14-letter words starting with to
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
- to blow a kiss — If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- to call a halt — If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
- to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
- to follow suit — If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done.
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- to get to work — If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
- to give notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a fixed period of time.
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- to have it out — If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- to lend a hand — If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
- to lend an ear — If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
- to live in sin — If you say that a man and a woman are living in sin, you mean that they are living together as a couple although they are not married.
- to make a face — If you make a face, you show a feeling such as dislike or disgust by putting an exaggerated expression on your face, for example by sticking out your tongue. In British English, you can also say pull a face.
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- to make a move — If you make a move, you prepare or begin to leave one place and go somewhere else.
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- to mend fences — If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences.
- to one's bosom — If you take someone or something to your bosom, you accept them and treat or regard them with great affection.
- to one's taste — pleasing to one
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- to run foul of — If you run foul of someone or fall foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- to sb's credit — If something is to someone's credit, they deserve praise for it.
- to sb's liking — If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes.
- to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to smell a rat — If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
- to some degree — to a certain extent
- to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- to sweat blood — If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
- to the maximum — If you say that someone does something to the maximum, you are emphasizing that they do it to the greatest degree possible.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- to the tune of — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
- to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
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