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to preposition at. In conventional use from C10 to mid-C19; now in regional and dialect use in the UK, and colloquial use in the US UK, 1985
See:- (a) method to (one's) madness
- (all) shot to hell
- (all) the better to (do something)
- (Are you) ready to order?
- (boy,) am I glad to see you!
- (Can I) get you something (to drink)?
- (do something) to excess
- (Do you) want to bet?
- (from) hand to mouth
- (from) soup to nuts
- (from) top to bottom
- (from) top to toe
- (Go) tell it/that to Sweeney!
- (go) tell it/that to the marines
- (I) hate to eat and run
- (I) hope to see you again (soon/sometime)
- (I'd be) happy to (do something)
- (I'm) (so) glad to hear it/that
- (I'm) (very) glad to meet you
- (I'm) (very) pleased to meet you
- (I'm) sorry to hear that
- (in) honor bound (to do something)
- (in) up to (one's) elbows
- (in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
- (it was) good talking to you
- (it was) nice talking to you
- (it) (really) doesn't matter to me
- (it) doesn't hurt to ask
- (it) never hurts to ask
- (it) takes one to know one
- (it's all) Greek to (one)
- (it's been) good to talk to you
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- (it's) good to be here
- (it's) good to have you (here)
- (it's) good to hear your voice
- (it's) good to see you (again)
- (it's) news to (one)
- (it's) nice to be here
- (it's) nice to have you (here)
- (it's) nice to meet you
- (it's) nice to see you
- (it's) nice to see you, too
- (I've) got to get moving
- (I've) got to go
- (I've) got to go home and get my beauty sleep
- (I've) got to run
- (I've) got to split
- (I've) got to take off
- (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
- (not) up to scratch
- (one) has made (one's) bed and (one) will have to lie in it
- (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
- (one) has to run along
- (one) has to shove off
- (one) is going to kill (someone)
- (one) is going to murder (someone)
- (one) is not going to bite (someone)
- (one) is not going to eat (someone)
- (one) made (one's) bed and (one) has to lie in it
- (one) made (one's) bed and (one) must lie in it
- (one) needs to get out more
- (one) would do well to (do something)
- (one's) boat comes in
- (one's) heart goes out to (someone)
- (one's) passport to (something)
- (one's) ship comes in
- (one's) Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
- (someone or something) to be reckoned with
- (someone or something) to shout about
- (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
- (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
- (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
- (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
- (someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
- (something) is one thing, (something else) is (quite) another
- (something) shouldn't happen to a dog
- (something) to call (one's) own
- (something)-to-be
- (that's) news to (one)
- (there's) no need (to)
- (there's) no way to tell
- (with) (one's) eyes glued to (something)
- (would you) care to dance
- (would you) care to join me/us
- (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
- a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
- a bite to eat
- a bitter pill
- a bitter pill to swallow
- a bone to pick
- a call to arms
- a catch to (something)
- a catch to it
- a claim to fame
- a cross to bear
- a crow to pluck
- a Daniel come to judgement
- a fight to the finish
- a force to be reckoned with
- a force to reckon with
- A good man is hard to find.
- a good voice to beg bacon
- a handle to (one's) name
- a harbinger of things to come
- a hard act to follow
- a hard egg to crack
- a hard nut (to crack)
- a hard pill to swallow
- a hard row to hoe
- a hard/tough act to follow
- a hostage to fortune
- a hundred and one (something)
- a hundred/thousand/million and one things/things to do, etc.
