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BACK OUT - Decide no to do sth.

- At home.
BE IN
- In fashion.

BE INTO - To like sth a lot.

- Not at home.
BE OUT
- Out of fashion.
- Hit and kick bd many times.
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BLOW UP - Destroy by an explotion.

CALL BACK - Telephone again in return for a phone call.

CALM DOWN - Become less upset.


CATCH UP WITH - Reach the same level, standard.

- Arrive at a hotel, be given the room key and fill in any


CHECK IN
necessary forms.

- Make more cheerful.


CHEER UP
- Become more cheerful.

CLEAR AWAY - Put away things you have used.


EASE UP - Reduce in degree, speed, intensity.

EAT INTO - Use more than expected.

END UP - Finish up, result in.

- Reveal.
GIVE AWAY
- Give sth free of charge.
GIVE BACK - Return.

GIVE IN - Surrender, yield.

GIVE OFF - Emit smells, heat, fumes.

- Come to an end.
GIVE OUT
- Distribute.
- Abandon an attempt or habbit.
GIVE UP
- Surrender.

- Stop working.
BREAK DOWN - Loose control feelings.
- Separate under headings.

BREAK IN - Enter by force or illegaly.

- Enter by force.
BREAK INTO
-Interrupt.
BREAK OFF - End of a relationship/agreement.

BREAK OUT - Begin suddenly.

BREAK THROUGH - Advance in spite of opposition.

BREAK TO - Tell bad news to sbd in a kind way.


- Stop for holidays.
BREAK UP
- End of a relationship.

BRING ABOUT - Cause to happen.

BRING BACK - Cause to recall.

BRING DOWN - Cause to fall.


BRING FORWARD - Move sth to an earlier date or time.

BRING IN - Create money.

BRING ON - Cause sth umpleasant.

BRING OUT - Put on the market.


BRING ROUND - Regain consciousness.
BRING OVER (TO) - Persuade.

- Raise a child.
BRING UP
- Introduce a subject.

COME ACROSS - Find/meet by chance.

COME BY - Obtain.
COME DOWN TO - Be passed on to sbd by inheritance.

COME DOWN WITH - Become ill.

COME INTO - Inherit.

COME OFF - Succeed.


- Begin to blossom.
COME OUT - Be published.
- Be able to be removed.

- Visit casualy.
COME ROUND
- Recover consciousness.

COME TO - Amount to a total.

- Be mention.
COME UP
- Arise, occur.
- Approach.
COME UP TO
- Equal of expectations.

COME UP WITH - Find an answer or a solution.

CUT ACROSS - Take a shorter way.

CUT BACK (ON) - Reduce.


- Move suddenly in front of another car.
CUT IN
- Interrupt.

CUT INTO - Interrupt.

- Disconnect.
CUT OFF
- Isolate.

CUT OUT - Omit.


BE CUT OUT FOR/TO BE - Be suited for sth.

CUT UP - Cut into small pieces.

DO AWAY WITH - Abolish.

DO DOWN - Speak badly of sbd.


DO IN - Kill.

DO UP - Tie.

DO WITH - Want.

DO WITHOUT - Live or continue living without having sth/sb.


FALL APART - Come into pieces.

FALL BACK ON - Turn to sbd/sth for help when other plans have failed.

FALL BEHIND WITH - Fall to keep up with.

- Fall in love with sbd.


FALL FOR
- Be deceived.
FALL IN - Collapse.

FALL IN WITH - Agree with.

- Be devided into categories.


FALL INTO
- Begin; entera state.

- Attack.
FALL ON
- Eat hunglily.
FALL OUT WITH - Quarrel

FALL THROUGH - Fail to be completed.

GET ACROSS - Successfully communicate ideas.

GET ALONG - Continue despite difficulties.


GET ALONG WITH - Be on friendly terms.

GET AT - Mean.

GET AWAY WITH - Escape punishment for a wrongful, illegal act.

GET BACK - Recover possession of sth.


- Swallow with difficulty.
GET DOWN
- Depress.

GET DOWN TO - Start doing sth seriously.

- Enter (bus, train, etc.)


GET ON
- Make progress.

GET ON WITH - Be on good terms.


GET OUT - Become known.

GET OVER - Recover from.

GET ROUND - Persuade.

GET ROUND TO - Find time to do sth.


- Finish a piece of work.
GET THROUGH
- Go on living through difficult times.

GET THROUGHT TO - Reach by phone.

GET UP - Rise from bed.

- Reveal.
GIVE AWAY
- Give sth free of change.
GIVE BACK - Return.

GIVE IN - Surrender, yield.

GIVE OFF - Emit (smells, heat , etc.)

- Come to an end.
GIVE OUT
- Distribute.
- Abandon an attempt/habit.
GIVE UP
- Surrender.

GO AFTER - Pursue.

GO AHEAD - Be allowed to happen.

GO AWAY - Stop, cease.


GO BACK ON - Break a promise/agreement.

GO BY - Base one's ideas on.

GO DOWN WITH - Become ill.

