27-letter words containing b, a, s, e, d
- to be suspended on full pay — if someone is suspended on full pay they are temporarily barred from work (due to misconduct, etc) while receiving full salary
- to build up a head of steam — to develop power
- to know something backwards — In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward.
- to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone