Raze to the ground In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Raze to the ground", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2022-02-22 03:02

Meaning of Raze to the ground (redirected from raze (something) to the ground )

Raze (something) to the ground informal verb phrase

To completely destroy a town or building by fire, bombs etc.

They decided to raze our town to the ground, so we had to move to another place.

In just a few hours, hundreds of houses were razed to the ground.

Other phrases about:

put paid to something

To put an end to something

fall like dominoes

1. Fall in a sequence

2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially

go under the wrecking ball

If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.

take an axe to

To damage or try to damage something, typically refers to intangible things.

drive a coach and horses through something

To destroy an argument, a rule, law, belief or plan; to make something ineffective

Grammar and Usage of Raze (something) to the ground

Verb Forms

  • to raze (something) to the ground
  • razing (something) to the ground
  • razed (something) to the ground
  • razes (something) to the ground

The verb "raze" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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that's my story and I'm sticking to it

A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate

Example:

Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
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