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 extend or lengthen excessively.
- 0 Views
“
I don't want to drag out this talk, so I'll stop unless you have questions.
Submitted on August 27, 2012
More phrases:
- fire off
- fit into
- hike up
- jump down
- muck out
- pay for
- pull out
- pull up
- pull up
- pull up
- put up
- run off with
- sneak off
- spell out
- stamp out
- stand off
- tag along
- take a stand
- tell apart
- think over
- tie up
- tuck in
- blaze a trail
- bolt bucket
- cake crumbs
- child's play
- cloud nine
- cut of one's jib
- deafening silence
- elbow room
- fall off a truck
- fat chance
- for goodness' sake
- get a handle on
- get it
- green light
- heebie-jeebies
- hit someone for six
- hold your fire
- hustle and bustle
- in evidence
- in its infancy
- in line
- in the hot seat
- kiss of death
- light a fire under
- lion
- make believe
- make headway
- much of a muchness
- no biggie
- no slouch
- number one
- odds and ends
- off the mark
- one fell swoop
- one thousand
- out of house and home
- out of proportion
- pachyderm
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 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