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 give or supply; to make or create.
- 0 Views
“
to put forth an effort
Submitted on August 16, 2009
More phrases:
- reckon without
- rule out
- spread out
- stand down
- strike up
- suck into
- take down
- touch down
- turn back
- turn out
- zero in on
- breath of fresh air
- brown thumb
- catch a tan
- class clown
- dead duck
- diamond in the rough
- down the drain
- eat one's words
- fat of the land
- for goodness' sake
- from time to time
- give it one's best shot
- give somebody an earful
- half a mind
- have a blast
- have a cow
- heebie-jeebies
- hem and haw
- in the dark
- in the works
- lion
- no frills
- nuts and bolts
- on the horn
- one fell swoop
- pay for it
- penny pincher
- piece of cake
- pull one's head in
- pump iron
- put together
- ride roughshod over
- rough trot
- second banana
- shape up
- shut down
- sign in
- silly money
- smart off
- spic and span
- spruce up
- stem the tide
- streak of good luck
- take a bullet
- take a gander
- take it easy
- take the liberty
- take to the cleaners
- to die for
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 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