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 resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.
- 0 Views
“
Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
More phrases:
- call on
- hold down
- keel over
- lay down
- look into
- orange up
- play up
- put on
- run around with
- run by
- run down
- sort out
- stick up for
- straighten out
- tag along
- take to
- throw out
- top off
- touch down
- zero in
- zero in on
- as far as one knows
- at full tilt
- beauty sleep
- can of worms
- ears are burning
- eye candy
- feather in one's cap
- flesh out
- from time to time
- gloss over
- go without saying
- gold mine
- haul ass
- have other fish to fry
- have second thoughts
- hit someone for six
- how's tricks
- if only
- in the works
- kindred soul
- king
- lemon law
- nine lives
- no slouch
- on hold
- out of line
- pardon my french
- party pooper
- pay for it
- piss up a rope
- pretty pictures
- pull one's weight
- put down roots
- quarter past
- quick-and-dirty
- rain cheque
- ride shotgun
- run hot and cold
- save face
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 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