Assume Phrases

Phrases

• A change is as good as a rest
• A class act
• A leopard cannot change its spots
• A move in the right direction
• A welcome change
• Act of God
• Act out
• Act the fool
• Act the giddy goat
• Act the part
• Act up
• Act white
• Act your age
• Anybody's guess
• Assume nothing
• Balancing act
• Be the change that you wish to see in the world (Mahatma Gandhi quotation)
• Believe it or not
• Believe you me
• Bold move
• Bust a move (dance in a stylish way)
• By George, I think she's got it
• By guess and by golly
• Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
• Can you believe it?
• Career limiting move
• Carpe diem (latin expression meaning seize the day)
• Caught in the act
• Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (line from the movie 25th Hour)
• Change for the better
• Change hands
• Change has come to America
• Change into your brown trousers
• Change of address
• Change of habit
• Change of heart
• Change of life
• Change of pace
• Change of scene (A new location and way of thinking)
• Change the channel
• Change the subject
• Change your mind
• Change your spots
• Change your tune
• Change your ways
• Chop and change
• Christmas is a time to believe in things you can't see (3M Company Scotch Tape advertising slogan)
• Chump change
• Chunk of change
• Class act
• Clean up your act
• Climate change
• Close your eyes and think of England
• Come to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria. Let the animals watch you eat for a change (Central Park Zoo advertising slogan)
• Come to think of it
• Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag
• Did the earth move for you
• Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Rod Stewart song)
• Do You Believe In Magic? (The Lovin' Spoonful song)
• Do a disappearing act
• Doctor Livingstone I presume?
• Does you does, or does you don't take Access? (Access Credit Card advertising slogan)
• Don't Think Twice It's Alright (Bob Dylan song)
• Don't believe everything that's written in the newspapers
• Don't believe everything you hear
• Don't change horses in midstream
• Don't take it lying down
• Don't take on so
• Double act
• Double take
• Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
• Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
• Expect the unexpected
• Faith will move mountains
• First strike
• Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
• Get a move on
• Get in on the act
• Get no change out of someone
• Get your act together
• Give and take
• Give him an inch and he'll take a mile
• Give or take
• Go out on strike (Withdraw one's labour and leave one's place of work)
• Great minds think alike
• Green shoots of change
• Guards, seize him
• Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (Sidney Poitier / Spencer Tracy movie)
• Guess what?
• Hard act to follow
• Hard to take
• Have a guess
• Hazard a guess
• High wire act
• Human Rights Act
• I Believe In Miracles (Jackson Sisters song)
• I Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Muse song)
• I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (Elton John song)
• I Like To Move It (Reel 2 Reel song)
• I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family song)
• I believe in angels, something good in everything I see (ABBA lyric)
• I can't believe I ate the whole thing (Alka Seltzer advertising slogan)
• I can't believe my eyes
• I can't hear myself think
• I couldn't believe it
• I don't believe it (A catchphrase from Victor Meldrew, One Foot In The Grave)
• I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree, Kilmer)
• I think therefore I am (philosophical comment by Rene Descartes)
• I think, therefore IBM (IBM advertising slogan)
• I'll believe you, thousands wouldn't
• I'll take my hat off to you
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• If that don't take the rag off the bush
• If you change your mind, I'm the first in line (ABBA lyric)
• If you think that you have another think coming
• In on the act
• It doesn't take a minute to bag it and bin it (UK public advertisement advertising slogan)
• It makes you think
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• It's later then you think
• It's not what you think
• Just lucky, I guess
• Land of make believe
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields (Beatles song lyric)
• Let nature take its course
• Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Lie back and think of England
• Loose change
• Lucky Strike means finer tobacco (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Make a move on
• Make believe
• Make your move
• Move It On Over (Hank Williams song)
• Move On Up a Little Higher (Mahalia Jackson song)
• Move heaven and earth
• Move in the best circles
• Move over
• Move right along
• Move with the times
• No throat irritation - no cough (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Nothing's Gonna Change My World (The Beatles song)
• On the move
• On the take
• Once a cheater, always a cheater (the notion that cheats never change their ways)
• Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
• Pepsi - for those who think young (Pepsi advertising slogan)
• Phone it in (perform an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner)
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Pre-emptive strike
• Put on an act
• Quick change artist
• Random act of kindness
• Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Read the riot act
• Regime change
• Rest up (take a break from one's arduous efforts)
• Sea change
• Seize him
• Seize the day
• Short change
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Sister Act (Whoopie Goldberg movie)
• Sit up and take notice
• Smooth move
• So round, so firm, so fully packed (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
• Step change
• Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
• Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin composition)
• Strike a balance
• Strike a chord with
• Strike a deal (or bargain)
• Strike a light
• Strike a pose
• Strike beard
• Strike it rich
• Strike lucky
• Strike me pink
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Strike up the band
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Suck it up (accept a bad situation and move on)
• Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
• Take Five (Dave Brubeck tune)
• Take On Me (a-ha song)
• Take The A Train (Duke Ellington tune)
