climb : Idioms & Phrases

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climb down

  • verb come down
    alight.
    • the birds alighted
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climb on

  • verb get up on the back of
    hop on; get on; mount; mount up; bestride; jump on.
    • mount a horse
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climb up

  • verb go upward with gradual or continuous progress
    climb; mount; go up.
    • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
  • verb appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
    ascend.
    • the vine climbed up the side of the house
  • verb rise in rank or status
    jump; rise.
    • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
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climb-down

  • noun a retraction of a previously held position
    backdown; withdrawal.
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climbing bird's nest fern

  • noun tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
    Microsorium punctatum.
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climbing bittersweet

  • noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    bittersweet; waxwork; shrubby bittersweet; false bittersweet; staff vine; Celastrus scandens; American bittersweet.
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climbing boneset

  • noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
    climbing hempweed; climbing hemp-vine; Mikania scandens; climbing boneset.
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climbing corydalis

  • noun annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers
    Fumaria claviculata; Corydalis claviculata.
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climbing fern

  • noun any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining
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climbing frame

  • noun a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on
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climbing fumitory

  • noun vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
    Allegheny vine; Adlumia fungosa; Fumaria fungosa.
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climbing hemp-vine

  • noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
    climbing hempweed; climbing hemp-vine; Mikania scandens; climbing boneset.
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climbing hempweed

  • noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
    climbing hempweed; climbing hemp-vine; Mikania scandens; climbing boneset.
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climbing hydrangea

  • noun climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan
    Schizophragma hydrangeoides.
  • noun deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads
    Hydrangea petiolaris.
  • noun deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads
    Hydrangea anomala.
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climbing iron

  • noun an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
    climber; crampoon; crampon.
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climbing lily

  • noun any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
    gloriosa; glory lily; creeping lily; Gloriosa superba.
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climbing maidenhair

  • noun tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
    climbing maidenhair; Lygodium microphyllum; snake fern.
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climbing maidenhair fern

  • noun tropical fern widespread in Old World; naturalized in Jamaica and Florida
    climbing maidenhair; Lygodium microphyllum; snake fern.
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climbing nightshade

  • noun poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
    bittersweet; bittersweet nightshade; poisonous nightshade; woody nightshade; deadly nightshade; Solanum dulcamara.
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climbing onion

  • noun much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs
    Bowiea volubilis.
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climbing perch

  • noun a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
    A. testudineus; Anabas testudineus.
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climbing salamander

  • noun any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes
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mountain climbing

  • noun the activity of climbing a mountain
    mountaineering.
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rapid climb

  • noun a rapid rise
    rapid growth; zoom.
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rock climbing

  • noun the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment)
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semi-climbing

  • adjective satellite of plants that are semi-climbers
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tendril-climbing

  • adjective of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils
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To climb Parnassus

  • to write poetry. Colloq.
Webster 1913

wild climbing hempweed

  • noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
    climbing hempweed; climbing hemp-vine; Mikania scandens; climbing boneset.
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