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American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original ...

[break into] {v.} 1. To force an entrance into; make a rough or unlawful entrance ...

[fast buck] or [quick buck] {slang} Money earned quickly and easily, and sometimes dishonestly. * ...

[get in with] {v. phr.} To join up with; begin to associate with; be accepted ...

[on the make] {adj.}, {slang} 1. Promiscuous or aggressive in one's sexual advances. * /I ...

[put back the clock] or [turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in ...

[start in] {v.}, {informal} 1. To begin to do something; start. * /Fred started in ...

[start out] {v.} 1. To begin to go somewhere. * /Bill started out for school ...

[take off] {v. phr.} 1a. To leave fast; depart suddenly; run away. * /The dog ...

[ups and downs] {n. phr.} Vicissitudes; alternating periods between good and bad times; changes in ...