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 bring from a lower position to a higher position.
- 0 Views
“
When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- lose out
- make up
- potter about
- pour out
- put away
- put by
- rub up against
- stand down
- stick up for
- take down
- take off
- tumble to
- belly up
- air rage
- all duck or no dinner
- as all get-out
- at the wheel
- deep water
- fear
- from time to time
- go on the rampage
- go out of one's way
- ground rules
- in detail
- in touch
- lie through one's teeth
- light a fire under
- lump in one's throat
- make fun of
- middle of nowhere
- middle of the road
- night owl
- off and on
- off the mark
- on a full stomach
- on the right track
- one-off
- out of character
- penny pincher
- play it by ear
- play the race card
- pull one's head in
- put together
- ride shotgun
- run out of steam
- seize the day
- sell ice to eskimos
- shore up
- shotgun
- shotgun approach
- sit tight
- smart off
- so much as
- so there
- sob story
- spic and span
- square meal
- stand one's ground
- stem the tide
- stepping stone
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 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