P
Idioms beginning with "P"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
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Contents of P:
[part and parcel] {n. phr.}
A necessary or important part; something necessary to a larger thing. — Usually followed by "of".
Freedom of speech is part and parcel of the liberty of a free man.
[part company] {v. phr.}
1. To part with someone; leave each other; separate.
The boys parted company as they came from the park.
George parted company with the others at his front door.
2. To be different from someone in opinion or action; […]
[partial to] {v. phr.}
Having a weakness for; favorable toward.
He seems to be partial to blondes while his brother is partial to redheads.
[parting of the ways] {n. phr.}
1. The point where a road or path divides; a fork.
They stood undecided at a parting of the ways, where a forest path forked.
2. A time or place where a choice must be made; a deciding point.
* /He had come to a […]
[part of the furniture] {n. phr.}
In a job or position for so long that one is taken entirely for granted, like a part of the physical surroundings.
* /He has been working in the same office for so many years now that people consider him to be a part […]
[part with] {v.}
1. To separate from; leave.
He parted with us at the end of the trip.
Compare: [PART COMPANY].
2. To let go.
They were sorry to part with the old house.
He had to part with his secretary when she got married.
Compare: […]
[party line] {n. phr.}
Ideas, policies, and goals set forth by the leadership of a group or organization.
Dan seldom has an original idea but he keeps faithfully repeating his company's party line.
[party to] {adj. phr.}
Concerned with; participating in.
The prosecution has been trying to show that the defendant was party to a fraud.