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

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  • throw in the towelphraseC1To admit defeat and give up, as a boxer's corner does.
  • tide overphraseC1To help somebody through a hard stretch until things improve.
  • tie the knotphraseC1To get married.
  • tighten your beltphraseC1To spend less because money is short.
  • too many cooksphraseC1Too many people involved will spoil the work.
  • trail offphraseC1To become gradually quieter or fainter and then stop.
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turn a blind eye/ˈtɜːn ə ˌblaɪ̯nd ˈaɪ̯/phraseC1To pretend not to notice something wrong.
  • turn the tablesphraseC1To reverse a situation so you now have the advantage.
  • turn tophraseC12 meaningsTo go to somebody or something for help.
  • under somebody's thumbphraseC1Completely controlled by another person.
  • up in armsphraseC1Angrily protesting about something.
  • variety is the spice of lifephraseC1Change and difference are what make living enjoyable.
  • vicious circlephraseC1A loop where each problem keeps causing the other.
  • wage gapphraseC1The difference in pay between two groups doing similar work.
  • ward offphraseC1To keep something harmful away.
  • wear offphraseC1To fade away gradually.
  • what's the catchphraseC1Asking what hidden problem comes with a good offer.
  • while awayphraseC1To pass time pleasantly with nothing important to do.
  • wild goose chasephraseC1A long hopeless search for something you will never find.
  • wind up/waɪnd ˈʌp/phraseC1To finally land in a place or state you never planned.
  • wing itphraseC1To do something without any preparation.
  • with respectphraseC1Used before politely contradicting somebody.
  • you don't sayphraseC1A dry reply to news that is not surprising at all.
  • you're telling mephraseC1A strong way of agreeing from experience.
  • your flesh and bloodphraseC1Your own family, whom you cannot disown.