The exams were looming large on the horizon.
•Eviction was looming large when the tenants could not pay their rent.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
loom — UK US /luːm/ verb [I] ► if an unpleasant event looms, it will probably happen and makes people worry: »Stocks of heating oil are at their lowest levels for years, and another crisis may be looming. »The company is in serious financial trouble,… … Financial and business terms
loom — loom1 [lu:m] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening way loom up/out/ahead etc ▪ Suddenly a mountain loomed up in front of them. 2.) if a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
loom — 01. Huge fir trees [loomed] above the travelers as they entered the forest. 02. The little boy felt nervous with the principal [looming] above him in the office. 03. With war [looming], refugees have begun to flee across the border. 04. The… … Grammatical examples in English
loom — verb 1) ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog Syn: emerge, appear, come into view, take shape, materialize, reveal itself 2) the church loomed above him Syn: soar, tower, rise, rear up; overhang … Thesaurus of popular words
loom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English lome tool, loom, from Old English gelōma tool; akin to Middle Dutch allame tool Date: 15th century a frame or machine for interlacing at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth II.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Abaft the beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Before the beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
On the beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
On the weather beam — Beam Beam (b[=e]m), n. [AS. be[ a]m beam, post, tree, ray of light; akin to OFries. b[=a]m tree, OS. b[=o]m, D. boom, OHG. boum, poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[eth]mr, Goth. bagms and Gr. fy^ma a growth, fy^nai to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
History of the world — The history of the world [Williams, H. S. (1904). The historians history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages. New York: The Outlook… … Wikipedia
Retreat from Lang Son — The Retreat from Lang Son (French: retraite de Lang Son ) was a controversial, and almost certainly unnecessary, French strategic withdrawal in Tonkin at the end of March 1885 that brought down the government of the French premier Jules Ferry and … Wikipedia
