Pharasa Verbs 2da

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Account for [Account for something].- (insep) explain

(money, difference, actions) When you account for something,you explain or give a reason for it.

How will you account for the money you spent?

She couldn't account for her absence from work.

How will you account for such a big difference?

Act out [Act something out].- 1perform (script, story) Whenyou act something out, you perform it or make it into a play.

The script itself is well written and well acted out by thecast.

The new middle class liked to see its own dilemmas actedout on stage.

When you read a story or a poem to your child, act it outwith him or her.

2express(fantasy, frustration, instincts) Express your feelings

or ideas:

He has become desperate and is acting out his frustration.

Children like to act out their fantasies.

Act up.- (child, car, computer, injury, arm, leg, wound) Whensomebody or something acts up, they behave badly, hurt ordon't work properly. Play up

This computer's acting up again.

The children were acting up because their mother wasn'tthere.

Add in [Add something in].- include(cost, flour, figures) Whenyou add something in, you include it or mix it with somethingelse.

Add in the cost of the accessories you might need.

Slowly add in flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until well

blended.
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Add on [Add something on].- include When you addsomething on, you include it or add it.

These are quite expensive though, by the time you've

added on border taxes. The airlines themselves are adding on fees and surcharges

as they struggle to cope with a decline in passengers.

Add up.- (insep) make sense When something adds up, itmakes sense.

This just doesn't add up.

Their economic proposals don't add up.

Add up [Add something up].- calculate(bill, expenses, figures,numbers) When you add something up, you calculate the total.

She added up the bill.

You made a mistake while you were adding these numbersup.

Allow for [Allow for something].- When you allow forsomething, you take it into consideration or make it possible.

There should be a comfortable working atmosphere, onethat doesn't discriminate and allows for mistakes.

Answer back.- When you answer back, you reply rudely.

Don't answer back to your mum! Don't answer me back!

Answer for.- (insep) (actions, behaviour) When you answer forsomething, you take the responsibility for something wrong youhave done.

Some Iraqis had hoped to see Saddam's elder son answerfor his actions before a war crimes tribunal.

Everyone must answer for his own actions.

Apply for [Answer for something].- (insep) (job, permit,permission, grant, scholarship, loan) When you apply forsomething, you fill in a form or write a formal letter asking for

it.


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Applying for financial aid has never been easier! No credit? No problem! Apply for your new Visa Card and

MasterCard Today!

You can apply for a library card online!

Ask after [Ask after somebody].- (insep) When you ask aftersomebody, you inquire how somebody is getting on.

I heard he is in Kalatura prison, and I wrote to thegovernment asking after him.

The next day, her brother came to ask after her.

Ask about, ask around.- (insep) When you ask around, you

make inquiries.

I'll ask around and see if there's a room vacantsomewhere.

I am going to ask about to see if anyone has anysuggestions of other products.

Ask for [Ask for something] .- (help, receipt, trouble) Whenyou ask for something, you request it.

They have written to the actress asking for her help inraising money for Nicaraguan children.

If you're donating items to charitable organizations, don'tforget to ask for a receipt for tax purposes.

Anyone who sends a credit card number via e-mail isasking for trouble!

Ask in [Ask somebody in].- When you ask somebody in, youinvite someone into your house, office etc.

Don't leave them standing on the doorstep; ask them in!

Ask her in; I want to talk to her.

Ask out [Ask somebody out].- When you ask somebody out,you ask somebody to go to the theatre, a restaurant, etc, withyou. Take out

Jerry's too scared to ask her out. tt Have you asked her

out yet? This is the third time he's asked me out.


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Do men like it when women ask them out?

Ask over [Ask somebody over].- When you ask somebody over,you invite them to your house.

I'll ask her over to dinner next weekend. If you can't face travelling, especially if you have very

young children, why not ask them over to yours.

Ask round [Ask somebody round].- When you ask somebodyround, you invite them to your house.

Let's ask them round for a meal next week.

I asked her round for dinner last week but she declined.

Auction off [Auction something off].- (furniture) When youauction something off, you get rid of it by selling it at anauction.

I sold two of the houses we never used and auctioned offthe furniture.

She auctioned off all the jewelry that he gave her.

Back down.- (insep) When you back down, you accept another

person's point of view or argument instead of your own or youdecide not to do something after all. Climb down, give in

Yesterday, he backed down on his campaign pledge to cutcarbon dioxide emissions, one of the major causes ofglobal warming.

The company only backed down after a worldwide

campaign by activists.

British Airways has backed down from its policy of not

allowing staff to wear jewellry.

