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

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  • break intophraseB22 meaningsTo enter a building or vehicle by force.
  • break outphraseB22 meaningsTo escape from confinement.
  • break the bankphraseB2To cost more than you can possibly afford.
  • break the ice/ˈbɹeɪk ði ˈaɪs/phraseB2To say something that melts the awkwardness between strangers.
  • break the mouldphraseC1To do something in a completely new way.
  • break the newsphraseB2To be the one who tells somebody something important, and usually bad.
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  • break upphraseB1To end a romantic relationship.
  • bridge the gapphraseC1To reduce a difference between two things.
  • brighten up/ˈbɹaɪtən ʌp/phraseB12 meaningsTo become or make more cheerful.
  • bring aboutphraseB2To make something happen.
  • bring back/ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/phraseB1To return with something; also, to make old memories return.
  • bring outphraseB2To release something to the public, or to make a quality show.
  • bring togetherphraseB2To make people meet or work as one.
  • bring upphraseB22 meaningsTo care for and educate a child until adulthood.
  • brush up onphraseB2To refresh a skill you have not used for a while.
  • build bridges/bɪld ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪz/phraseB2To repair a relationship between people.
  • build upphraseB22 meaningsTo increase or accumulate gradually.
  • bunk bedphraseB1Two sleeping places built one above the other; kids fight for the top.
  • burn bridgesphraseC1To end relationships so badly you can never go back.
  • burn the candle at both endsphraseC1To exhaust yourself by doing far too much.
  • burn the midnight oilphraseC1To work late into the night.
  • burn your bridgesphraseC1To destroy a relationship you might have needed.
  • burst inphraseB2To enter suddenly and without warning.
  • burst someone's bubblephraseC1To spoil somebody's happy illusion.
  • bury the hatchetphraseC1To agree to stop fighting and forget the quarrel.
  • bury your head in the sandphraseB2To refuse to face a problem you know is there.
  • butt inphraseC1To interrupt a conversation rudely.
  • button upphraseB1To fasten something with buttons.
  • buy offphraseC1To pay somebody to stop making trouble for you.
  • buy one get one freephraseB1An offer giving a second item at no charge.
  • buy outphraseC1To purchase somebody's whole share in a business.
  • buy timephraseB2To delay in order to gain more time.
  • buy upphraseC1To purchase all or most of the available supply of something.
  • by accidentphraseA22 meaningsUnintentionally.
  • by all meansphraseB2A generous way of saying yes, certainly.
  • by and largephraseC1Mostly; in general.
  • by definitionphraseB2Necessarily true because of the meaning of the words involved.
  • by the wayphraseB1Used to introduce a remark not directly connected to the main subject.
  • call backphraseB1To phone someone again who called you first.
  • call it a dayphraseB2To stop working for the day, or to end something for good.
  • call offphraseB2To decide a planned event will not happen.
  • call outphraseB12 meaningsTo shout in order to be heard.
  • calm downphraseA2To become or make someone become less angry or agitated.
  • can't complainphraseB2A cheerful way of saying life is going well enough.
  • cancel outphraseB2To have an opposite effect that leaves nothing gained.
  • car park/ˈkɑːpɑːk/phraseA2The area or building where drivers leave their cars.
  • carry on/ˈkæɹi ˈɑn/phraseB12 meaningsTo continue doing something.
  • carry out/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/phraseB2To actually do a plan, order, or experiment.
  • carry out researchphraseB2To do systematic study of a subject.
  • carry overphraseC1To keep something for a later period instead of losing it.
  • carry straight onphraseB1To keep going without turning off.
  • cast off/kæst ɒf/phraseC1To finish knitting by securing the last row.
  • cast onphraseC1To make the first row of loops on a knitting needle.
  • catch a glimpsephraseB2To see something for only a moment.
  • catch firephraseB12 meaningsTo start burning.
  • catch on/kæt͡ʃ ˈɒn/phraseB22 meaningsTo come to understand something.
  • catch sight ofphraseB2To see something briefly and unexpectedly.
  • catch somebody's driftphraseC1To grasp the general point somebody is making.
  • catch somebody's eyephraseB2To attract somebody's notice.
  • catch upphraseB12 meaningsTo reach someone who is ahead of you.