P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[purse strings] {n.}
Care or control of money.
Dad holds the purse strings in our family.
The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings.
[push around] {v.}, {informal}
To be bossy with; bully.
Don't try to push me around!
Paul is always pushing the smaller children around.
[push off] or [shove off] {v.}
1. To push a boat away from the shore.
Before Tom could reach the boat, Jake had shoved off.
2. {slang}
To start; leave.
We were ready to push off at ten o'clock, but had to wait for Jill.
* /Jim was planning […]
[push on] {v. phr.}
To press forward; proceed forward laboriously.
The exhausted mountain climbers pushed on, despite the rough weather, as the peak was already in sight.
[pushover] {n.}
1. Something easy to accomplish or overcome.
For Howard steering a boat is a pushover as he was raised on a tropical island.
2. A person easily seduced.
It is rumored that she is a pushover when she has a bit to drink.
[push over] {v. phr.}
To upset; overthrow.
She is standing on her feet very solidly; a little criticism from you certainly won't push her over.
The wind in Chicago can be so strong that sometimes I'm afraid I'll get pushed over.
[push the panic button] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry.
John thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button.
Keep cool; don't hit the panic button!
Syn.: […]
[push-up] {n.}
An exercise to build strong arms and shoulders, in which you lie on your stomach and push your body up on your hands and toes.
At the age of seventy, Grandpa still does twenty push-ups every day.
* /The football team does push-ups […]
[push up daisies] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To be dead and buried.
I'll be around when you're pushing up daisies.
Don't play with guns or you may push up the daisies.