B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[bottom out] {v. phr.}
To reach the lowest point (said chiefly of economic cycles).
According to the leading economic indicators the recession will bottom out within the next two months.
[bound for] {adj. phr.}
On the way to; going to.
I am bound for the country club.
The ship is bound for Liverpool.
[bound up with] {v. phr.}
To be connected; be involved with.
Tuition at our university is bound up with the state budget.
[bow and scrape] {v.}
To be too polite or obedient from fear or hope of gain; act like a slave.
The old servant bowed and scraped before them, too obedient and eager to please.
[bow out] {v.}, {informal}
1. To give up taking part; excuse yourself from doing any more; quit.
Mr. Black often quarreled with his partners, so finally he bowed out of the company.
* /While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to […]
[bowl over] {v.}, {informal}
1. To knock down as if with a bowled ball.
The taxi hit him a glancing blow and bowled him over.
2. To astonish with success or shock with misfortune; upset; stun.
He was bowled over by his wife's sudden death.
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