- a joy to behold
- a lamb/lambs to the slaughter
- a leg to stand on
- a licence to print money
- a license to (do something)
- a little off Go to a bit
- a long face, to wear/draw/pull
- a long row to hoe
- a man's got to do what a man's got to do
- a marvel to behold
- a means to an end
- a million and one (something)
- a mind is a terrible thing to waste
- a mountain to climb
- a mystery to (one)
- a name to conjure with
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind man
- a one-way ticket to (somewhere or something)
- a peg on which to hang (something)
- a peg on which to hang something
- a peg to hang (something) on
- a peg to hang a matter on
- a peg to hang something on
- a place to call own
- a portent of things to come
- a pound to a penny
- a prelude to (something)
- a red flag to a bull
- a red rag to a bull
- a road to nowhere
- a rod/stick to beat somebody with
- a rush of blood
- a score to settle
- a shoulder to cry on
- a sight to behold
- a sign of things to come
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- a sop to Cerberus
- a sprat to catch a mackerel
- a stick to beat someone or something with
- a stick to beat someone with
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- a thousand and one (something)
- a tough act to follow
- a tough nut
- a tough nut to crack
- a tough pill to swallow
- a tough row to hoe
- a trip to the woodshed
- a war to end all wars
- a word to the wise
- a word to the wise is enough
- a word to the wise is sufficient
- a/the race to the bottom
- A2O
- abandon (oneself) to
- abandon oneself to
- abandon to
- abbreviate (something) to
- abbreviate to
- able to (do something) blindfolded
- able to (do something) with (one's) eyes closed
- able to breathe again
- able to cut
- able to cut it
- able to cut something
- able to do
- able to do (something) standing on (one's) head
- able to do (something) with (one's) eyes closed
- able to do blindfolded
- able to do it
- able to do with eyes closed
- able to fog a mirror
- able to get a word in edgewise
- able to make (something)
- able to make an event
- able to take a joke
- able to take just so much
- able to take only so much
- about face, to do an
- about to
- about to (do something)
- about to do
- absorb (someone or something) in(to) (something)
- accede to
- accede to pressure
- access to
- access to (someone or something)
- accident waiting to happen, an
- acclimate (someone or something) to (something)
- acclimate to
- accommodate (oneself) to (something)
- accommodate oneself to
- according to
- according to (one's) own lights
- according to (someone or something)
- according to all accounts
- according to Cocker
- according to Gunter
- according to Hoyle
- according to own lights
- according to your lights
- accredit (something) to (someone)
- accredit to
- accrue to
- accrue to (something)
- accustom (one) to (something)
- accustom to
- accustomed to
- ace in(to something)
- acknowledge (one) to be right
- acknowledge to be right
- acquiesce to
- acquiesce to (something)
- act shoulder to shoulder
- adapt (something) to (something)
- adapt to
- add fuel to the fire
- add fuel to the fire/flames
- add fuel to the fire/flames, to
- add fuel to the flame(s)
- add fuel to the flames
- add insult to injury
- add insult to injury, to
- add to
- add to (something)
- add up to
- add up to (something)
- addict (one) to (something)
- addict to
- address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
- address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
- address (oneself) to (someone or something)
- address (something) to (one)
- address comments or remarks to
- address oneself to
- address to
- adhere to
- adhere to (something)
- adjourn to
- adjourn to (some place)
- adjust (oneself or something) to (something)
- adjust to
- administer (something) to (one)
- administer to
- admire to (do something)
- admire to do
- admit (one) to (something or some place)
- admit to
- admit to (something)
- advance (something) to (one)
- advance to
- affiliate (someone or something) to (someone or something)
- affix (one's) signature to (something)
- affix (something) to (something)
- affix signature to
- affix to
- against the grain, to go
- agree to
- agree to differ
- agree to disagree
- aid and abet, to
- Aim for the stars!
- aim to
- aim to (do something)
- aim to do
- ain't fittin' to roll with a pig
- alarm bells start to ring
- alive to
- alive to (something)
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all dressed up with nowhere to go
- all ears, to be
- all good things come to an end
- all good things must (come to an) end
- all hands to the pumps
- all intents and purposes, for (to)
- all is fish that comes to his net
- all it's cracked up to be
- all Lombard Street to a China orange
- all out
- all over creation
- all power to your elbow
- All roads lead to Rome
- all set to go
- all the best to (someone)
- all the more reason for
- all the more reason to (do something)
- all the way to Egery and back
- all things come to those who wait
- all things to all men
- all things to all men, to be
- all things to all people
- all things to all people, be
- all thumbs, to be
- all to smash
- all to the good
- all wet, to be
- allocate (something) to
- allocate to
- allot (something) to
- allot to
- allow (someone or something) in(to)
- allow nature to take its course
- allude to
- ally (oneself) to
- ally oneself to
- along for the ride, to go/to come/just
- alpha and omega, the
- Am I glad to see you!
