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 elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.
- 0 Views
“
She brings out the best in him.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- hang up
- hold up
- look up
- phase out
- pick up
- run off
- vote out
- wail on
- zero in on
- zip up
- bent on
- bolt bucket
- born yesterday
- breathe easy
- center field
- child's play
- diamond in the rough
- do-or-die
- elbow room
- eye candy
- from the word go
- get it on
- get one's claws into
- go blue
- go red
- gray area
- green light
- hang a ralph
- hang out one's shingle
- hard of hearing
- have a flat
- if only
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye peeled
- kick ass
- nine lives
- out of house and home
- out of proportion
- own up
- play old harry
- price is right
- pull one's weight
- put down roots
- red letter day
- same old story
- second banana
- send up
- smash hit
- spic and span
- spruce up
- take a breather
- take one's time
- than a bygod
- thanks a bunch
- that does it
- to die for
- to the tune of
- tried and true
- under one's nose
- under pressure
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 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