P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[press one's luck] or [push one's luck] {v. phr.}
To depend too much on luck; expect to continue to be lucky.
When John won his first two bets at the race track, he pressed his luck and increased his bets.
* /If you're lucky at first, don't press […]
[press the flesh] {v.}, {slang}
To shake hands with total strangers by the hundreds, keeping an artificial smile all the way, in order to raise one's popularity during political elections.
* /Incumbent Governor Maxwell was pressing the flesh all day […]
[pressure group] {n. phr.}
An organization whose goal it is to create changes by lobbying for the benefit of its own members.
Certain unscrupulous pressure groups stop at nothing to achieve their selfish aims.
[pretty penny] {n. phr.}
A large amount of money.
Their new house is so big and modern that we're sure it must have cost them a pretty penny.
[prevail upon] or [prevail on] {v.}
To bring to an act or belief; cause a change in; persuade.
He prevailed upon the musician to entertain instead of the absent speaker.
He prevailed upon me to believe in his innocence.
[prey on] or [prey upon] {v.}
1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food.
Cats prey on mice.
2. To capture or take in spoils of war or robbery.
Pirates preyed on American ships in the years just after the Revolutionary War.
3. To cheat; […]
[prey on one's mind] {v. phr.}
To afflict; worry.
He couldn't sleep because his many debts were preying on his mind.
[price on one's head] {n. phr.}
Reward offered to anyone who catches a thief or a murderer.
The hotel manager learned that the quiet man taken from his room by the police was a murderer with a price on his head.