Back out [Back out, Back out of something].- (insep)Withdraw (agreement, deal, arrangement, contract) When youback out or back out of something, you avoid doing somethingwhen you have promised to do it. Pull out

He backed out at the last moment. The company is thought to have become suspicious and

backed out of the deal.


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He has been banged up for a decade now, but becomeseligible for parole this year.

Be back.- (insep) When you are back, you have returned.Come back

What time will you be back?

I'll be back in a minute.

Be off.- 1 (insep) When you are off, you leave a place. Goaway

I'm just off to see the solicitor. I should be back aroundlunchtime.

She's caught the travel bug now - she's off to Barbadosthis year.

Where's she off to then?

2 (insep) When something is off, it's disconnected or it's notworking.

The power was off for about 3 hours.

3 (insep) When an event is off, it has been cancelled.

Due to the many last minute cancellations tonight's partyis off.

He said no one had told them officially that the concertwas off.

4 (insep) (milk, fish) When food or drink goes off, it's not goodto eat any more. Go off

I think this milk is off.

Be out.- 1 (insep) When something is out, it's available to thepublic; appear. Come out

When is the new magazine out?

They tried to keep it secret but the story is out now.

2 (insep) Not to be at home or work.

The manager is out at the moment.


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Black out.- (insep) Faint When you black out, you loseconsciousness. Pass out Come round, come to Bring round,bring to

I blacked out and when I woke up I was in hospital.

Blow out [Blow out, blow something out].- (insep) (match,candle, flame, lamp) When something blows out or you blow itout, it's extinguished. Put something out

I blew out the candles and we ate cake.

Blow over.- (insep) (scandal, problem, troubles, issue,controversy, affair, row, argument) When something blows

over, it's forgotten.

The politician is keeping a low profile until the scandalblows over.

Blow up [Blow up, blow something up].- 1 When somethingblows up, it explodes.

Terrorists intended to blow up the parliament when the

president was speaking there, but police foiled the plans.

2 (insep) When you blow up, you become angry.

I've been under a lot of pressure lately. I didn't mean to

blow up like that. I don't understand. It's not like her to blow up over a silly

little row like that.

3 (incident, affair) When you blow something up, youexaggerate it.

4(tyre, dinghy, balloon, airbed) When you blow something up,you fill it with air. Pump something up

More volunteers are needed to blow up balloons and

distribute posters andballoons to all the houses early in the morning before the

event.
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Blurt out [Blurt something out].- (news, answer, secret) Whenyou blurt something out, you say it without thinking.

Don't blurt out answers without thinking.

Every parent, at least once, has had the little darling blurtout something that was said in private that was neverintended for others to hear.

Boil down [Boil down to something].- (insep) (situation,question, issue) When something boils down to something else,this is the most important thing.

A lot of this boils down to lack of education.

Boss around [Boss somebody around].- When you bosssomebody around, you treat them unpleasantly, givingunnecessary order all the time.

The new manager made a big mistake when he startedbossing the staff about.

Stop bossing me around, will you?

Bounce back.- When you bounce back, you recover fromsomething unpleasant.

The company went bankrupt, but managed to bounce backwith a new management.

Brass off.- When you are brassed off, you are angry, upset orfed up.

I'm brassed off.

Break down.- 1 (insep) (car, system, machine, talks,negotiations, marriage, argument, plan) When somethingbreaks down, it stops working because it has a serious problem.

Pack up, conk out

The elevators in this building are always breaking down.

Sorry I'm late. The car broke down on the way here.

2 When a person breaks down, they lose control and startcrying. Crack up
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When he told her he didn't love her anymore, she brokedown.

Break down [Break something down].- Destroy (door, wall,barrier, resistance, opposition, reserve) When you breaksomething down, you destroy it.

The police got into the house by breaking the door down.

Break in [Break in, break into something].- (insep) (building,house, grounds, computer, system) When you break in or breakinto a place or system, you enter it using force or by breakingthe law. Break out

An unemployed programmer from Britain has beenaccused of breaking into a large number of US militarycomputers.

Break in [Break somebody in].- (employee, recruit) When youbreak somebody in, you help them get used to a new situationor job or you train them.

I'll bring my wife with me, but this is all new to her so I'llhave to break her in gently.

Break in [Break something in].- (boots, shoes, car, horse)When you break something in, you use it until it's comfortable,it works properly or does what it's supposed to do.

I've been breaking the boots in since yesterday, andexcept for some lower shin pressure, they haven'tbothered me at all.

Break off [Break something off].- (agreement, engagement,relations, relationship, alliance) When you break something off,you put an end to it because of a problem.

I was extremely stunned when Mac and Brumby broke offtheir engagement.

