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 vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.
- 0 Views
“
As the deadline approached, all attempts to keep order went out the window.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
More phrases:
- mix up
- pass away
- pass out
- put down to
- rub out
- talk down
- tear away
- tell apart
- wear off
- a great deal
- beside oneself
- breathe easy
- burn the midnight oil
- by hand
- carry on
- curveball
- dog and pony show
- down the drain
- false step
- fat chance
- field day
- flutter in the dovecote
- follow through
- fresh legs
- get off
- give birth
- have a look-see
- hold somebody's hand
- how's tricks
- if only
- in detail
- in line
- is the pope catholic
- jump at the chance
- kindred spirit
- much of a muchness
- night owl
- nine lives
- off and on
- oh dark thirty
- on a full stomach
- on the right track
- out of the blue
- pencil-neck
- play the race card
- pull one's head in
- quarter past
- run out of steam
- see eye to eye
- shore up
- shotgun approach
- silly money
- sit tight
- stepping stone
- take a gander
- be-all, end-all
- there ya go
- tickle pink
- turn over a new leaf
- turn to 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