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 begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
- 0 Views
“
He broke out in song.
Submitted on January 22, 2012
More phrases:
- cut down
- hike up
- jack up
- rely on
- run around
- run down
- run down
- run down
- squirrel away
- tag along
- take off
- turn back
- at heart
- at home
- bent on
- check is in the mail
- dark horse
- dog and pony show
- ears are burning
- fear
- give somebody an earful
- go bananas
- go out of one's way
- go red
- hack it
- half a mind
- hand in hand
- head-in-the-sand
- heart of gold
- in a nutshell
- in one hell of a hurry
- keep a close watch on
- keep quiet
- labor of love
- let her rip
- lion
- muckety muck
- off and on
- old stick
- on board
- on hold
- one at a time
- out of house and home
- out of the blue
- over one's head
- pay for it
- play it by ear
- play old harry
- price is right
- rock bottom
- rock the boat
- roll out the red carpet
- round of applause
- rule of thumb
- rule with an iron fist
- sell ice to eskimos
- shotgun approach
- slip through the cracks
- smack of
- so much as
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 31 May 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