×
Thesaurus Home
The origins of phrases
The meanings of idioms
About Us
☰ Menu
phrase thesaurus
A list of phrases related to the word "tension"...
Click on a highlighted word to list phrases related to that word...
Bring
pressure
to bear
Buckle under the
strain
Bundle of
nerves
Get on your
nerves
Let the train take the
strain
( British Rail advertising slogan )
Live on your
nerves
Nerves
of steel
Peer
pressure
Post-traumatic
stress
disorder
Pressure
of work
Separation
anxiety
Strain
every nerve
Surface tension
Time
pressure
Under
Pressure
( David Bowie song )
Under
pressure
War of
nerves
Weather bomb ( a rapidly deepening low
pressure
area causing severe storms )
You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife