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 explode something or somebody or destroy something or injure or kill somebody by explosion.
- 0 Views
“
More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- hold down
- keep down
- knock over
- move out
- ring in
- run off with
- square away
- stand down
- tag along
- take a crack at
- take apart
- take in
- track down
- tuck in
- turn against
- at will
- bells and whistles
- bet dollars to donuts
- bite one's tongue
- common-or-garden
- crown jewels
- dark horse
- face to face
- family jewels
- first port of call
- fish or cut bait
- flea in one's ear
- flutter in the dovecote
- for goodness' sake
- forty winks
- front runner
- give birth
- go bananas
- go out on a limb
- golden opportunity
- gray area
- hem and haw
- hot potato
- in black and white
- in evidence
- jolly someone along
- keep your hair on
- light up
- lip service
- lucky break
- make an honest woman
- make fun of
- nail biter
- not half bad
- not in kansas anymore
- nugget of truth
- object lesson
- of late
- out of house and home
- pardon my french
- pretty pictures
- price on one's head
- rock bottom
- rock the boat
- run out of steam
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 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