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 profit from; to use an opportunity to maximum advantage, especially financially.
- 0 Views
“
Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.
Submitted on October 11, 2012
More phrases:
- cry off
- go off
- hack into
- knock down
- knock out
- knock up
- knock up
- run into
- run through
- tell apart
- tumble to
- zero in on
- apply oneself
- arse about face
- be my guest
- bend over backwards
- bend somebody's ear
- beside oneself
- carry a torch for
- carry one's weight
- chow down
- class clown
- day in, day out
- down the drain
- eat one's hat
- field day
- get somebody's goat
- go bananas
- grain of salt
- if only
- in layman's terms
- in one's cups
- jump the gun
- keep somebody posted
- king
- move heaven and earth
- number one
- old school
- old stick
- out of gas
- out of line
- out of one's depth
- over one's head
- piece of cake
- piffy on a rock bun
- pull one's head in
- pump iron
- put one over
- put together
- quake in one's boots
- rock the boat
- roll out the red carpet
- rough around the edges
- rush hour
- see eye to eye
- shotgun
- small fry
- spic and span
- stem the tide
- stroke of work
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