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 get to work; to focus on a task.
- 0 Views
“
You should knuckle down and do your homework!
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- latch onto
- orange up
- rub out
- run through
- scope out
- sneak up
- sniff out
- start over
- stick up
- strip away
- tag along
- take off
- tide over
- answer on a postcard
- bad egg
- call it quits
- carry on
- cooking with gas
- day in, day out
- down-to-earth
- fit as a fiddle
- get a jump on
- go on the rampage
- hard of hearing
- have a cow
- have second thoughts
- in black and white
- in line
- kick ass
- king
- make believe
- muckety muck
- nervous as a cat
- no joy
- off and on
- off the mark
- on board
- on the spot
- out of one's depth
- outside the box
- put down roots
- put the clock back
- quick-and-dirty
- raise the bar
- run into the ground
- run out of steam
- sack out
- stand one's ground
- stars in one's eyes
- stroke of work
- swing the lead
- take a gamble
- take it easy
- take one's time
- that does it
- to the tune of
- today we are all
- toot one's own horn
- top banana
- turn over a new leaf
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 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