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

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325 words · showing 121–180

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  • form upphraseC1To arrange into an ordered line or block.
  • furrow your browphraseC1To draw the forehead into lines in worry.
  • gain groundphraseC12 meaningsTo make steady progress against opposition.
  • get away with youphraseC1A playful way of saying you do not believe somebody.
  • get something off your chestphraseC1To say the thing that has been troubling you.
  • give an accountphraseC1To describe what happened.
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  • give my regardsphraseC1Ask somebody to pass on your good wishes.
  • give the cold shoulderphraseC1To ignore somebody deliberately.
  • give the game awayphraseC1To reveal what should have been hidden.
  • go astrayphraseC1To become lost, or to wander from what is right.
  • go darkphraseC1To cease all communication deliberately.
  • go in forphraseC1To take part in, or to make a habit of.
  • go overphraseB22 meaningsTo examine or review something carefully.
  • green thumbphraseC1A natural talent for making plants grow.
  • grin and bear itphraseC1To put up with something unpleasant without complaint.
  • haul inphraseC1To pull a net or a line aboard.
  • have a gophraseB22 meaningsTo make an attempt at something.
  • have your wits about youphraseC1To stay alert and ready to react.
  • here goes nothingphraseC1Said just before trying something that may well fail.
  • hit the hayphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit the nail on the headphraseC1To describe a situation exactly right.
  • hit the sackphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit uponphraseC1To think of an idea suddenly.
  • hold swayphraseC1To have controlling influence over something.
  • hurtle downphraseC1To rush downward with great and uncontrolled speed.
  • i take your pointphraseC1Accepting an argument even while disagreeing.
  • if i mayphraseC1A courteous way of asking permission to speak.
  • in donkey's yearsphraseC1In a very long time indeed.
  • in hindsightphraseC1Looking back with the knowledge you have now.
  • in the blackphraseC1Having money left over rather than owing.
  • in the redphraseC1Owing money; overdrawn.
  • in the sticksphraseC1Out in the remote countryside, far from the city.
  • iron outphraseC1To smooth away the last small problems.
  • jet setphraseC1The rich crowd who fly the world from party to party.
  • jump on the bandwagonphraseC1To join something only because it has become popular.
  • just in timephraseC12 meaningsA system of supplying parts only as they are required.
  • keep it under your hatphraseC1To keep something secret.
  • keep something under your hatphraseC1To keep a secret to yourself.
  • keep up with the jonesesphraseC1To try to match your neighbours' possessions.
  • keep your hair onphraseC1Calm down and stop getting angry.
  • know what is whatphraseC1To understand how things really work.
  • knuckle downphraseC1To start working seriously at last.
  • lash outphraseC12 meaningsTo hit out or attack suddenly.
  • lay your cards on the tablephraseC1To say openly what you want and what you have.
  • lean inphraseB22 meaningsTo move your upper body closer to somebody or something.
  • learn the ropes/ˈlɜːn ðə ˈɹəʊps/phraseC1To master the basics of a new job or activity.
  • leave no stone unturnedphraseC1To search absolutely everywhere.
  • let onphraseC1To tell a secret you meant to keep.
  • let sleeping dogs liephraseC1To leave an old problem alone rather than stir it up again.
  • let the cat out of the bagphraseC1To reveal a secret by mistake.
  • lie lowphraseC1To stay out of sight until danger passes.
  • line your pocketsphraseC1To make money dishonestly from your position.
  • live hand to mouthphraseC1To have only just enough to survive on.
  • loath tophraseC1Very unwilling to do something.
  • lock stock and barrelphraseC1Completely, including every last part.
  • lodge a complaintphraseC1To make an objection through the proper channel.
  • look a gift horse in the mouthphraseC1To find fault with something given to you freely.
  • lose your bearingsphraseC1To stop knowing where you are or which way to go.
  • make a beeline forphraseC1To head straight towards something without delay.
  • make out/meɪk aʊt/phraseB22 meaningsTo manage to see or hear something indistinct.