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 depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.
- 0 Views
“
The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
Submitted on January 04, 2011
More phrases:
- fall into
- file away
- fit into
- meet up
- pass out
- put down
- put off
- reckon without
- run over
- speak up
- suck into
- take off
- throw up
- are your ears burning
- around the clock
- as all get-out
- as if
- behind closed doors
- brush up
- chain reaction
- chip off the old block
- daily grind
- ears are burning
- false step
- fat chance
- free-for-all
- gear up
- have second thoughts
- heart of gold
- hold your fire
- in order
- in the dark
- lucky break
- mind one's own business
- move heaven and earth
- object lesson
- on steroids
- out of one's depth
- out of order
- out of this world
- out to lunch
- pretty pictures
- pump iron
- put one over
- quake in one's boots
- red letter day
- right on
- see the light
- stars in one's eyes
- take it easy
- than a bygod
- thanks a bunch
- the upper hand
- third degree
- tried and true
- turn over a new leaf
- under erasure
- under lock and key
- up the ante
- walk in the park
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 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