pickgive one a dressing down give one a dressing down See: DRESSING DOWN. No categories: add yours Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms Nearby entries: gab gaff gain ground gallery gallon gallows humor game game at which two can play game is not worth the candle game is up gang gang up on garbage down garden apartment garment gas gasket gas up gate gate crasher gather gather in gauntlet gay nineties gaze gear geese gee whiz general generation gap generous to a fault George get get about get a black eye get a break get across get after get ahead get a load of get along get a fix get a fix on get a grip on get a head start on get a kick out of get a line on get a move on get a raise get a rise out of get (all) dolled up get along get an earful get around get around to get at getaway car get away get away with get away with murder get a wiggle on get a word in get back at get back on one's feet get behind get busy get by get carried away with get couthed up get cracking get credit for get one down get down cold get down off your high horse get down to get down to brass tacks get down to business get down to work get even get going get gray hair get his or hers get hitched get hold of get in get in on get in on the ground floor get in on the get in one's hair get in one's way get into get into line get in touch with get involved with get in with get in wrong get it get it all together get it in the neck get it get lost get mixed up get next to get off get off cheap get off easy get off it get off one's back get off one's case get off one's chest get off one's tail get off on the wrong foot get off the ground get off the hook get off to a flying get on get ones get one's back up get one's brains fried get one's dander up get one's ducks in a row get one's feet on the ground get one's feet wet get one's fingers burned get one's foot in the door get one's goat get one's hands on get one's number get one's rear in gear get one's second wind get one's teeth into get one's tongue get on in years get on one's good side get on one's nerves get on the ball get on the bandwagon get on the good side of get on the stick get on to one get one wrong get get out get out in the open get out of get out of the way get out of hand get over get rattled get rid of get set get short shrift get something out of one's system get something over with get something straight get stoned get straight get stuck get (all) the breaks get the air get the ax get the ball rolling get the better of get the boot get the bounce get the brush-off get the cart before the horse get the eye get the feel of get the go-ahead get the goods on get the hook get the inside track get the jitters get the jump on get the last laugh get the lead out of one's pants get the lowdown on get the message get the picture get the runaround get the sack get the show on the road get the third degree get the upper hand on get the word get the works get the worst of get through get through one's head get through to get to get to first base get together get-together get to the bottom of get to the heart of get to the point get two strikes against one get underway get under one's skin get up get up with the chickens get-up get-up-and-go get up on the wrong side of the bed get up the nerve get used to get warmed up get what's coming to one get wind of get wise get with it ghost ghost of a ghost-writer gift of gab gild the lily gill gilt-edged gin mill G.I. gird one's loins girl Friday girl friend give give a buzz give a cold shoulder give a hand give a hang give a hard time give-and-take give an ear to give a pain give as good as one gets give away giveaway give a wide berth give birth to give chase give color to give credence to give fits give forth give free rein to give gray hair give ground give her the gun give in give it some thought give it the gun give it to give it to one straight give no quarter give notice given to give off give of oneself give one a dressing down give one a free hand give one a (good) going-over give one a lift give one an inch, and he will take a mile give one a piece of one's mind give one a ring give one enough rope and he will hang himself give one pause give one short shrift give oneself airs give oneself away give oneself up give oneself up to give one some of his give one's due give one's right arm for give one's word give one the eye give one the works give or take give out give pause give place to give rein to give rise to give someone his rights give the air give the ax give the benefit of the doubt give the bounce give the creeps give the devil his due give the gate give the glad eye give the go-by give the high sign give the hook give the lie to give the sack give the shirt off one's back give the show away give the slip give signs of give the willies give thought to give to understand give up give (one) up for give up the ghost give up the ship give voice give way give way to glad hand glad rags glance glance off glass glasses glass jaw globe-trotter glory gloss over glove glutton for punishment go go about go about one's business go after go against the grain go ahead go astray goal goal line goal line stand go all the way with go along go ape go around go around in circles goat go at go at it hammer and tongs go AWOL go back on go back on one's word go go go bail for go begging go broke go-between go bust go-by go by go by the board go by the name of go chase oneself God God forbid Godfrey God knows Godmother go down go down in history go down the drain God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb go Dutch go easy go fly a kite go for go for a spin go for broke go for nothing go from bad to worse go from strength to strength go-getter go-go go great guns go halfway go halves go hang go hard with go haywire go hog wild go in a circle go in for going and coming going for one going on going through changes going to go in one ear and out the other go into go into a huddle go into a nose dive go into a tailspin go into orbit go it go jump in the lake gold golden goldfish bowl golf widow go legit go like clockwork go native gone goose gone with the wind good good and --- good as good as one's promise good as one's word good buddy good command good day good deal good egg good evening good faith good for good-for-nothing good grief! good head on one's shoulders good many good nature goodness goodness gracious goodness knows good night good riddance goods good show! good scout go off go off half-cocked go off like clockwork go off the deep end goof off go off in a huff go on go on record go on the rocks go one's way goose goose bumps go or drive to the wall go out go out for go out of business go out of one's way go out the window go over go over like a lead balloon go over one's head go over with a fine-tooth comb gopher ball go places go sit on a tack gosling go somebody one better go stag go steady go straight got a thing going go the rounds go the whole hog go through go through hell and high water go through the motions go through with go to go to any length go to bat for go to bed with the chickens go together go to great lengths go to hell go to it! go to one's head go to pieces go to pot go to prove go to seed go to show go to the chair go to the devil go to the dogs go to the trouble go to town go to waste go to wrack and ruin go under go under the hammer go up go up in smoke go up in the air gourd go with go without go without saying go wrong gown grab bag grab off grabs grace grace period grade grain grand slam grandstand grandstander granted grasp at straws grass grasshopper grass is always greener on the other side of the fence grave graveyard shift gravy gravy train gray grease-ball grease monkey grease one's palm grease the wheels greasy spoon great great deal great Godfrey great guns great many great oaks from little acorns grow Great Scott green green around the gills green-eyed monster green power green thumb green with envy grief grin and bear it grind grindstone grind to a halt grip groove gross out gross-out session ground ground ball ground floor ground rule grow growing pains grow on grow out of grow up grudge guard guest gum up gun gun for gung-ho gut feeling gut reaction gut talk guts guy Subscribe to: American IdiomsEnglish Slang Leave my opinion
