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 block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
- 0 Views
“
When we heard hurricane Ian was going to be a category 4 hurricane, we boarded up the windows and took precautions.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified by TriplePurple on December 19, 2023
More phrases:
- go by
- hold down
- hold over
- kick down
- knock out
- play along
- puff out
- run around after
- run off with
- stand up
- straighten out
- straighten out
- take down
- top up
- touch off
- been there, done that
- down to the wire
- dyed-in-the-wool
- eye candy
- fat chance
- feather in one's cap
- for the time being
- free-for-all
- from time to time
- give birth
- give it one's best shot
- go blue
- gold mine
- hack it
- half a mind
- have a blast
- hustle and bustle
- in black and white
- in detail
- in layman's terms
- jolly someone along
- make an honest woman
- no biggie
- on board
- out of house and home
- out of line
- out of the question
- pay for it
- play one's cards right
- point the finger at
- pull one's head in
- put the clock back
- quarter past
- raise the bar
- rock bottom
- same old story
- scare the pants off of
- seat-of-the-pants
- see red
- shape up
- slip through the cracks
- smack of
- smart off
- sob story
- sure enough
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 Jun 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