private service
noun
Service to an individual rather than to the community, state, etc.; (in later use) specifically domestic service in a private house.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Brome (c1590–1652), playwright.
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear
- be over
- Beowulf
- be part and parcel of
- be party (or a party) to
- be poles apart
- be pushing up (the) daisies
- be put upon
- bequeath
- bequeathal
- bequeather
- bequest
- be quick off the mark
- be quick (or slow) off the mark
- be quick (or slow) on the uptake