frost over
frost over
To become coated with a thin layer of ice. If the ground frosts over tonight, we'll have a much harder time digging into it tomorrow.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
frost over
to become covered with frost. The windows had all frosted over in the night. The car windows frosted over.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
frost over
v.
To become covered with frost: The blades of grass frosted over in the cold night air.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
frosted (over)
mod. angry; annoyed. The clerk was really frosted over when I asked for a better one.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- frosted over
- frosting
- frost up
- ice up
- ice over
- at this rate
- gold-plated
- stand the test of time
- survive the test of time
- withstand