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21-letter words starting with to

  • to be a hospital case — if you say that someone or something is a hospital case, you mean that they need urgent help because they are doing very badly
  • to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
  • to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
  • to be in dire straits — to be in a position of acute difficulty
  • to be killed outright — If someone is killed outright, they die immediately, for example in an accident.
  • to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
  • to be on an even keel — If you say that someone or something is on an even keel, you mean that they are working or progressing smoothly and steadily, without any sudden changes.
  • to be public property — to be publicly owned
  • to bend someone's ear — If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.
  • to blow sth wide open — to expose something
  • to box someone's ears — If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment.
  • to change the subject — When someone involved in a conversation changes the subject, they start talking about something else, often because the previous subject was embarrassing.
  • to cross your fingers — If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck.
  • to dig one's heels in — If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.
  • to fall into the trap — If someone falls into the trap of doing something, they think or behave in a way which is not wise or sensible.
  • to feather one's nest — If you say that someone is feathering their nest, you mean that they are getting a lot of money out of something, so that they can lead a comfortable life.
  • to feel obliged to do — to feel obligated to do
  • to fly in the face of — If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
  • to fly off the handle — If you fly off the handle, you suddenly and completely lose your temper.
  • to get back to basics — to revert to a simpler method, eg of living or doing business
  • to get into high gear — if people or an activity go into high gear, moves into high gear, etc, people do what they were doing more intensely, or the activity becomes more intense
  • to get your rocks off — to reach orgasm; gain sexual satisfaction
  • to give the game away — If someone or something gives the game away, they reveal a secret or reveal their feelings, and this puts them at a disadvantage.
  • to have green fingers — If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well.
  • to have money to burn — If you say that someone has money to burn, you mean that they have more money than they need or that they spend their money on things that you think are unnecessary.
  • to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
  • to kick someone's ass — To kick ass or to kick someone's ass means to show them that you are angry with them, either by telling them or by using physical force.
  • to kill a mockingbird — a novel (1960) by Harper Lee.
  • to know your own mind — If you know your own mind, you are sure about your opinions, and are not easily influenced by other people.
  • to lay down your life — If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live.
  • to lay something bare — If you lay something bare, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
  • to let your hair down — If you let your hair down, you relax completely and enjoy yourself.
  • to live hand to mouth — If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
  • to look the other way — If you say that someone looks the other way, you are critical of them because they pay no attention to something unpleasant that is happening, when they should be dealing with it properly.
  • to make a mental note — If you make a mental note of something, you make an effort to store it in your memory so that you will not forget it.
  • to mix your metaphors — If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.
  • to move the goalposts — If you accuse someone of moving the goalposts, you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people.
  • to my way of thinking — You add to my way of thinking to a statement in order to indicate that you are giving your opinion.
  • to play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.
  • to play the race card — if someone plays the race card they bring up the issue of race in a discussion, perhaps for sympathy or to seek popularity by appealing to racist sentiment
  • to pull someone's leg — If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke.
  • to pull your socks up — If you tell someone to pull their socks up, you mean that they should start working or studying harder, because they have been lazy or careless.
  • to put one over on sb — If someone puts one over on you, they make you do or believe something by telling you things that are not true.
  • to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
  • to put you in mind of — If something puts you in mind of something else, it reminds you of it because it is similar to it or is associated with it.
  • to put/set sb to work — If you put someone to work or set them to work, you give them a job or task to do.
  • to rear its ugly head — If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
  • to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
  • to rub shoulders with — If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone, especially in American English.
  • to set foot somewhere — If you say that someone sets foot in a place, you mean that they enter it or reach it, and you are emphasizing the significance of their action. If you say that someone never sets foot in a place, you are emphasizing that they never go there.

On this page, we collect all 21-letter words starting with TO. It’s easy to find right word with a certain length. It is the easiest way to find 21-letter word that beginning with TO to use in Scrabble or Crossword puzzles.

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