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 descend.
- 0 Views
“
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. - 1611, King James Version of the Bible , Genesis 45:9
Submitted on May 21, 2010
More phrases:
- go off
- hike up
- pick up
- pull off
- speak for
- stand by
- take after
- take on
- touch down
- touch off
- vote in
- at all hours
- at peace
- beside oneself
- bet dollars to donuts
- blow off steam
- cross someone's path
- eat one's words
- face to face
- get a jump on
- give it one's best shot
- go blue
- goose is cooked
- half-baked
- have a blast
- have a green thumb
- have truck with
- heart to heart
- in light of
- in order
- is the pope catholic
- jump at the chance
- kick the bucket
- light up
- lion
- long row to hoe
- look like
- make believe
- nugget of truth
- off the mark
- on board
- on the nose
- on the pill
- one of those days
- over one's head
- pass on
- pretty pictures
- pull one's weight
- pump iron
- put together
- rain cheque
- red letter day
- round of applause
- run hot and cold
- sell ice to eskimos
- send up
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- shotgun approach
- silly money
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 Jun 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