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Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verb Starting With Letter
'F'
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By : Akash Mishra
In continuation with our series, 'Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verbs for bank
exams', we are sharing with you yet another informative post. We shall be dwelling on idioms,
phrases along with phrasal verbs starting with the letter F. Go through the post to get a vivid
idea of the meaning conveyed by them and fast-track your preparation of the English language
section for all the upcoming aptitude exams, both banking and insurance.
Important Idioms, Phrases & Phrasal Verb with Letter 'F'
1. Face-down (someone)
Meaning - to confront someone boldly, to defeat someone or something that is opposing you
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Meaning (Hindi) - मजबूत होकर परा जत करना
Example - The Prime Minister decided to face down his critics with his good work.
2. Face the music
Meaning - to accept the consequences of something
Meaning (Hindi) - प रणाम को वीकार करना
Example - You must face the music for your bad deeds.
3.Fair crack of the whip
Meaning - an equal chance to do something.
Meaning (Hindi) - बराबर अवसर होना
Example - Reservation in government jobs is not good as all candidates deserve a fair crack of
the whip.
4. Fair and square
Meaning - completely fair, honestly
Meaning (Hindi) - पूरी तरह से न प
Example - The teacher was impressed by the fair and square dealing of the class monitor.
5. Fair to middling
Meaning - a little better than acceptable, so-so
Meaning (Hindi) - वीकाय से थोड़ा बेहतर
Example - The food of the restaurant was not very good but it was fair to middling.
6. Fair-weather friend
Meaning - - a person who is a friend only during good times
Meaning (Hindi) - अ छे व का साथी
Example - You cannot rely on a fair-weather friend like John when you are wallowing in a
crisis like situation.
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7. Far and wide
Meaning - everywhere, in all directions
Meaning (Hindi) - हर जगह, सभी दशा म
Example - The girl looked far and wide for the desired book but she couldn't nd it.
8. Far out
Meaning - to be strange
Meaning (Hindi) - अजीब होना
Example - The dreams of my sister are far out to be understood by others.
9. Farm (something) out or farm out (something)
Meaning - to have someone else do something, to send something away to have it done
Meaning (Hindi) - ज मा स पना, ठे के पर दे ना
Example - The organization decided to farm out the designing work to freelancers in order to
meet the deadline.
10. Fat chance
Meaning - little or no possibility, almost no chance
Meaning (Hindi) - कोई संभावना नह होना
Example - There is a fat chance of me going for the trip as my parents are overprotective.
11.Fat of the land
Meaning - the best of everything (without having to work for it)
Meaning (Hindi) - सबसे अ छा
Example - My father has worked hard to provide me with fat of the land.
12.Feast one's eyes on (someone or something)
Meaning - to look at someone or something with pleasure
Meaning (Hindi) - ख़ुशी से कुछ दे खना
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Example - The old lady feasted her eyes on thein beautiful
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13. Feed (someone) a line
Meaning - - to deceive someone
Meaning (Hindi) - धोखा दे ना
Example - The con man tried to feed a line to the old lady but failed.
14. Feel dragged out
Meaning - to feel exhausted
Meaning (Hindi) - थका आ महसूस करना
Example -: When I returned from the long trip, I felt completely dragged out.
15. Feet of clay
Meaning - a hidden or unexpected fault or weakness that a respected or powerful person has
Meaning (Hindi) - कमजोरी
Example -: The secretary is aware of the feet of clay of the manager.
16. Find it in one's heart to (do something)
Meaning - to have the compassion or courage to do something
Meaning (Hindi) - कुछ करने के लए क णा या साहस होना
Example -: The mother could not nd it in her heart to tell the little girl about the dead cat.
17. Fizzle out
Meaning - to fail after a good start, to end in failure
Meaning (Hindi) - अ छ शु आत के बाद वफल होना
Example -: The company did very well during its nascent years but zzled out after 2 years.
18. From hand to mouth
Meaning - a miserable existence
Meaning (Hindi) - कसी तरह गुजारा करना
Example -: It is very important for the government to do something for poor people so that
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they do not have to live from hand to mouth.
19. Firing on all cylinders
Meaning - to be working and making every possible effort
Meaning (Hindi) - हर संभव यास करना
Example -: The doctors were ring on all cylinders to save the life of the patient.
20.Faff about/Faff Around
Meaning - To waste time; spend time idly.
Meaning (Hindi) - समय थ खच करना
Example -: If you want to clear the exam then stop faf ng about right now.
21. Face up to
Meaning - acknowledge something embarrassing; accept an unpleasant reality
Meaning (Hindi) - अ य वा त वकता का सामना होना
Example -: The Actresses nd it dif cult to face up to the fact that they are getting old.
22. Ferret out
Meaning -To discover something after searching.
Meaning (Hindi) - पता लगाना
Example - The police is trying hard to ferret out the criminals behind the bank robbery case.
23. Fritter away
Meaning - To waste or squander time or money.
Meaning (Hindi) - समय या पैसा बबाद करना
Example - It is not wise to fritter away hard earned money on useless things.
24. Flake Out
Meaning - To fall asleep from exhaustion.
Meaning (Hindi) - थकावट से सोना
Example - As the day was full of work, the boy aked out as soon as he reached home.
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25. Fall back on
Meaning - begin to use something held in reserve
Meaning (Hindi) - सहारा लेना
Example - You must have enough savings to fall back on at the time of crisis.
26. Fall back
Meaning - Retreat (especially in the case of an army), move or turn back
Meaning (Hindi) - वापसी होना
Example - Keeping in mind the critical situation, the chief minister ordered the police of cer
to fall back to a safer location
27. Fall behind
Meaning - go slower than planned
Meaning (Hindi) - योजना से धीमे होना
Example - If you do not pratice well, you will fall behind other players.
28. Fall off
Meaning - decrease
Meaning (Hindi) - घटना
Example - With the introduction of the new schemes, unemployment has fallen off.
29. Fall out with
Meaning - have an argument with
Meaning (Hindi) - बहस होना
Example - The student fell out with his teacher over poor performance in the test.
30. Fall Apart
Meaning - Break into pieces, disorganized or unable to work effectively
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Meaning (Hindi) - अलग - थलग, बखर जाना
Example - The neighbouring countries have tried everything to stop their relationship falling
apart.
31. Fall Head over heals
Meaning - to fall down, perhaps turning over or rolling.
Meaning (Hindi) - पूरी तरह से गरना
Example - The blind man fell head over heels on the road.
32. Fall Through
Meaning - To fail, to be unsuccessful, to come to nothing.
Meaning (Hindi) - असफल होना
Example - Their plan to go on a picnic fell through because it rained.
33. Fall Down / Fall Over
Meaning - to fail to meet expectations or requirements
Meaning (Hindi) - उ मीद पर खरा न उतरना
Example - The newly launched product of the big company fell down because there were no
good reviews.
You can go through previous articles of the series by clicking the link given below -
Important Idioms and Phrases for Bank Exams
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