Category:English predicates
Included here are English-language entries that include a verb and a complement. Excluded are phrasal verb entries (see Category:English phrasal verbs), which may sometimes be complete predicates. Most entries are also categorized as idioms.
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- abandon ship
- abjure the realm
- about ship
- accept service
- acknowledge the corn
- act a fool
- act one's age
- act the hypocrite
- add fuel to fire
- add fuel to the fire
- add insult to injury
- add oil
- add one's twopenn'orth
- add value
- agree to disagree
- allow nature to take her course
- allow nature to take its course
- angle for farthings
- answer the call of nature
- apply oneself
- arm the lead
- ask for it
- ask for the moon
- ask the question
- assume the position
B
- balance the books
- balance the ticket
- band together
- bang one's head against a brick wall
- bare one's breast
- bare one's soul
- bare one's teeth
- bark up the wrong tree
- bash the bishop
- bat an eye
- bat an eyelash
- bat an eyelid
- bat a thousand
- bat for both sides
- bat for the other team
- batten down the hatches
- bat the breeze
- battle it out
- bear fruit
- bear witness
- beat a dead horse
- beat a retreat
- beat around the bush
- beat feet
- beat one's face
- beat one's meat
- beat someone's brains out
- beat the cock
- beat the dummy
- beat the hoof
- beat the meat
- beat the rap
- beat the wing
- beat to quarters
- be bothered
- be cruel to be kind
- been to the rodeo
- beggar belief
- beg to differ
- behave oneself
- bell the cat
- be mother
- bend one's elbow
- bend someone's ear
- bend the truth
- be oneself
- be sick
- be taken ill
- be the case
- bet one's bottom dollar
- be worried
- bide one's time
- bind on equip
- bind on pickup
- bit by a barn mouse
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite one's lip
- bite one's tongue
- bite someone's head off
- bite the big one
- bite the biscuit
- bite the bullet
- bite the dust
- bite the hand that feeds one
- blame Canada
- blot one's copy book
- blow a fuse
- blow a gasket
- blow hot and cold
- blow off steam
- blow one's cool
- blow one's nose
- blow one's own horn
- blow one's top
- blow out of proportion
- blow out of the water
- blow someone's brains out
- blow someone's mind
- blow the coals
- blow the whistle
- blow up in one's face
- boil the ocean
- bomb it
- bounce off the walls
- bowl a googly
- box the compass
- break a sweat
- break bread
- break bulk
- breakfast in bed
- break one's fall
- break one's fast
- break ranks
- break someone's heart
- break the buck
- break the fourth wall
- break the ice
- break the news
- break water
- break wind
- breathe a word
- breathe down someone's neck
- breathe one's last breath
- bring a knife to a gunfight
- bring home the bacon
- bring it
- bring it weak
- bring owls to Athens
- buff the muffin
- bump uglies
- burn one's bridges
- burn the midnight oil
- burp the worm
- burst someone's bubble
- bury the hatchet
- bust a gut
- bust a move
- button one's lip
- buy the farm
- buy wolf tickets
C
- call it quits
- call the shots
- call the tune
- cane it
- can it
- can't be bothered
- can't be fucked
- can't do right for doing wrong
- care a whit
- cark it
- carry a torch
- carry a tune
- carry coals to Newcastle
- cash in one's chips
- cast caution to the wind
- cast pearls before swine
- cast the first stone
- catch it
- catch the bus
- catch the eye
- change one's mind
- change someone's mind
- chap someone's hide
- cheese it
- chew the fat
- chew the scenery
- choke the chicken
- choke the luff
- chop logic
- chuck it down
- circle the wagons
- close one's mind
- come home to roost
- cook up a storm
- cool one's heels
- cop a plea
- cop it
- corner the market
- couch a hogshead
- could have fooled me
- couldn't stop a pig in a passage
- count angels on pinheads
- count cards
- count sheep
- crack a book
- crack a fat
- crack a smile
- crank the handle
- cross one's arms
- cross one's fingers
- cross one's heart
- cross one's legs
- cross the aisle
- cross the floor
- cross the Rubicon