Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: big blow-out Page #7

Yee yee! We've found 2,170 phrases and idioms matching big blow-out.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
name and shameSo as to single them out for individual blame and censure.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
peg outTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
Pull the Rug out from Under YouTo ruin someone’s dreams, hopes or plans, to suddenly withdraw supportRate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
red lightDenial to proceed. Ruling out of any possibility.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
school's outThe school year has come to an end.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
speak outTo assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.Rate it:

(4.50 / 4 votes)
stop and smell the rosesTo relax; to take time out and enjoy or appreciate life.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
tall orderA big job; a difficult challenge.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
worm in the applesomething you thought was a good thing turns out to be a bad thing; usually at the worst possible time.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
stamp outTo get rid of, eradicate.Rate it:

(4.43 / 7 votes)
bail outTo leave or not attend.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
bawl outTo deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:

(4.33 / 6 votes)
call outTo yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
cancel outTo neutralize the effect of something.Rate it:

(4.33 / 6 votes)
hang outTo spend time doing nothing in particular.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
pour outTo leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
spell outFrom its component letters.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
way out of a paper bagA minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform such.Rate it:

(4.33 / 6 votes)
zombie outBecome like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and unresponsive.Rate it:

(4.33 / 3 votes)
carry outTo hold while moving something out.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
knock upTo become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
read outTo read something and say the words to inform other people.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
act outTo express one's feelings through disruptive actions.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
bail outTo secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
stick outTo protrude; to extend beyond.Rate it:

(4.20 / 5 votes)
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

(4.00 / 5 votes)
air outTo discuss in the open.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
argue outTo discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.Rate it:

(4.00 / 3 votes)
back outTo withdraw from something one has promised to do.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
balance outTo counteract one another so as to be balanced.Rate it:

(4.00 / 3 votes)
barking-up the wrong tree:{Coon Hunters Remark:} Coon Dogs Chase Raccoon up Trees. They Bark at the Tree so Hunter Can 'Shoot' Coon out of the Tree:Rate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
beat outTo extinguish.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
beat outTo win by a narrow margin.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
borne outSubstantiated.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
borne outPast participle of bear out.Rate it:

(4.00 / 3 votes)
bowl outAnd thus end their innings.Rate it:

(4.00 / 5 votes)
branch outTo attempt something new or different, but related.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
break outTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.Rate it:

(4.00 / 4 votes)
bring forthTo display, produce, bring out for display.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
bring outTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.Rate it:

(4.00 / 3 votes)
bug outHastily.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
call outTo challenge.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
carry outTo fulfill.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
catch outTo discover or expose as fake or insincere.Rate it:

(4.00 / 3 votes)
check outTo obtain computer source code from a repository.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
check outTo have one's purchases recorded and bagged at a supermarket, and pay for it.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for big blow-out:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a _____ today.
A cookie
B hot dog
C hamburger
D can of spinach

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