Break out.- 1 (insep) (riots, violence, row, fire, epidemic,disease, war, rash, spots, sweat, tears, argument) Whensomething breaks out, it begins suddenly or violently.

The two criminals broke out of prison yesterday.


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2 (insep)When you break out, you escape. Break in

The two criminals broke out of prison yesterday.

Break up [Break something up].- (fight,quarrel, party, crowd,marriage, relationship, couple, alliance, school, meeting) Whenyou break something up or something breaks up, it stops.

Three policemen were needed to break up the fight.

The meeting broke up around 10 o'clock.

Breeze through [Breeze through something].- (insep) (exam,test) When you breeze through something, you pass easily.Sail through, sweep through, walk through

In the dream, I was in a classroom, taking some sort of

test, and I just breezed through it, like it was nothing.

Bring about [Bring something about].- Cause (reform,changes) When you bring something about, you makesomething happen.

This bill, together with that concerning private pensions,will bring about the reform of the pension system in

Romania.

Bring back [Bring something back].- (memories) Whensomething brings something else back, it makes you think aboutsomething that happened a long time ago.

Looking at the photos brought back a lot of memories of

my visit to the place.

Bring in [Bring somebody in].- (doctor, expert, consultant,technician) When you bring somebody in, you ask them to comeand help. Call in

Bring in [Bring something in].- (bill, law, regulation, rule,system, scheme) When an organization brings something in,they introduce it.
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I suggest that you initiate a campaign to bring in a law tostop car manufacturers advertising speed as one of themain attributes of new models.

Bring off[Bring something off].- Accomplish When you bringsomething off, you succeed in something. Pull off

Bring out [Bring something out].- (product) When a companyor organization brings something out, they make it available tothe public.

He's bringing out a new novel.

Madonna has just brought out a new record.

Bring round, bring to [Bring somebody round, bringsomebody to].- When you bring somebody round, you helpthem regain consciousness.

Bring up [Bring somebody up].- When you bring somebody up,you look after a child until it has grown up.

It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays.

My parents brought me up to be polite.

Bring up [Bring something up].- (issue, matter, point, subject)When you bring something up, you mention a subject or topic.

Come up, drag up

I feel these programmes bring up issues they're too youngto deal with.

Brush up [Brush something up, brush up on something].-(English, French, subject) When you brush something up or youbrush up on something, you study it to try and revise orimprove it a little. Polish up

I'm looking for a short course to brush up my English

before I go on holiday.


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Build up [Build something up].- (muscles, strength, stamina,reputation, sales, speed, collection, profits) When you buildsomething up, you increase the ammount of something.

Over the years the company built up a reputation fortechnological innovation.

A little practice will soon build up your confidence.

It is important to have a daily exercise routine to build upyour muscles, weakened by a long period of illness.

Bump into [Bump into somebody].- (insep) When you bumpinto somebody, you meet them by chance. Come acrosssomebody, run into somebody

I bumped into her one evening, and she invited me downto her place near theriver.

Butt in [Butt in, butt in on somebody].- When you butt in orbutt in on somebody, you interrupt them. Break in on

I am sorry to butt in on your conversation, but I have

specific information from my own experiences on this

subject.

Butter up [Butter somebody up].- When you butter somebodyup, you praise them excessively so that they will do what youwant.

Even if he was just buttering her up, the complimentthrilled her.

Buzz off.- (insep, infml) When you buzz off, you go away.

Dash off

The reverend had to buzz off for an afternoon service, but

returned about three-thirty.

Call back [Call back, call somebody back].- When you call backor call somebody back, you return a phone call or call againlater. Phone back, ring back

I'll call you back as soon as I hear anything.

Can you ask her to call me back, please?


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Call in.- (insep) visit When you call in, you pay somebody ashort visit. Drop in, pop in

Call in next time you're in town.

I've just called in to see if you needed anything.

Call in [Call somebody in].- (doctor, expert, consultant, police,technician) When you call somebody in, you ask somebody, likea doctor or a technician, to come and help you with a problem.

We had to call in a doctor.

The situation got out of hand and the Army had to becalled in.

We can't afford to call in a technician every time thewashing-machine breaks down.

Call off[Call something off].- cancel When you call somethingoff, you cancel an event. Be off, put off

The concert was called off because of rain.

It's too late to call off the ceremony now.

Call out [Call something out].- shout When you call something

out, you announce or say something in a loud voice.

He called out the results. She called out his name but there was no answer.

Call up [Call somebody up].- phone When you call somebodyup, you telephone somebody.

Call me up when you get there.

He called me up this this morning.

