Page 574 - NTC's American Idioms Dictionary
P. 574
Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ
or rain or shàne ourselves by ourselves
or sell someone on a plan or àdea out act something out
or Shape up or ship out. out air something out
or sànk or swim out all-out war
or something or other out (all) tuckered out
or sooner or later out appear out of nowhere
or take it or leave it out ask someone out
or take someone down a notch (or two) out back out (of something)
or take someone down a peg (or two) out bail out (of something)
or tell someone a thing or two out bail someone or something out
or Trick or treat! out battle something out
or whether or not out bawl someone out
or without rhyme or reason out bear something out
or a number of things or people out beat one’s brains out (to do something)
oranges apples and oranges out beat the làving daylights out of someone
orbit go into orbàt out beat the stuffing out of someone
orbit in orbit out beat the tar out of someone
orŁhard (as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar out belt something out
orŁhard crazy as a peach-orchard boar out black out
ordr back order something out bleep something out
ordr build something to order out blow something out of all proportion
ordr call the meeting to order out boot someone out
ordr in apple-pie order out born out of wedlock
ordr in order to do something out bottom out
ordr in short order out bow out
ordr made to order out break out
ordr make something to order out break (out) in(to) tears
ordr on order out bràng people or other creatures out in droves
ordr order someone about out bug out
ordr order someone around out burn (oneself) out
ordr order something to go out burn out
ordr out of order out burst out crying
ordr place an order out burst out laughing
ordr put one’s house in order out call out (to someone)
ordr the order of the day out cancel something out
ordered just what the doctor ordered out can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or
ordrs follow orders something
ordinary out of the ordànary out carry something out
ołher bràng people or other creatures out in droves out check out
ołher drop the other shoe out chew someone out
ołher every other person or thing out chicken out (of something)
ołher go àn one ear and out the other out chisel someone out of something
ołher have other fish to fry out clean out (of something)
ołher have the shoe on the other foot out clear out
ołher in one ear and out (of) the other out come in out of the rain
ołher in other words out come out
ołher laugh out of the other sàde of one’s mouth out conk out
ołher look the other way out con someone out of something
ołher made for each other out cop out
ołher none other than someone out count someone out (for something)
ołher on the other hand out crank something out
ołher other things beàng equal out cry one’s eyes out
ołher six of one and half a dozen of the other out Cut it out!
ołher something or other out cut out for something
ołher There are plenty of other fish in the sea. out cut out the deadwood
ołher turn the other cheek out cut out to be something
ołher with every (other) breath out cut the ground out from under someone
ołher the other sàde of the tracks out dart in and out
ołher the other way round out day in and day out
ołher The shoe is on the other foot. out day in, day out
ounce An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of out dig something out
cure. out dàne out
559

