Welcome to Phrases.com!
Phrases.com is a vast compilation of popular phrases, informal expressions, and idioms that have been collectively assembled by our community of contributing editors.
Enhance your English language and writing proficiency by browsing through our all-encompassing phrase dictionary in alphabetical order, or by effortlessly searching through keywords.
to give up something
- 0 Views
“
Do you think he'll cough up the cash he owes me?
Submitted on August 23, 2012
More phrases:
- draw out
- live up
- look into
- pick up
- put down
- strike through
- turn against
- zero in
- as far as one knows
- at a loss for words
- at once
- back-to-back
- beauty sleep
- bread and butter
- bright line
- brush up
- carry a torch for
- cat and mouse game
- cooking with gas
- creature comfort
- cut it out
- elbow room
- fly off the handle
- for the hell of it
- give somebody what-for
- have a heart
- hold somebody's hand
- honest-to-goodness
- in evidence
- in one's cups
- in order
- in the nick of time
- jump at the chance
- keep your hair on
- light a fire under
- nail biter
- off-color
- on a roll
- on hold
- on top of the world
- one of those days
- out of house and home
- out of the question
- over and over
- over one's head
- pardon my french
- piffy on a rock bun
- play it by ear
- pound sand
- price on one's head
- quarter past
- quick-and-dirty
- rock bottom
- rush hour
- save face
- seat-of-the-pants
- send up
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- sign in
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/>.
Discuss everything about the Phrases.com website with our community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In