A
Idioms beginning with "A"
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Contents of A:
[at length] {adv. phr.}
1. In detail; fully.
You must study the subject at length to understand it.
The teacher explained the new lesson at length to the students.
2. In the end; at last; finally.
* /The movie became more and more exciting, […]
[at liberty] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
Free to go somewhere or do something; not shut in or stopped.
The police promised to set the man at liberty if he told the names of the other robbers.
* /I am sorry, but I am not at liberty to come to your […]
[at loggerheads] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}
In a quarrel; in a fight; opposing each other.
The two senators had long been at loggerheads on foreign aid.
Because of their barking dog, the Morrises lived at loggerheads with their neighbors.
Compare: […]
[at loose ends] {adj. phr.}
Without a regular job or settled habits; uncertain what to do next; having nothing to do for a while; undecided; unsettled; restless.
Feeling at loose ends, I went for a long walk.
* /He had finished college but hadn't […]
[at most] or [at the most] {adv. phr.}
By the largest or most generous guess; at the upper limit; by the maximum account; not more than; at best; at worst.
It was a minor offense at most.
He had been gone 15 minutes at the most.
* /Their new […]
[at odds] {adj. phr.}
In conflict or disagreement; opposed.
The boy and girl were married a week after they met and soon found themselves at odds about religion.
Compare: [AT LOGGERHEADS].
[at once] {adv. phr.}
1. Without delay; right now or right then; immediately.
Put a burning match next to a piece of paper and it will begin burning at once.
* /Mother called the children to lunch, and Paul came at once, but Brenda stayed in the […]
[at one] {adj. phr.}
1. In union or harmony; in agreement or sympathy. Not usually used informally.
He felt at one with all the poets who have sung of love.
2. Of the same opinion, in agreement.
* /Husband and wife were at one on everything but […]