- Attack.
GO FOR
- Apply for a job.
GO IN FOR - Take part in a competition.

- Explode (a bomb.)
- Ring (an alarm.)
GO OFF
- Spoil ( of food.)
- Stop liking sth.

- Continue (carry on)


GO ON
- Happen.

GO OUT - Stop burning.


- Examine details.
GO OVER
- Repeat.

- Be enough for everyone to have a share.


GO ROUND
- Spread, circulate. (news/disease)

- Experience.
GO THROUGH - A deal/arrangement be completed with success.
- Discuss in detail.

GO UP -Rise of prices.
GO WITH - Match.

GO WITHOUT - Endure the fact of sth.

HANG OUT - Put clothes on the line to dry.

-Put sth in a high position.


HANG UP
- End a phone call.
HANG ON - Wait for a short while.

- Control (tears/ laugh).


HOLD BACK
- Hesitate.

HOLD IN - Restrain.

HOLD OFF - Keep at a distance.


HOLD ON - Wait (on the phone).

- Last.
HOLD OUT
- Persist.

- Follow exactly.
HOLD TO
- Keep to a promise, etc.

- Delay.
HOLD UP
- Use violence in order to rob.
KEEP AFTER - Continue to pursue.

KEEP AWAY (FROM) - Stay away.

KEEP BACK - Conceal.

KEEP DOWN - Cause to remain at a lower level.


KEEP IN - Make sb stay indoors as punishment.

KEEP OFF - Stay away from, avoid.

KEEP ON - Continue despite difficulties.

KEEP OUT - Exclude sb/sth.


KEEP UP - Stay at the same level as sb/sth.

- Continue to be informed.
KEEP UP WITH
- Change at the same rate.

- Lengthen clothes.
LET DOWN
- Disappoint.

LET IN (TO) - Allow sb to enter a place.


LET OFF - Not punish.

LET ON - Reveal a secret.

- Release.
LET OUT
- Make larger (clothes).

LET UP - Become less strong.


LIVE ON - Have an amount of money to buy things.

LOOK AFTER - Take care of.

LOOK BACK (ON) - Consider the past.

LOOK DOWN ON - Despite.


LOOK FOR - Search, try to find.

LOOK FORWARD TO - Anticipate with pleasure

LOOK IN ON SB - Pay a short visit to.

LOOK INTO - Investigate.


LOOK ON - Observe.

LOOK OUT - Be careful.

LOOK OUT FOR - Be alert in order to see/find sb/sth.

LOOK OVER - Examine carrefully.


LOOK ROUND - Inspect a place.

LOOK THROUGH - Look at quickly.

LOOK UP - Look for sth in and appropiate book/list.

LOOSEN UP - Become more relaxed.


BE MADE FOR - Suit exactly.

MAKE FOR - Go towards.

- Distinguish.
MAKE OUT
- Write out, fill in.

MAKE OVER - Give possession of sth to sb else.


- Invent.
MAKE UP - Put consmetics on.
- Reconcile.

MAKE UP FOR - Compensate.

MAKE UP ONE'S MIND - Decide.

OPEN UP - Relax and say exacly what sb feels or thinks.


PASS AWAY - Die.

PASS OF AS - Pretend to be sth/sb else successfully.

PASS OUT - Lose consciousness.

- Return money owed.


PAY BACK
- Take revenge on sb.
- Pay part of the price for sth and the rest over a period of
PAY DOWN
time.

PAY FOR - Receive punishment.

PAY OFF - Pay sb to leave employment.

PAY UP - Pay (a debt) in full.


PICK SB UP - Go somewhere and take sb away (often in a car).

PULL DOWN - Demolish.

PULL IN - Arrive by train.

PULL ONESELF TOGETHER - Bring one's feelings under control.


PULL THROUGH - Succed despite difficulties.

PULL UP - Stop.

PUT ASIDE/BY - Save.

PUT ACROSS - Communicate successfully.


- Store.
PUT AWAY
- Put sb into prision/mental hospital.

PUT BACK - Place sth in the position it was in before.

- Write down.
PUT DOWN
- Suppress forcibly.

PUT DOWN TO - Attribute to.


PUT FORWARD - Propose.

PUT OFF - Postpone.

- Dress oneself in.


PUT ON - Increase (in weight).
- Cause to take place (show/performance).

- Extinguish.
PUT OUT - Cause troubles.
- Take sth out of the house.
BE PUT OUT - Be annoyed.

PUT THROUGH - Connect by phone.

- Erect, build.
PUT UP - Offer hospitality.
- Show in a public place.

PUT UP WITH - Tolerate.


RUN ACROSS/INTO - Meet/find by chance.

RUN AFTER - Chase.

RUN AWAY WITH - Steal.

- Knock down with a vehicle.


RUN DOWN
- Speak badly of sb.
- Bring a new car engine into full use (by driving it slowly
RUN IN
for a set period).

RUN OFF - Make print/copies.

RUN OUT - Have no more of sth left.

RUN OUT OF - No longer have a supply.

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