P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[pay through the nose] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To pay at a very high rate; pay too much.
He had wanted experience, but this job seemed like paying through the nose for it.
* /There was a shortage of cars; if you found one for sale, you had to pay […]
[pay up] {v.}
To pay in full; pay the amount of; pay what is owed.
The monthly installments on the car were paid up.
He pays his dues up promptly.
He gets behind when he is out of work but always pays up when he is working again.
[pecking order] {n.}
The way people are ranked in relation to each other (for honor, privilege, or power); status classification; hierarchy.
After the president was in office several months, his staff developed a pecking order.
[peel off] {v.}
To dive away from a group of airplanes in a flight formation; bring one plane down from a group.
As the group neared the home base, pilot after pilot peeled off for a landing.