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 obtain; to get, now especially by chance or involuntarily.
- 0 Views
“
A loyal friend is hard to come by.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- come to
- fire off
- muck about
- pick up
- piss off
- put up
- ring in
- run along
- run into
- spell out
- start up
- stick up for
- take a stand
- tear away
- wind down
- be-all and end-all
- beauty sleep
- catch a tan
- class clown
- cloud nine
- easy as pie
- every man jack
- fine line
- first port of call
- fish or cut bait
- full speed ahead
- give a ring
- give over
- gloss over
- go bananas
- go for it
- go on the rampage
- go up in smoke
- green light
- grunt work
- hack it
- have a flat
- have a word with
- hit someone for six
- hustle and bustle
- light up
- lion
- lucky break
- odds and ends
- off the bat
- on a full stomach
- out of character
- out of house and home
- price on one's head
- put down roots
- rain cheque
- raise the bar
- red face test
- red letter day
- ride shotgun
- roll out the red carpet
- rough around the edges
- scare the pants off of
- second banana
- so much as
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 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