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 break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- 0 Views
“
It broke up when it hit the ground.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- burn out
- fend away
- grow on
- muck in
- pick up
- run away
- split up
- stand by
- stand down
- take away
- take away
- tee off
- tie up
- all things being equal
- blaze a trail
- breathe easy
- bring owls to athens
- curveball
- dead on
- do-or-die
- fair and square
- free-for-all
- get a handle on
- get a jump on
- get into trouble
- go red
- gray area
- ground rules
- hammer home
- have a look-see
- heebie-jeebies
- in black and white
- in line
- jump the gun
- keep an eye out
- keep one on one's toes
- kick ass
- king
- lie through one's teeth
- lion
- look like
- lump in one's throat
- make a decision
- morning, noon and night
- move heaven and earth
- odd and curious
- on hold
- on its merits
- out of this world
- piss up a rope
- play one's cards right
- pound the pavement
- price on one's head
- put down roots
- right on
- rule of thumb
- run out of steam
- same old story
- save face
- see eye to eye
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 Apr. 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