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 excite; to infuse with energy.
- 0 Views
“
The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game.
Submitted on January 08, 2010
More phrases:
- go off
- hang out
- iron out
- knock out
- look to
- move on
- pick up
- potter around
- run down
- run off
- squirrel away
- stay up
- take away
- take off
- walk into
- zonk out
- a dime's worth
- as all get-out
- beat a dead horse
- breathe easy
- by hand
- call a spade a spade
- drop a dime
- first port of call
- get busy
- give somebody pause
- go for it
- green light
- ham it up
- hammer home
- haul his ashes
- have truck with
- honest-to-goodness
- if only
- in the works
- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye peeled
- long row to hoe
- no joy
- no slouch
- object lesson
- oh dark thirty
- on a full stomach
- on edge
- on its merits
- over one's head
- piss up a rope
- play one's cards right
- pull one's weight
- ride roughshod over
- rule with an iron fist
- set one's cap at
- sign in
- silver spoon
- stars in one's eyes
- state of affairs
- stepping stone
- take a gander
- take it easy
- take its toll
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 6 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