Jan 4, 2018 · Ashes Wrap: Smith century sees Test peter out to draw. Commentary Box 4th January 2018 Phrase.org gives a number of rather half-hearted attempts at establishing a …

To peter out is a verb that means "to diminish gradually" or "to dwindle". The etymology seems to be uncertain, and may be related to St Peter. The Phrase Finder traces the first use of the …

Mar 3, 2017 · OED does include citations for layed but the last was 1820-ish with the specific horticultural meaning of layered. Before that they peter out around 1620. @JoeBlow Why is …

Mar 16, 2017 · die out - to become less common and finally stop existing (italics mine) As with peter out (to gradually stop or disappear) and wear out (to become useless from long or …

Nov 27, 2015 · What out without an of means is out through. So you can go out the door, because you were originally in the house, and you go out of the house through the door. But you can't …

Some traditional grammars categorize the word "out"--depending on how it is used--as either a preposition, or as an adverb, or as a part of a complex preposition, etc.

Jan 28, 2014 · I'm looking for an alternative to the phrase, but I can't seem to figure any out. What's an alternative to "rob Peter to pay Paul?"

At reference.com, all get out is glossed as “in the extreme; to the utmost degree”, and at thefreedictionary.com as an unimaginably large amount; “British say ‘it rained like billyo’ where

Using "yourself" and "ourselves" in these contexts is incorrect. "Yourself," "ourselves," and "myself" are reflexive pronouns, correctly used when the subject/actor of the sentence and the …

The use of "myself" and similar reflexives for emphasis is normal English usage of the word. This particular speaker wanted to place emphasis on the fact that they personally were one of the …