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 explode something or somebody or destroy something or injure or kill somebody by explosion.
- 0 Views
“
More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- break out
- cry out against
- fall behind
- fall off
- lift up
- pay up
- put away
- round up
- run over
- split up
- squirrel away
- strike up
- take upon
- answer on a postcard
- arm to the teeth
- at the wheel
- black babies
- bolt bucket
- diamond in the rough
- easy as pie
- easy does it
- every which way
- eye candy
- family jewels
- fat chance
- get one's act together
- give over
- give somebody pause
- go red
- good job
- hand in hand
- hem and haw
- hold somebody's hand
- horse's ass
- in detail
- in light of
- in order
- keep your hair on
- lion
- make a decision
- mind one's own business
- nine lives
- not be caught dead
- off-color
- one thousand
- out of order
- outside the box
- pencil-neck
- rain cheque
- raise the bar
- rock the boat
- rush hour
- sack out
- salad years
- send up
- set one's cap at
- shotgun
- stem the tide
- take a breather
- take its toll
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 16 May 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