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 increase one's muscle mass through exercise.
- 0 Views
“
He works out every day to big up himself.
Submitted on June 19, 2010
More phrases:
- burn out
- cotton to
- drink up
- home in on
- look forward to
- mess up
- move on
- put down
- put forward
- ramp up
- speak up
- take away
- take back
- throw a fit
- walk into
- a notch above
- at peace
- blessing in disguise
- come hell or high water
- come to terms
- dead on
- eat one's hat
- even money
- for the time being
- fresh start
- give over
- grain of salt
- ham it up
- hammer home
- have a look-see
- have second thoughts
- in black and white
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye out
- keep an eye peeled
- keep somebody posted
- kick the bucket
- lion
- make believe
- middle of nowhere
- morning, noon and night
- much of a muchness
- no biggie
- no frills
- not half bad
- off the bat
- one at a time
- out of the blue
- out of this world
- over and over
- own up
- point the finger at
- pull one's weight
- put the clock back
- quake in one's boots
- rock the boat
- run into the ground
- same old story
- scare the pants off of
- second banana
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