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 cause someone to remember something from the past.
- 0 Views
“
The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
Submitted on August 09, 2009
More phrases:
- drag out
- kick off
- knock out
- lay low
- pull out
- run about
- scrounge up
- strike up
- take apart
- take on
- take to
- tumble to
- as all get-out
- at a loss
- at home
- beside oneself
- bite one's tongue
- dyed-in-the-wool
- field day
- food chain
- for goodness' sake
- get it on
- gloss over
- go out of one's way
- good job
- grain of salt
- grunt work
- have a blast
- head-in-the-sand
- home stretch
- hustle and bustle
- if needs be
- in its infancy
- in one hell of a hurry
- in touch
- jolly someone along
- keep your hair on
- king
- lie through one's teeth
- lower the boom
- make fun of
- make headway
- middle of the road
- move heaven and earth
- on a roll
- on edge
- pass on
- price is right
- put one over
- quake in one's boots
- rough around the edges
- scare the pants off of
- second banana
- shot in the arm
- silver spoon
- sit tight
- slip through the cracks
- thin-skinned
- thumbs up
- tooth and nail
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 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