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 automatically switch processing from a failed component in a critical system to its live spare or backup component.
- 0 Views
“
If the Web server crashes, we can fail over to the spare in less than a second.
Submitted on February 07, 2011
More phrases:
- knock down
- knuckle down
- point out
- power up
- run across
- run on
- stand by
- stand down
- think up
- throw a fit
- walk into
- a different ballpark
- as good as one's word
- at peace
- bite one's tongue
- carry a torch for
- cooking with gas
- curveball
- daily grind
- drop a dime
- fine line
- fish or cut bait
- fly off the handle
- for the time being
- from a to z
- give over
- go up in smoke
- go without saying
- goose is cooked
- hack it
- have a blast
- have a look-see
- heart of gold
- horse's ass
- jolly someone along
- kick ass
- kiss of death
- lower the boom
- make out like a bandit
- muckety muck
- night owl
- not be caught dead
- off the mark
- oh dark thirty
- on a full stomach
- on board
- on its merits
- on the right track
- one another
- own up
- piece of cake
- play one's cards right
- pound sand
- pump iron
- rough around the edges
- rough trot
- round of applause
- rule with an iron fist
- see someone through
- sell ice to eskimos
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 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