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 give a severe beating to.
- 0 Views
“
I got beaten up by thugs on my way home.
Submitted on February 08, 2011
More phrases:
- cool down
- look forward
- mess up
- pull up
- put aside
- put down
- rip off
- take in
- take on
- turn into
- zero in on
- a notch above
- air rage
- at a stand
- be-all and end-all
- behind closed doors
- class clown
- dark horse
- don't get me started
- fall off a truck
- get one's act together
- get the ball rolling
- go blue
- half-baked
- ham it up
- hard of hearing
- heebie-jeebies
- in light of
- keep an eye on
- kindred soul
- kindred spirit
- lucky break
- make headway
- morning, noon and night
- odd and curious
- of late
- old stick
- one another
- one at a time
- out of house and home
- out of order
- out of the blue
- pretty pictures
- red face test
- red letter day
- rock bottom
- round of applause
- rush hour
- shut down
- silly money
- so there
- sure enough
- tough nut to crack
- under the gun
- under the table
- up one's sleeve
- what the devil
- why on earth
- willy nilly
- world
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