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

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  • give the cold shoulderphraseC1To ignore somebody deliberately.
  • give the game awayphraseC1To reveal what should have been hidden.
  • give upphraseB12 meaningsTo stop trying at something.
  • glance awayphraseB2To look aside quickly.
  • global warmingphraseB2The heating of the planet by trapped gases.
  • glory inphraseC2To relish something openly and even boastfully, letting everyone see how pleased with it you are.
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  • glue backphraseB1To stick broken pieces together again.
  • go ahead/ˌɡəʊ əˈhɛd/phraseB12 meaningsTo proceed with something.
  • go astrayphraseC1To become lost, or to wander from what is right.
  • go awayphraseA22 meaningsTo leave a place or person.
  • go backphraseA22 meaningsTo return to a place you were before.
  • go darkphraseC1To cease all communication deliberately.
  • go halvesphraseB2To split the cost equally between two.
  • go in forphraseC1To take part in, or to make a habit of.
  • go offphraseB22 meaningsTo explode, or to sound suddenly.
  • go on/ˈɡoʊˌɒn/phraseB12 meaningsTo continue.
  • go outphraseA22 meaningsTo leave home for a social occasion.
  • go overphraseB22 meaningsTo examine or review something carefully.
  • go pastphraseA2To move beyond something without stopping.
  • go the extra mile/ˈɡəʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/phraseB2To do more than duty requires.
  • go throughphraseB22 meaningsTo experience something difficult.
  • go to your headphraseB2To make you conceited, or to make you tipsy.
  • go togetherphraseB1To look or taste right in each other's company.
  • go with the flowphraseB2To accept what happens rather than fight it.
  • good morning/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/phraseA1A greeting used in the early part of the day.
  • good night/ɡʊd ˈnaɪt/phraseA1What you wish people before everyone goes to sleep.
  • good pointphraseB1Acknowledging that somebody has said something worth hearing.
  • goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/phraseA12 meaningsWhat you say when you or somebody else is leaving.
  • green thumbphraseC1A natural talent for making plants grow.
  • grin and bear itphraseC1To put up with something unpleasant without complaint.
  • grit your teethphraseB2To clench the jaw against pain or anger.
  • grow onphraseB2To become liked more the longer you know it.
  • grow out ofphraseB2To become too old or too big for something.
  • grow upphraseA22 meaningsTo develop from a child into an adult.
  • half pricephraseA2Costing only fifty per cent of the usual amount.
  • hand inphraseB12 meaningsTo submit completed work to somebody in authority.
  • hand outphraseB1To distribute something to each member of a group.
  • hand washphraseB1To wash clothes gently by hand, not by machine.
  • hang in therephraseB2What you tell someone struggling: keep going, do not quit.
  • hang on a minutephraseB1Asking for a short pause, or objecting mildly.
  • hang out/ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/phraseB1To spend relaxed time with friends, doing nothing much.
  • hang upphraseA22 meaningsTo end a telephone call.
  • happily ever after/ˈhæpɪli ˌɛvəɹ‿ˈɑːftə/phraseB1The traditional happy ending of a fairy tale.
  • hard of hearingphraseB2Having difficulty in hearing sounds.
  • haul inphraseC1To pull a net or a line aboard.
  • have a change of heartphraseB2To come round to feeling quite differently.
  • have a chatphraseB1To talk informally for a little while.
  • have a gophraseB22 meaningsTo make an attempt at something.
  • have a good onephraseB2A friendly farewell wishing somebody a good day.
  • have a lot on your platephraseB2To be dealing with more work and worry than fits.
  • have an effectphraseB2To produce a change in something.
  • have an impactphraseB2To make a strong difference to something.
  • have green fingersphraseB2To be very good at making plants grow.
  • have second thoughtsphraseB2To start doubting a decision you made.
  • have the upper handphraseB2To be in the stronger position.
  • have time on your handsphraseB2To have more free time than you know what to do with.
  • have your wits about youphraseC1To stay alert and ready to react.
  • head offphraseB22 meaningsTo prevent something by acting in advance.
  • headline newsphraseB2The most important stories of the day, read first on every channel.
  • hear outphraseB2To listen to somebody until they have finished.