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.
The act of relenting.
- 0 Views
“
It was a cave in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- come round
- go off
- instance in
- keep away from
- knock out
- knock over
- lay off
- listen up
- mess with
- pick up
- pour out
- puff out
- put back
- put on
- round up
- run over
- scope out
- take back
- take in
- talk down
- tone down
- turn into
- wade in
- wear off
- black babies
- cat and mouse game
- center field
- cream of the crop
- day in, day out
- even money
- fit as a fiddle
- fly off the handle
- get a handle on
- green light
- hang a ralph
- heebie-jeebies
- hem and haw
- in layman's terms
- in line
- in the works
- it takes two to tango
- keep an eye peeled
- keep somebody posted
- king
- lemon law
- lion's share
- no biggie
- no joy
- no slouch
- on the right track
- on thin ice
- one fell swoop
- out of character
- out of proportion
- out of this world
- over one's head
- pachyderm
- play it by ear
- pull one's weight
- put down roots
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 17 Apr. 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