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 start or connect suddenly.
- 0 Views
“
You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- put down
- run across
- scrape off
- suck up
- swear off
- take off
- a different ballpark
- a notch above
- are your ears burning
- arse about face
- bite one's tongue
- born yesterday
- catch a tan
- crown jewels
- deliver the goods
- face to face
- fat of the land
- front runner
- get into trouble
- get off
- half-baked
- have a cow
- have a green thumb
- have other fish to fry
- hold somebody's hand
- in a nutshell
- in black and white
- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye peeled
- kick the bucket
- lucky break
- muckety muck
- of late
- on the horn
- out of gas
- pardon my french
- pass on
- piece of cake
- play one's cards right
- pull one's head in
- put the clock back
- quake in one's boots
- rain cheque
- ride shotgun
- see the light
- shore up
- spic and span
- square meal
- stand a chance
- streak of good luck
- stroke of work
- suck it up
- take a gamble
- the upper hand
- to the tune of
- turn to stone
- turn to stone
- turn upside down
- under one's thumb
- under one's wing
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 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