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 diminish in size or value.
- 0 Views
“
Business always falls off in the winter.
Submitted on January 23, 2011
More phrases:
- go back on
- let up
- plug away
- power up
- put back
- put down to
- ramp up
- run through
- speak up
- stand for
- stand off
- tie up
- zoom down
- at once
- bad egg
- bite one's tongue
- black babies
- blessing in disguise
- can of worms
- catch a tan
- curveball
- deep water
- down the drain
- elbow room
- elbow room
- fresh start
- gear up
- get by the balls
- go bananas
- go on the rampage
- good job
- ground rules
- in heaven's name
- in its infancy
- in one's cups
- kindred soul
- no biggie
- one fell swoop
- out of order
- own up
- pachyderm
- pay for it
- point the finger at
- pump iron
- push the envelope
- right on
- rule of thumb
- rule with an iron fist
- run out of steam
- save face
- see red
- shore up
- shotgun approach
- sit tight
- slip through the cracks
- smash hit
- take a bullet
- tickle pink
- tooth and nail
- tough nut to crack
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 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