P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[pull up one's socks] {v. phr.}
To try to do better, either in terms of one's behavior or at a task one is performing.
I'll have to pull up my socks if I am going to finish my work today.
[pull up short] {v. phr.}
To suddenly stop.
He pulled up short in his red car at the corner when he saw a pregnant lady crossing.
* /When Mark saw that he was hurting Jill's feelings, he pulled up short and started to talk about something entirely […]
[pull up stakes] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To leave the place where you have been living.
We are going to pull up stakes and move to California.
The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years.
[punch-drunk] {adj.}
1. Dazed or become dulled in the mind from being hit in the head.
He was a punch-drunk boxer who made his living shining shoes.
2. In a foggy state of mind; groggy.
* /Mary was so thrilled at winning the contest she acted […]
[puppy love] also [calf love] {n.}, {informal}
The first love of very young people.
When John and Mary began going around together in junior high school, their parents said it was just puppy love.
[pure and simple] {adj.}
Simply stated; basic. — Follows the noun it modifies and is used for emphasis.
The problem, pure and simple, is finding a baby-sitter.
The question, pure and simple, is whether you will support me.
Compare: [BOIL […]