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 descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- 0 Views
“
You'll need to go down two floors to get to that office.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
More phrases:
- grow out of
- hand over
- head up
- hit upon
- jack up
- mix up
- quieten down
- ramp up
- round up
- run after
- run to
- stand back
- stick up
- take on
- turn out
- zero in on
- a different ballpark
- all of a sudden
- at all hours
- at one's beck and call
- bright line
- by hand
- check is in the mail
- cherry-pick
- dead as a doorknob
- dead on
- for goodness' sake
- for the time being
- front runner
- get somebody's goat
- grain of salt
- ham it up
- have a cow
- have a flat
- have a word with
- hit someone for six
- if only
- in evidence
- in the works
- it takes two to tango
- light a fire under
- lion's share
- lower the boom
- middle ground
- morning, noon and night
- off-color
- on the nose
- out of gas
- out to lunch
- play it by ear
- pull one's head in
- rock bottom
- rock the boat
- run into the ground
- seize the day
- shotgun approach
- silver spoon
- small fry
- suck it up
- take a breather
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 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