Calm down [Calm down, calm somebody down].- When youcalm down, you become more relaxed.

He was very upset about it, but he calmed downeventually.

She was rude and aggressive towards him but it was clearhe was trying to calm her down.


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Carry away [Get carried away].- When you get carried away,you behave in a silly way because you are too excited, angry,etc; not know what you are doing.

Sorry I called you a fool; I got a bit carried away.

She got carried away in the shop and spent all her money

on new dresses.

Carry on.- (insep) Continue When you carry on, or carry ondoing something, you continue doing something. Go on, keepon

Carry on working!

He carried on as if nothing had happened.

If things carry on the way they are, you'll lose your job.

Carry out [Carry something out].- Do (survey, investigation,research, review, plan, threat) When you carry something out,you do a task.

It's going to be difficult to carry out that plan.

The government is going to carry out a survey on the

nation's health.

Politicians don't usually carry out their promises.

Carve out [Carve something out].- Get (career, name,reputation, place, role) When you carve something out, youmanage to get it by working hard.

Catch on.- (insep) (idea, fashion, concept) When something

catches on, it becomes popular.

The idea eventually caught on and became all the rage bythe 1980s.

Chase away [Chase somebody away, chase something off].-When you chase somebody or an animal away, you force aperson or animal to leave a place with threats or by attackingthem.


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A passer-by stopped his car to help and, along with severalneighbors, managed to chase the dog away. No one wasbitten.

chase off.- The same as chase away.

Chat up [Chat somebody up].- When you chat somebody up,you talk to them in a friendly way because you are sexuallyattracted to them.

Normally I find it dead hard to chat up a girl but I wasdrunk and had no inhibitions.

Check in [Check in, check something in].- When you check in,

you arrive at a hotel or airport and report your arrival atreception or check-in desk.

We checked into the hotel a little after midnight.

I arrived in London a few days ago and checked into theBolsover Hotel.

When I checked in with a confirmed economy ticket, I was

told that the flight was overbooked.

Check out.- When you check out, you pay and leave.

After breakfast I checked out of the hotel.

Check out [Check something out].- When you check somethingout, you check that something is correct or it's what you want.

You've got to check the facts out before you start torturingyourself.

Hey, check this out!

Cheer up [Cheer up, cheer somebody up, cheer somethingup].- When you cheer up, you try to feel happier.

I got you this. I thought it might cheer you up. I took him to the party because he needed cheering up.

Fancy a pint to cheer you up?

Chew over [Chew something over].- Think When you chew

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I can't imagine Jeffrey being the kind of guy to openlyargue, but rather chew it over in silence and - eventually -decide for himself.

Chip in.- 1 Contribute When you chip in, you contributemoney towards something. Club together, pitch in

Local schools students, individuals and community groupshave all chipped in to bring this area alive.

2Interrupt When you chip in, you interrupt a conversation.Butt in

Some senior Army officials chipped in to say it was safe

and there was no danger.

Clam up.- (insep) When you clam up, you refuse to speak.Shut up

I've tried talking to her about it, but she just clams up andchanges the subject.

He would clam up when the conversation turned personal.

Clear off[Clear something off].- Leave When something clears

off or you clear it off, it disappears or is removed.

During the night the fog cleared off.

We cleared off all the dirt and rock that was loose on theground.

Clear up [Clear up, clear something up].- 1 (kitchen, mess)When you clear up, or clear something up, you tidy & clean orremove dirt and clean. Clean up

I cleared up the mess from the kids in the back garden.

2(doubt, problem, disagreement, misunderstanding, confusion,issue, crime, mystery) When you clear something up, you findan answer or an explanation for something or settle it. Sortout

I think this misunderstanding will be cleared up soon.

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The weather is horrible at the moment. I hope it clears uplater.

Climb down.- (insep) When you climb down, you admit you arewrong. Back down

Barclays and its supporters were eventually forced to climb

down in the face of a fierce and sustained public backlash.

Clog up.- (insep) Block (arteries, pipe, drain, well) Whensomething clogs up, it blocks. Choke up

Some types of weed have to be kept in check so that theydon't clog up the pond, leaving the fish little space for

swimming.

Close down [Close something down].- (factory, plant,business, company, shop, production, operations) When youclose something down, you close it permanently. Shut down

Come across [Come across somebody].- (insep) When youcome across somebody, you meet them by chance. Bump into

, run into, stumble across

Not long ago, I came across an old friend from the gang. I

won't say his name for privacy reasons.

Come across [Come across something].- (insep) (photo)When you come across something, you find it by chance.

This stretch of coastline is famous for the fossils that youjust come across lying on the beach.

