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

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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  • all mod consphraseC2All the modern comforts a home can have.
  • apron stringsphraseC2A phrase for a parent's control that a grown child hasn't escaped from.
  • begging the question/ˈbɛɡɪŋ ðə ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/phraseC2Assuming the very thing you are meant to prove.
  • blot on the landscapephraseC2Something ugly that spoils an otherwise fine view.
  • dole outphraseC2To hand something out in small measured amounts.
  • eke outphraseC2To make a small supply last, or to scrape a living.
  • foot in mouthphraseC2The habit of saying exactly the wrong thing.
  • gawk atphraseC2To stare openly and rudely.
  • gird upphraseC2To prepare yourself for hard effort.
  • glory inphraseC2To relish something openly and even boastfully, letting everyone see how pleased with it you are.
  • issue forthphraseC2To stream or pour outward from an opening, said in a formal, old-fashioned way.
  • knee-high to a grasshopperphraseC2Very small, as a young child is.
  • mull overphraseC2To turn a question over slowly in your mind.
  • rend asunderphraseC2To wrench something violently apart, splitting it into large separate pieces rather than small shreds.
  • six of one and half a dozen of the otherphraseC2Two options that amount to exactly the same.
  • throw the book at somebodyphraseC2To punish somebody with every charge available.
  • up with the larkphraseC2Awake very early in the morning.
  • work to rulephraseC2Doing exactly what the rules require and no more.