  • work out/ˌwɜːk ˈaʊt/phraseB13 meaningsTo exercise in order to get fit.
  • worlds apartphraseB2Completely different from one another.
  • worth its weight in goldphraseB2So useful that no price would be too high.
  • would you believe itphraseB2An exclamation at something hard to credit.
  • wrap upphraseB22 meaningsTo bring something to a conclusion.
  • wrap your head aroundphraseB2To finally take in an idea that resists you.
  • write offphraseB2To damage beyond repair, or to accept a loss.
  • you wishphraseB2A teasing way of saying it will never happen.
  • your guess is as good as minephraseB2A way of saying: I have no idea either.