Important Prepositional Phrases and their Meaning

Prepositions are an essential part of the English language, allowing us to express relationships between words, phrases, and clauses. When combined with nouns or pronouns, they form prepositional phrases. These phrases provide crucial information about location, time, direction, and more.

In this article, we will delve into the world of prepositional phrases, understanding their structure, functions, and how they can enhance your language skills.

1	At once	soon without delay
2	At home in	skilled
3	At random	aimlessly
4	At the latest	at the latest by
5	At heart /At bottom	heartily
6	At the top of one’s voice	loudly
7	At all hazards	despite all difficulties
8	At last / At length	lastly
9	At enmity with	enmity
10	At a stretch	continuously
11	At the eleventh hour	at the last moment
12	At dagger’s drawn	at enmity with
13	At a loss	fearful /afraid
14	At sixes and sevens	not in order
15	At hand	near
16	At the point of	of nearest
17	At any rate / At any cost /At all cost	any how
18	At stake	in danger
19	At variance with	opposite to
20	At all	nothing(not any)
21	At all events	even if
22	At a time	in one time
23	At times	sometimes
24	At large	free
25	At the same time	that very time
26	At the instance of– by provoked of
27	At first	in the beginning of
28	At no time	never
29	At least	minimum
30	At arm’s length	to keep away
31	At best	maximum
32	At one’s bit’s end	don’t know what to do and what not to do
33	At beck and call	to be obedience
34	By far	in great extent
35	By virtue of / By means of /By dint of	with the help of
36	By leaps and bounds	to make progress rapidly
37	By fits and starts	irregularly (not continuously)
38	By all means	with all efforts
39	By no means	in no way
40	By and by	after sometimes
41	By the by	in course of talking
42	By hook or by crook	in any way (whether right / wrong way)
43	By chance	all of a sudden
44	By fair means or foul	in right or wrong way / any how
45	By return of post	returning post
46	By and large	as a whole
47	By the way	in course of talking
48	By nature	naturally
49	By fair means	in proper way
50	By way of	with a view to
51	For want of	in lack of
52	For good / For ever	for all time
53	For fear of	to be afraid of
54	For the sake of	for anyone / anything
55	For the time being	for a little time
56	For nothing	of no use
57	For instance	for example
58	From head to foot	from top to bottom
59	From bad to worse	in worsen condition
60	From door to door	from one door to another
61	From time to time	sometimes
62	From the bottom of one’s heart	heartily
63	In the long run	at last
64	In favour of	in side of
65	In front of	before / just ahead
66	In lieu of	in stead of
67	In order to	for anything/ anyone
68	In quest of	in search of
69	In short	in brief
70	In vain	of no use
71	In no way	not in any case
72	In the hope of	as hoped
73	In case	if
74	In course of	during
75	In detail	in large way
76	In no time	very soon
77	In spite of	despite of
78	In teeth of	in comparison with
79	In time	not late
80	In connection with	about anything
81	In defence of	to save/ protect
82	In consideration of	with a view to
83	In view of	with a view to
84	In proportion to	in the ratio of
85	In respect of	regarding
86	In the face of	in front of
87	In point of	according to
88	In a fix	to be afraid/puzzle
89	In a nutshell	in brief
90	In full swing	with full effort
91	In regard to	regarding
92	In the dark	unknown
93	In the nick of time	in proper time
94	In stead of	in the place of
95	In vogue	in fashion
96	In accordance with	according to
97	In all respects	in all the way
98	In full	complete
99	In fact	really
100	In the mean time	in middle of .
101	In any case	in any circumstances
102	In force	in action
103	In good faith	to believe
104	In hot haste/ In a hurry	soon/ without delay
105	In an instant	in a moment
106	In the wake of	as a result of
107	In name only	not in action
108	In cold blood	with cruelty/ knowingly
109	In office	on chair
110	In season and out of season	in good and bad days
111	In case of	in the situation of
112	In defiance of	to disobey
113	In honour of	in respect of
114	In keeping with	similar with
115	In the eye of	in view of
116	In place of	in stead of
117	In one’s good book	to be graceful
118	In the twinkling of an eye	in a moment
119	In the interest of	for the benefit of
120	In the name of	to use the name of others
121	In order that	so that
122	In the end	at last
123	In one’s mind’s eye	insight of
124	In fault	guilty
125	In hand	in cash
126	In the hands of	to give to others
127	In black and while	in written
128	In due course	during
129	In search of	in quest of
130	In broad day light	in day time
131	Of no avail	in vain/ for nothing
132	Of late	recently
133	Of course	really
134	Of the opinion	with a view of
135	Off and on	not continuous
136	On account of	because of
137	On the contrary	opposite of
138	On the alert	to be cautious
139	On brick of	at the edge of
140	On hand	in possession of
141	On the eve of	on the occasion of
142	On credit/account	to repay after sometime
143	On an average	average
144	On good terms	in friendship
145	On the other hand	the other side
146	On time	on fixed time
147	On and on	continuous
148	On the verge of	at the edge of
149	On the whole	keeping all the things in consideration
150	On no account	not in any case
151	Out of question	impossible
152	Out and out	completely
153	Out of pocket	without money
154	Out of form	not in performance
155	Out of the way	in wrong way
156	Over head and years	in very much
157	Over and above	besides
158	Over and over again	again and again
159	To the last farthing	with every coin
160	To his face	before
161	To the utmost	as much as possible
162	To the point	appropriate
163	Up to the mark	satisfactory
164	Ups and downs	success and failure
165	Up and down	forward and backward
166	Up and doing	active
167	Up hill task	difficult work
168	Under one’s very nose	in the presence of / before
169	Under consideration	under process
170	Under lock and key	safe
171	Under the nose of	before
172	With regard to	regarding
173	With a view to	with the purpose of
174	With reference to	regarding
175	With might and main	with full energy/efforts
176	With an eye to	with a view to
177	With respect to	regarding
178	With a vengeance	to unexpected limit/very much
179	With the help of	by the assistance of
180	Without fail	without doubts

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