Idioms


Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.


Idiom:
hand out (something) or hand (something) out

Meaning:
to distribute something, to give something of the same kind to several people

Example:
The teacher did not hand out the tests until everybody in the class stopped talking.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.
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