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 correct; to point out an error or untruth.
- 0 Views
“
The salesman persisted in quoting a rate higher than was listed, until we called him on it.
Submitted on August 09, 2009
More phrases:
- drop off
- fair off
- hold back
- horse around
- iron out
- keep away from
- look up
- mess with
- put by
- run by
- sober up
- strike up
- vote in
- zip up
- add fuel to the fire
- apply oneself
- behind closed doors
- can of worms
- chow down
- cut of one's jib
- dead
- dead as a doorknob
- dead duck
- diamond in the rough
- every which way
- for the hell of it
- hold your fire
- in detail
- in the hot seat
- jolly someone along
- kick ass
- kick ass
- lemon law
- light a fire under
- lucky break
- no biggie
- off and on
- oh dark thirty
- on hold
- on the nose
- on the nose
- on the right track
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of one's depth
- out of this world
- pardon my french
- piece of cake
- play one's cards right
- play the race card
- pound sand
- quake in one's boots
- right on
- rock the boat
- save face
- send up
- sit tight
- soft sawder
- spic and span
- sure of oneself
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