12-letter words starting with to
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- to advantage — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
- to be honest — in truth
- to cut loose — If a person or an organization cuts loose or is cut loose, they become free from the influence or authority of other people.
- to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
- to drop dead — If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.
- to fall flat — If you fall flat on your face, you fall over.
- to fall open — If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- to hell with — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to keep time — If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly.
- to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- to lose face — If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- to mean well — If you say that someone means well, you mean they are trying to be kind and helpful, even though they might be causing someone problems or upsetting them.
- to open fire — If you open fire on someone, you start shooting at them.
- to play ball — If someone refuses to play ball, they are unwilling to do what someone wants them to do.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- to sb's face — If you say something to someone's face, you say it openly in their presence.
- to see sense — If you try to make someone see sense or see reason, you try to make them realize that they are wrong or are being stupid.
- to sit tight — If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen.
- to stop dead — To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.
- to take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- to the death — to the very end (of a struggle, quarrel, etc.)
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- to the nines — to perfection
- to the point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- to the skies — extremely highly
- to the teeth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.
- to walk tall — If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
- to your feet — If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
- toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- tobacco road — a squalid and impoverished rural community.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
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