All English idioms and phrases - page 114

Meanings of Look-the-other-way:

phrase

Deliberately ignore wrongdoing by others.

Usage examples:

The authorities simply seem content to look the other way

Meanings of Look-to-be:

idiom

To not be attractive

Usage examples:

The house isn't much to look at but it's spacious.

Meanings of Looking at:

collocation

The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

Meanings of Looking for:

collocation

The act of searching visually

Meanings of Looks:

phrase

A person's appearance, especially how attractive they are

Usage examples:

I like her looks., her looks improved as she grew older., he put on weight and started to lose his …

Meanings of Loosen-up:

idiom

To stretch your muscles, esp. by doing special exercises before a hard physical activity

Usage examples:

He always spent 20 minutes loosening up before going for his morning run., she was nervous at the b…

Meanings of Loosening-up:

idiom

To stretch your muscles, esp. by doing special exercises before a hard physical activity

Usage examples:

He always spent 20 minutes loosening up before going for his morning run., she was nervous at the b…

Meanings of Lord it over:

idiom

To behave as if you are more important than someone and have a right to tell that person what to do

Usage examples:

He likes to lord it over his little sister.

Meanings of Lord-and-master:

idiom

A person who has authority over you, or your husband

Meanings of Lord-it:

idiom

To behave as if you are more important than someone and have a right to tell that person what to do

Usage examples:

He likes to lord it over his little sister.

Meanings of Lorded:

idiom

To behave as if you are more important than someone and have a right to tell that person what to do

Usage examples:

He likes to lord it over his little sister.

Meanings of Lording:

idiom

To behave as if you are more important than someone and have a right to tell that person what to do

Usage examples:

He likes to lord it over his little sister.

Meanings of Lords:

phrase

→  the house of lords

Usage examples:

The bill returned to the lords for further scrutiny., she is the conservative education spokesperso…

Meanings of Lose one's temper:

idiom

Get very angry and fly into a rage

phrase

Fail to retain composure when angry.

Usage examples:

He is more nurturing in here, more forgiving of mistakes and less prone to losing his temper

Meanings of Lose touch:

phrase

Cease to be in communication.

Usage examples:

I lost touch with him when he joined the air force

idiom

To no longer communicate with someone

Usage examples:

I lost touch with katie after she moved to canada., politicians can easily lose touch with the real…

Meanings of Lose track:

idiom

Fail to keep informed or aware

Meanings of Lose your touch:

idiom

To no longer be able to do something as well as you could before

Usage examples:

You only beat me once in the last five games – you're not losing your touch, are you?

Meanings of Lose-consciousness:

collocation

To no longer be awake, thinking, and aware of what is happening around you

Usage examples:

The paramedics struggled to stop him from losing consciousness., she tripped, hit her head on a roc…

Meanings of Lose-heart:

idiom

To stop believing that you can succeed

Usage examples:

This is a difficult time, but don't lose heart – just remember how much you've already achieved.

Meanings of Lose-it:

phrase

Become unable to control one's temper or emotions.

Usage examples:

I completely lost it—i was screaming at them

Meanings of Lose-money:

phrase

A business that is losing money is spending more money than it is receiving

Usage examples:

Banks will lose millions of pounds because of new legislation., we can't go on making products that…

Meanings of Lose-no-time:

phrase

If you say there is or that you have no time to lose, it means that you must do quickly whatever it is that you want to do

Usage examples:

Come on, there's no time to lose - we have to get home before john finds out., with only a month to…

Meanings of Lose-sight-of:

phrase

Be no longer able to see

Usage examples:

When night fell, the crew lost sight of the strange monster

idiom

To not consider something, esp. because you have forgotten about it

Usage examples:

We cannot lose sight of the need to keep the public safe.

Meanings of Lose-sleep:

idiom

To worry about something so much that you cannot sleep

Usage examples:

I know you made a mistake, but i wouldn't lose sleep over it.

Meanings of Lose-the-thread:

phrase

Be unable to follow what someone is saying or remember what one is going to say next.

Usage examples:

She lost the thread of the conversation after a time