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 make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
- 0 Views
“
The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president and his government.
Submitted on August 27, 2012
More phrases:
- cotton to
- drop off
- kill off
- latch onto
- run back
- run down
- sort out
- square away
- stand for
- swear by
- wait up
- after the fact
- all duck or no dinner
- answer on a postcard
- at a loss for words
- be all ears
- bright line
- cheek by jowl
- dead on
- deep water
- every man jack
- flutter in the dovecote
- fly off the handle
- from cover to cover
- get one's act together
- give a ring
- grace period
- hack it
- have other fish to fry
- hit a snag
- in evidence
- in layman's terms
- in line
- jump at the chance
- keep a close watch on
- keep an eye peeled
- keep one on one's toes
- night owl
- off the mark
- old school
- one at a time
- out to lunch
- piffy on a rock bun
- pull one's head in
- put one over
- put the clock back
- quake in one's boots
- raise the bar
- right on
- rock the boat
- rule of thumb
- run out of steam
- same old story
- second banana
- see red
- see the light
- set one's cap at
- shot in the arm
- silly money
- spic and span
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