- Ambassador of Morocco
- amen to that
- amount to
- amount to a hill of beans
- amount to much
- amount to nothing
- amount to the same thing
- amount/come to the same thing
- an accident waiting to happen
- an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
- an axe to grind
- an eye on/for/to the main chance
- and (something) to spare
- and to spare
- annex (something) to
- annex to
- announce (something) to
- announce to
- another lie nailed to the counter
- another string to (one's) bow
- another string to your bow
- answer to
- answer to the description (of)
- answer to the description of
- answer to the name
- answer to the name (of)
- ante up, to
- appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
- appeal to
- appeal to Caesar
- appear to
- append (something) (on)to
- append to
- appertain to
- applaud (one) to the echo
- applaud someone to the echo
- apples to oranges
- apply (oneself) to (something)
- apply oneself to
- apply to
- appoint (one) to
- appoint to
- apprentice (one) to
- apprentice to
- apron strings, tied to (someone's)
- arm to the teeth
- armed to the teeth
- as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
- as a duck takes to water
- as far as anyone knows
- as far as is concerned
- as for
- as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
- as much as somebody can/could do to do something
- as opposed to
- as the actress said to the bishop
- As the actress said to the bishop...
- as the actress said to the pope
- as to
- as to be
- as to something
- ascribe (something) to (something)
- ascribe to
- ask (one) in(to)
- ask for
- aspire to
- assent to
- assign (something) to
- assign to
- at a loss, to be
- at a/the ripe old age
- at loggerheads, to be
- at one's wits' end, to be
- at pains to
- at risk to (someone, something, or oneself)
- at risk to yourself/somebody/something
- at sea, to be/all
- at/in/to the forefront
- at/to a ripe old age
- attach oneself to
- attach to
- attached to
- attend to
- attest to
- attract to
- attribute to
- attune to
- average out (to)
- avoid like the plague, to
- awake to
- award (something) to (one)
- award to
- ax to grind
- ax to grind, an
- axe to grind
- back (someone or something) up to (something)
- back and fill, to
- back in(to) (the) harness
- back in(to) circulation
- back of one's hand, to give (someone) the
- back off, to
- back to back
- back to basics
- back to earth
- back to front
- back to nature
- back to square one
- back to the drawing board
- back to the salt mines
- back to the wall
- back to the wall, with one's
- back up to
- back-to-back
- back-to-back-to-back
- bad cess to
- bad cess to (one)
- bad to the bone
- badger to death
- bail out, to
- balls to the wall
- bang dead to rights
- bang to rights
- bare (something) to (someone)
- bare to
- barge in(to)
- bark (something) out (to someone)
- bark (something) to (someone)
- bark out at
- bark up the wrong tree, to
- barrel in(to)
- bats in one's belfry, to have
- batten down the hatches, to
- be (a) party to (something)
- be (a) witness to (something)
- be (all) out to (do something)
- be (all) set (to do something)
- be (all) shot to hell
- be (not) supposed to (do something)
- be (of) no use to man or beast
- be (one's) place (to do something)
- be (only) to be expected
- be (something) to the good
- be (well) on the/(one's) way to/towards (something)
- be a (something) to (one's) fingertips
- be a credit to
- be a credit to (someone or something)
- be a force to be reckoned with
- be a hard act to follow
- be a licence to print money
- be a license to print money
- be a slave of (something)
- be a slave to (something)
- be a slave to/of something
- be able to (do something) in (one's) sleep
- be able to count (someone or something) on one hand
- be able to count (someone or something) on the fingers of one hand
- be able to count somebody/something on one hand
- be able to do something in your sleep
- be about to (do something)
- be about to do something
- be above par
- be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
- be all (the) one (to someone)
- be all dressed up and nowhere to go
- be all Greek to someone
- be all one to
- be all somebody can/could do to do something
- be all the same to (one)
- be all the same to somebody
- be all things to all men
- be all things to all men/people
- be all things to all people
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