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 wait or delay.
- 0 Views
“
Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
Submitted on March 09, 2012
More phrases:
- horse around
- pick up
- pick up
- put down
- round up
- run for
- run over
- run through
- straighten out
- vote out
- zip up
- belly up
- all things being equal
- as far as one knows
- as good as one's word
- at heart
- be of two minds
- be-all and end-all
- bright line
- call it quits
- cheek by jowl
- dig deep
- even money
- fight tooth and nail
- from the word go
- haul his ashes
- have a cow
- hem and haw
- hustle and bustle
- in a nutshell
- in black and white
- in black and white
- in detail
- in one's cups
- in order
- labor of love
- lucky break
- much of a muchness
- of late
- on hold
- out of character
- penny pincher
- rain cheque
- right on
- see someone through
- seize the day
- shape up
- smack of
- spic and span
- spin one's wheels
- stand one's ground
- sure of oneself
- take a breather
- take to the cleaners
- to the tune of
- tried and true
- turn to stone
- turn to stone
- turn up for the book
- under one's belt
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 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