Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 43 compound words that contain pour. The most common are listed below. Open pour in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- pour outUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
- pour-overAlternative form of pourover (“style of coffee”).
- pour encourager les autresIn order to warn or intimidate others (especially by making an example of someone or something).
- pour forthTo pour or emit in large quantity or large numbers.
- pour one's heart outTo express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
- pour one outTo pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor, as an act of remembrance for someone deceased.
- pour-over willA testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.
- pour downTo rain heavily.
- pour oil on troubled watersTo calm, appease or quiet a person or situation.
- pour honey onTo praise or encourage wholeheartedly.
- med pourThe dispensation of medication for an individual.
- pour gasoline on the fireSynonym of add fuel to the fire: To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
- pour honey in one's earTo tell one something pleasing or flattering.
- pour honey into one's earAlternative form of pour honey in one's ear: To tell one something pleasing or flattering.
- pour cold water onSynonym of throw cold water on (“to belittle or dismiss”).
- pour down the drainTo waste prior work by subsequent bad decisions.
- pour cold water overSynonym of throw cold water on: (of an achievement, emotion, idea, suggestion, etc.) To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
- pour out one's soulSynonym of pour one's heart out: To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
- pour with rainto rain heavily
- pour-oversplural of pour-over: Alternative form of pourover (“style of coffee”).
- pour-over willsplural of pour-over will: A testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.
- pour cats and dogsSynonym of rain cats and dogs: To rain very heavily.
- pour fuel on the fireSynonym of add fuel to the fire: To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
- pour good money after badAlternative form of throw good money after bad: To waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.
- pour one's soul outSynonym of pour one's heart out: To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
Compound words 43
- downpourA heavy fall of rain.
- pourerOne who, or that which, pours.
- mispourTo make a mistake while pouring.
- overpourTo pour an excessive amount.
- underpourTo pour an inadequate amount.
- rainpourA heavy rainfall.
- repourTo pour again.
- inpourTo pour in.
- uppourTo pour upward.
- PournelleA surname.