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

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  • off the recordphraseC1Said privately, not to be quoted or published.
  • off the top of my headphraseB2Answering from memory, without checking.
  • on a whimphraseC1Acting on a sudden fancy rather than a plan.
  • on balancephraseC1Taking everything into account.
  • on callphraseB2Available to be called on for work at any time.
  • on cloud ninephraseB2Floating with pure happiness.
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on good termsphraseB2
In a friendly relationship with somebody.
  • on purposephraseA2Deliberately, rather than by accident.
  • on schedulephraseB1Exactly as the plan intended.
  • on second thoughtphraseB2Having reconsidered.
  • on the ballphraseC1Alert, quick, and on top of everything.
  • on the fencephraseC1Undecided between two positions.
  • on the grapevinephraseC1By word of mouth passed informally from person to person.
  • on the mendphraseB2Getting better after being ill.
  • on the recordphraseC1Said in a way that may be quoted with your name.
  • on the same pagephraseB2Agreeing and understanding things the same way.
  • on the same wavelengthphraseB2Understanding each other without having to explain.
  • on the spur of the momentphraseB2Decided suddenly, with no planning at all.
  • on the tip of my tonguephraseB2Almost remembered, and refusing to arrive.
  • on the townphraseC1Out enjoying the bars and clubs of a city.
  • on the wholephraseB2Generally speaking, ignoring the exceptions.
  • on thin icephraseB2In a risky position where one more mistake means trouble.
  • once bitten, twice shyphraseC1The saying: after being hurt, you are careful ever after.
  • once in a blue moon/wʌns ɪn ə bluː muːn/phraseB2Happening extremely rarely.
  • once in a whilephraseB1Not often, but sometimes.
  • once upon a time/ˈwʌns.əˈpɑn.əˈtaɪ̯m/phraseA2The traditional opening of a fairy tale, meaning at some time in the past.
  • one of these daysphraseB2At some unspecified future time.
  • open a can of wormsphraseC1To start something that creates many new problems.
  • open source/ˈoʊpən ˌsɔɹs/phraseB2Software whose code is public and may be changed.
  • opt outphraseB2To choose not to take part.
  • out of printphraseB2No longer being produced by the publisher.
  • out of reachphraseB1Too far away to be taken.
  • out of stockphraseB1Sold out — the shelf is empty until the next delivery.
  • out of the blue/aʊt əv ðə ˈbluː/phraseB2Completely unexpectedly.
  • out of this worldphraseB2So good that it seems beyond anything ordinary.
  • oven mittphraseB1A padded glove for handling hot cookware.
  • over my dead body/oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/phraseB2I will resist this with everything I have.
  • over the topphraseB2Excessive and beyond what is reasonable.
  • own upphraseB2To admit that you did something wrong.
  • 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.
  • 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.