You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZ“of it”
The following 16 entries include the term of it.
come to think of it
idiom—used in speech to say that one has just remembered or thought of something
for the hell of it
idiom: for the fun of doing something : without having a particular reason
for the sake of it
idiom: for no particular reason
get the worst of it
idiom: to lose a fight, argument, battle, etc.
have a rough time (of it)
idiom: to have a difficult time
have a thin time (of it)
idiom: to be in a difficult situation especially because one does not have enough money
make a day/night/morning/afternoon/evening of it
idiom: to continue with an enjoyable activity during all of (a day/night/morning/afternoon/evening)
make an early night of it
idiom: to go home or go to bed early
make something of it
idiom: to treat something as a reason for arguing or being angry —used in speech as an angry way of telling someone that one is prepared to fight or argue about something
never/not hear the end of it
idiom—used to say that someone will keep talking about something for a long time
not a bit of it
idiom—used to say that something expected or possible did not happen or is not true
on the face of it
idiom: from only what is known at first
that's about the size of it
idiom—used to say that what has been stated about a situation is correct
the half of it
noun phrase—used to say that a situation is even worse than one would think it is or than it seems to be
the long and (the) short of it
noun phrase—used when making a statement that is brief and that tells someone only the most important parts of something
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
