James added up the number of affirmative

Add up calculate
responses.
Buy out The large company bought out the smaller. purchase
The businesss assets were bought up in the purchase (all of
Buy up
auction. something)
The order was to call off the strike
Call off cancel
immediately.
Carry on The meeting will carry on in your absence. continue
Sam carried out the research because Jimmy
Carry out execute
couldnt find the time.
Because the subsection was not directly
Cut out relevant to the rest of the paper, Randal had to excise
cut it out.
The purpose of the literature review is find out
Find out discover
what has been said on the topic.
Get (it) over
Isa and the other participants were happy to
with (must be complete
get the laborious questionnaire over with.
split)
Larss paper has too many grammatical
Get across mistakes, meaning he couldnt get his message communicate
across.
Give up The outnumbered forces would not give up. surrender
When deadlines approach, a student cannot let
Hold up anything hold up the completion of an delay
assignment.
The witness left out a number of important
Leave out omit
details.
We asked participants to make up a scenario
Make up fabricate
in which they would be content.
In the darkness he could not make out the size
Make out see
of the camp.
We could not pass up this opportunity to
Pass up forgo
collaborate.
The common flu can be passed on through
Pass on transmit
saliva.
Our research assistants passed out four-
Pass out hundred surveys to a random sample of distribute
shoppers.
 This study picks Dekkers research up where
Pick up resume
he left it.
Hendriks (2010) points out that such a study
Point out explain
might be useful.
The equipments sensitivity meant we had to
Set up arrange
set it up with utmost care.
Regretfully, the board must turn down a
Turn down reject
number of applicants every year.
The campers were thirsty after they used up
Use up exhaust
the last of the water.

Back out
Several subjects backed out of their treatment. abandon
of
Foucaults writings still bear on contemporary thought
Bear on influence
about prison.
Catch up It will take some time for our newer coal mines to catch
equal
with up with our older ones.
Call on I call on the work of other contemporary thinkers. utilize
Call for The act of aggression called for immediate response. necessitate
The question is, should a citizen be able to count on its
Count on rely on
government to preserve free access to clean water?
Cut down Practiced writers cut down on unnecessary adverbs and
reduce
on adjectives.
Come up
Hannah had to come up with a way to isolate the variable. invent
with
Fall apart The board of directors fell apart. disintegrate
Several of them sought to get away from the cold winter
Get away escape
night.
Get along They commonly exaggerated the degree to which the be friendly
with indigenous tribes would not get along with one another. with
Give in After a long pause for thought, he gave in to the demands. yield
Go on Bakker went on to win a prestigious award. continue
Hold on
Sven tried everything, but could not hold on to his youth. keep
to
Bram would hold out until morning when the supplies
Hold out wait
arrived.
Hold out Napoleon would not tolerate his generals holding out on hide
on him. (something)
We have a hypothesis, but we must look into other
Look into research
possible explanations for the phenomenon.
Among 50 respondents who regularly walk home from
Look out safeguard
work in the middle of the night, 45 indicated looking out
for against
for criminals.
Make To print the name of interviewee, an author must make
ensure
sure of sure of the interviewees consent.
Pick up The data show various relationships that we had not
notice
on picked up on.
Put up The country will put up with a certain number of
tolerate
with economic sanctions.
See to The custodian would see to the security of the building. arrange
Take after This new state takes after its regional neighbours. resemble
At the beginning of his speech, Finn found it necessary to
Touch on mention
touch on the circumstances of the event.