WordExample /wɜːd ɪɡˈzɑːmpəl dɒt kɒm/

• overintellectualize
• make a pig's ear of
• play fast and loose
• shoot the messenger
• put one's finger on
• turn back the clock
• put one's foot down
• cross one's fingers
• pull an all-nighter
• go out like a light
• go out of one's way
• upset the applecart
• polish one's rocket
• check all the boxes
• turn in one's grave
• hang by the eyelids
• enter on the boards
• turn into a pumpkin
• wind back the clock
• pull in one's horns
• kill one's darlings
• stick by one's guns
• counterindoctrinate
• effing and blinding
• catch someone's eye
• pull one's forelock
• drain the main vein
• scare the pants off
• make baby Jesus cry
• pull one's horns in
• lean over backwards
• hang in the balance
• take to one's heels
• stick it to the man
• do well for oneself
• play Old Gooseberry
• pull one's socks up
• go round in circles
• blow one's own horn
• take to the heather
• take to the streets
• stick one's nose in
• honor in the breach
• pull out of the hat
• drown one's sorrows
• have a bone to pick
• hyperphosphorylated
• turn someone's head
• wave the white flag
• wouldn't hurt a fly
• hit out of the park
• serve someone right
• hit someone for six
• angle for farthings
• belly up to the bar
• hang up one's boots
• take up the hatchet
• twist someone's arm
• blow someone's mind
• have a crow to pull
• stick to one's guns
• damn by association
• blow this pop stand
• give a sneck posset
• stick to one's ribs
• go through the mill
• whistle in the dark
• pass under the yoke
• play the giddy goat
• preach to deaf ears
• preach to the choir
• pull the fire alarm
• play the hand dealt
• put the hammer down
• gird up one's loins
• live over the brush
• split an infinitive
• give away the store
• make heavy going of
• go to great lengths
• suffer fools gladly
• drawn and quartered
• shoulder the burden
• autophosphorylating
• know in one's bones
• know inside and out
• trifluoromethylated
• play to the gallery
• pour down the drain
• play to the whistle
• knit one's eyebrows
• hide in plain sight
• sow one's wild oats
• move out to move up
• suck someone's cock
• jump to conclusions
• suck the air out of
• toot one's own horn
• pour one's soul out
• move the goal posts
• lie in one's throat
• pour out one's soul
• cry into one's beer
• know one's own mind
• put to one's trumps
• move the yardsticks
• get off one's chest
• cost a pretty penny
• set one's sights on
• make mileage out of
• have a wild hair to
• cry over spilt milk
• set out one's stall
• cry someone a river
• politically correct
• cover all the bases
• ring someone's bell
• think on one's feet
• make no bones about
• parathyroidectomize
• rake over old coals
• rake over the coals
• assume the position
• throw cold water on
• gladly suffer fools
• know what's o'clock
• put up the shutters
• choose your battles
• drive someone crazy
• fall by the wayside
• praise to the skies
• cover someone's ass
• speaking in tongues
• scrape acquaintance
• make oneself scarce
• set the world afire
• give someone a bell
• tell the difference
• run into the ground
• ring up the curtain
• keep a civil tongue
• checks and balances
• throw in the sponge
• get one's claws out
• trouble the scorers
• give someone a buzz
• place importance on
• be cruel to be kind
• give someone a hand
• lay bare one's soul
• let one's hair down
• save someone's skin
• tie someone's hands
• fix someone's wagon
• give someone a ring
• regain one's senses
• throw off the trail
• lend a helping hand
• beat about the bush
• get one's groove on
• run off one's mouth
• fall into one's lap
• place on a pedestal
• scraping and bowing
• lay down one's flag
• let someone have it
• lay down the marker
• embrace the penguin
• run one's mouth off
• bat one's eyelashes
• cast one's lot with
• wash one's hands of
• give someone static
• bowing and scraping
• applaud to the echo
• come into one's own
• kiss someone's ring
• take it up the arse
• ride roughshod over
• reach for the stars
• drop someone a line
• stand shilly-shally
• photodisintegrating
• fancy one's chances
• get one's rocks off
• renew acquaintances
• get one's shine box
• bring out in a rash
• get one's shirt out
• chuck up the sponge
• fall on one's sword
• extract the Michael
• get one's skates on
• beat someone's time
• cash in one's chips
• autodephosphorylate
• give something a go
• bought and paid for
• have one's hand out
• bend over backwards
• throw to the wolves
• bring to the hammer
• make up the numbers
• throw under the bus
• beat the tar out of
• throw up the sponge
• scratch the surface
• come thick and fast
• spread oneself thin
• prick up one's ears
• give the store away
• open someone's eyes
• feel in one's bones
• roll back the years
• foul one's own nest
• have one's way with
• feel nine feet tall
• have one's Weetabix
• take one's own life
• walk down the aisle
• eat one's heart out
• puke one's guts out
• counterpropagandize
• feel someone's pain
• deformation retract
• open the floodgates
• eat one's seed corn
• roll in one's grave
• deformation-retract
• keep one's pants on
• have seen one's day
• kick up one's heels
• take out of context
• keep one's shirt on
• put a rod in pickle
• roll off the tongue
• click one's fingers
• get someone's point
• knock the persimmon
• hear the grass grow
• sell down the river
• strike one's colors
• have someone's back
• rise from the ashes
• sell ice to Eskimos
• eat someone's lunch
• work one's butt off
• strike out the side
• take responsibility
• have someone's head
• come to the scratch
• have someone's hide
• nail to the counter
• work one's tail off
• keep someone on ice
• sell like hot cakes
• sing the praises of
• keep someone posted
• top from the bottom
• see someone's point
• show the white flag
• crack one's fingers
• swallow one's pride
• curl someone's hair
• have the last laugh
• sell past the close
• show who's the boss
• dig one's own grave
• coimmunoprecipitate
• frighten the horses
• take the back track
• keep up appearances
• dance to a new tune
• jockey for position
• fly off the shelves
• blame America first
• get a charge out of
• make a break for it
• slip someone's mind
• make a clean breast
• draw in one's horns
• read someone's lips
• read someone's mind
• button up one's lip
• chew on the scenery
• shoot for the stars
• draw one's horns in
• tear one's hair out
• touch someone's hem
• point the finger at
• hold someone's hand
• sink one's teeth in
• hate someone's guts
• swear like a sailor
• chew up the scenery
• put one's back into
• overintellectualise
• mind one's business

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