• Take These Chains From My Heart (Ray Charles song)
• Take a Mulligan
• Take a Thomas Cook at our prices! (Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan)
• Take a back seat
• Take a bath
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Take a beating
• Take a bite out of crime
• Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
• Take a bite out of something
• Take a blue pencil to
• Take a bow
• Take a breather
• Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Take a chance on me (ABBA lyric)
• Take a chill pill
• Take a cold hard look
• Take a dip
• Take a fall for
• Take a few deep breaths
• Take a flier
• Take a gamble
• Take a gander
• Take a hammering
• Take a hard line
• Take a healthy interest
• Take a hike
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• Take a long walk off a short plank
• Take a moment
• Take a pew
• Take a pop at
• Take a pot shot at
• Take a powder
• Take a raincheck
• Take a running jump
• Take a seat
• Take a shine to
• Take a stab at
• Take a stand
• Take a swing at
• Take a turn for the worse
• Take account of
• Take advantage of
• Take after
• Take aim
• Take apart
• Take care of
• Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
• Take centre stage
• Take charge
• Take courage (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• Take down a peg or two
• Take five
• Take flight
• Take for granted
• Take fright
• Take home pay
• Take in your stride
• Take issue with
• Take it as read
• Take it as you find it
• Take it easy
• Take it for a spin
• Take it from the top
• Take it in good part
• Take it into your head
• Take it like a man
• Take it offline
• Take it on the chin
• Take it on the lam
• Take it or leave it
• Take it outside
• Take it to heart
• Take it to the mattresses
• Take it to the next level
• Take it up a gear
• Take it up a notch
• Take it with a grain of salt
• Take leave of your senses
• Take liberties
• Take liberties with
• Take me out to the ball game
• Take me to the river
• Take me to your leader
• Take no prisoners
• Take note of
• Take one day at a time
• Take one for the team
• Take shape
• Take someone out
• Take someone to law
• Take someone to one side
• Take someone to task
• Take someone to the woodshed
• Take someone's word for it
• Take something on board
• Take steps
• Take stock
• Take the Michael
• Take the air
• Take the bait
• Take the biscuit
• Take the bit between your teeth
• Take the bread out of someone's mouth
• Take the bull by the horns
• Take the chequered flag
• Take the count
• Take the easy way out
• Take the edge off
• Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
• Take the good with the bad
• Take the king's shilling
• Take the law into your own hands
• Take the lead
• Take the mickey
• Take the money and run
• Take the money, open the box
• Take the piss
• Take the pledge
• Take the plunge
• Take the rap
• Take the rough with the smooth
• Take the shilling
• Take the shirt off your back
• Take the town by storm
• Take the veil
• Take the weight off your feet
• Take the wind out of my sails
• Take the words out of my mouth
• Take time out
• Take to the boats
• Take to the hills
• Take to your bed
• Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
• Take umbrage
• Take under your wing
• Take up residence
• Take up the cudgels for
• Take up the slack
• Take up your bed and walk
• Take with a grain of salt
• Take with a pinch of salt
• Take your breath away
• Take your cue
• Take your groceries for a swim
• Take your hand in marriage
• Take your hat off to
• Take your heels
• Take your life
• Take your life in your hands
• Take your lumps
• Take your mind of it
• Take your pick
• Take your pleasure where you can find it
• The Devil take the hindmost
• The Devil take you
• The act you've known for all these years (Beatles song lyric)
• The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
• The more things change, the more they stay the same
• The only constant is change
• The wind of change is blowing through this continent
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• They think its all over: it is now
• They're toasted (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Think aloud
• Think big
• Think different (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Think fast
• Think global, act local
• Think globally, act locally (Friends of the Earth advertising slogan)
• Think it over
• Think it through
• Think nothing of it
• Think on your feet
• Think once, think twice, think bike (UK Public Information Film advertising slogan)
• Think outside the box (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Think outside the bun (Taco Bell advertising slogan)
• Think pink (The Pink Panther advertising slogan)
• Think small (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
• Think the unthinkable
• Think the world of
• Think twice
• Think what we can do for you (Bank of America advertising slogan)
• Think. Feel. Drive (Subaru advertising slogan)
• To assume makes an ass out of u and me
• Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
• Triple play (A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play)
• We really move our tail for you (Continental Airlines advertising slogan)
• We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
• What a refreshing change (Woodpecker cider advertising slogan)
• What would you think if I sang out of tune (The Beatles song lyric)
• Whatever it is I think I see becomes a Tootsie Roll to me! (Tootsie Rolls advertising slogan)
• When you come to think of it
• Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right (Henry Ford quotation)
• Why don't you say what you really think?
• Wind of Change (Scorpions song)
• Woolly Bully (Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs song)
• Would you Adam and Eve it? (Cockney rhyming slang for would you believe it?)
• Would you believe ... (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Would you believe it?
• You are now free to move about the country (Southwest Airlines advertising slogan)
• You better believe it
• You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think
• You can take that to the bank
• You can't take it back, it's out there (When Harry met Sally)
• You can't take it with you
• You pay your money and you take your choice
• You take the high road: I'll take the low road
• You'll never take me alive copper
• Your guess is as good as mine