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

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1,209 words · showing 781–840

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  • pick outphraseB12 meaningsTo select something carefully from a group.
  • pick upphraseB13 meaningsTo lift something up.
  • piece of cake/ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/phraseB1Something extremely easy to do.
  • piece togetherphraseB2To assemble an understanding of something from separate fragments.
  • piggy bankphraseB1The little animal-shaped box children drop coins into.
  • pile upphraseB2To grow into a heap or a backlog.
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  • pin downphraseC1To get a clear answer out of somebody.
  • piping hot/ˌpaɪ.pɪŋ ˈhɒt/phraseB2So hot it is only just bearable.
  • pitch darkphraseB2So dark that nothing at all can be seen.
  • place an orderphraseB2To ask formally for goods to be supplied.
  • plastic bagphraseA2A light disposable carrier bag made of plastic.
  • play devil's advocatephraseC1To argue the opposite side to test an idea.
  • play it by earphraseC1To decide as you go rather than plan ahead.
  • play upphraseC12 meaningsTo behave badly or be difficult.
  • please/pliːz/phraseA13 meaningsAdded to a request to make it polite.
  • plenty ofphraseA2A large or sufficient quantity of something.
  • point outphraseB2To draw attention to something.
  • poke aroundphraseC1To search casually through somebody's things.
  • polar bearphraseB2The big white hunter that lives on the Arctic ice.
  • police stationphraseA2The building from which police officers work.
  • post office/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/phraseA2A building where postal and related services are provided.
  • pour cold water onphraseC1To dampen somebody's enthusiasm for an idea.
  • practice makes perfectphraseB2The saying: repeat something enough and you master it.
  • press aheadphraseB2To carry on despite the difficulties.
  • pride of placephraseC1The best and most prominent position of all.
  • prop up/ˌpɹɒp ˈʌp/phraseB2To hold something upright, or to keep it from failing.
  • pros and consphraseB2The arguments for and against something.
  • provide forphraseB2To supply somebody with what they need to live.
  • puff upphraseC1To swell out, or to make somebody conceited.
  • pull offphraseC1To succeed in doing something difficult.
  • pull outphraseB22 meaningsTo withdraw from an agreement or undertaking.
  • pull out all the stops/ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔːl ðə ˈstɒps/phraseC1To make every possible effort.
  • pull overphraseB2To move to the side of the road and stop.
  • pull someone's legphraseB2To tease someone by making them believe a joke.
  • pull stringsphraseC1To use private influence to get something arranged.
  • pull throughphraseB2To survive a serious illness or crisis.
  • pull yourself togetherphraseB2To regain control of your emotions.
  • purse your lipsphraseC1To press the lips together in disapproval.
  • push aroundphraseB2To treat somebody roughly and give them orders.
  • push the envelope/ˌpʊʃ ðiː ˈɛnvələʊp/phraseC1To go past the usual limits of what is done.
  • put acrossphraseB2To express an idea so others take it in.
  • put awayphraseA22 meaningsTo return something to its proper place.
  • put backphraseA22 meaningsTo return something to its previous place.
  • put downphraseB12 meaningsTo place something on a surface.
  • put down tophraseB2To explain something as being caused by.
  • put forwardphraseB2To offer an idea or name for consideration.
  • put inphraseB22 meaningsTo devote time or effort to something.
  • put offphraseB1To move something to a later time, again and again.
  • put on/ˌpʊt ˈɒn/phraseA12 meaningsTo dress yourself in an item of clothing.
  • put something in perspectivephraseB2To see how much a thing really matters beside others.
  • put togetherphraseB1To assemble something from its parts.
  • put two and two togetherphraseC1To work out the truth from the clues you have.
  • put up withphraseB2To tolerate something annoying without protest.
  • put your feet upphraseB2To sit back and rest properly.
  • put your foot in itphraseC1To say something that causes embarrassment.
  • puzzle outphraseB2To work something out by hard thought.
  • puzzle overphraseB2To think hard about something you cannot make sense of.
  • queue upphraseB1To stand in line waiting your turn.
  • rack your brainsphraseC1To search your memory hard for something.
  • rail againstphraseC1To complain bitterly and at length about something.