Come round, come around .- 1 (insep) When you comeround, you recover consciousness. Come to, pass out, blackout

I had no idea what had happened to me when I cameround.

2 (insep) When you come round, you pay somebody a visit.

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Bill and Ben are coming round tonight. We're going towatch a video.

Look, I'll come round to yours later, yeah?

Come on.- 1 (insep) When something comes on, it starts.

We had a good chat before the film came on.

2 (insep) When someting comes on, it makes progress. Get on

How's dinner coming on? I'm starving.

Come to.- (insep) When you come to, you recoverconsciousness. Come (a)round, pass out, black out

When Rose came to in the lifeboat, she could not

remember what had happened. When he came to, he was being loaded into an ambulance.

Come through.- (insep) (call, message, document,authorization, divorce, money, results, news) When somethingcomes through, you recieve it.

As the final results came through, it couldn't have been

any worse.

Come through [Come through something].- (insep) Survive(car crash, accident, operation, illness, war, ordeal, crisis) Whenyou come through something, you survive or recover.

My cousin was in a serious car accident last week.Fortunately, he came through it with only minor injuries.

Come up.- 1 (insep) (issue, point, matter, question, subject)

When something comes up, it's mentioned. Bring up

You'd better make sure you know these verbs because

they always come up in the exam.

2 (insep) (job, vacancy) When something comes up, it appears.

As new jobs come up, we will contact students who have

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Come up with [Come up with something].- (insep) (plan,proposal, idea, theory, scheme, solution, suggestion,compromise, money, funding) When you come up withsomething, it occurs to you or you manage to find it: .

Cool down.- 1 (insep) When you cool down, you become lesshot.

Let food cool down before putting it in the fridge or

freezer. Sweat is the body's natural way of cooling you down.

2 (insep) When you cool down, you become less excited.

I thought we could finally calmly discuss our quarrel, nowthat she had cooled down a bit.

She knew that she might regret it later, when she hadcooled down.

Cop out [Cop out, cop out of something].- (responsibility)When you cop out or cop out of something, you avoid somethingbecause you are afraid or you don't want to keep your promise.

I hoped Maxwell would focus on the freedom issue, but he

copped out.

Cotton on.- Understand (informal) When you cotton on, youbegin to understand.

American trial lawyers are beginning to cotton on to theusefulness of using computerised graphics and other high-tech exhibits to impress judges and jurors.

Cough up [Cough something up].-(informal) (money, name)When you cough something up, you give somebody somethingbecause you have to. Pay up

The health minister said the federal government must

eventually cough up more money if it wants to maintain ahigh-quality health system.

Count on [Count on somebody].- (insep) When you count onsomebody, you rely on them to help or support you.


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Ask Mary. You can always count on her to know the latestinformation.

Crack down [Crack down on somebody, crack down onsomething].- (informal) (criminals, vandals, extremists) Whenthe government or the police crack down on something, theyare much stricter than before. Clamp down on

We need to crack down on youth offenders with heavypenalties and teach them respect for other people.

Ever since September 11th the Saudi government hasbeen under pressure to crack down on extremist groups.

Cut back [Cut something back, cut down on something].-

(spending, public expenditure, expenses, production, budget,costs) When you cut something back or cut back on something,you reduce something to save money.

Kraft Foods, the maker of brands from Oreo cookies to

Oscar Meyer bologna, announced plans Tuesday to cutback on sugar and fat in some products.

Cut down [Cut down, cut down on something].- (smoking,cigarettes, sugar, fatty foods; luxuries, spending, cost) When

you cut down on something, you reduce the ammount you takeof it.

People with diabetes are usually advised to cut down on

sugar and sugary foods.

Cut down [Cut something down].- (tree, forest) When you cutsomething down, you make it fall to the ground by cutting it.

The tree was damaged in the storm so they had to cut itdown.

Cut off[Cut something off].- (electricity, water) When you cutsomething off or something is cut off, you remove it by cuttingor you separate or stop it somehow.

For years, the country was part of the soviet union andwas cut off from the rest of europe.

Dash off.- (insep) When you dash off, you leave in a hurry.


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I must dash off; I'm already late. He dashed off before I could talk to him.

Dash off[Dash something off].- (letter, note, email) When youdash something off, you write it in a hurry.

Feel free to dash off an email to us at any time.

Dawn on [Dawn on somebody].- When something dawns onyou, you suddenly begin to understand something.

It dawned on me that something unusual was going on.

The truth finally dawned on him.

Die away.- (noise, sound, voice, light, breeze) When somethingdies away, it gradually becomes weaker until it disappears; itfades. Fade away

The strange noise finally died away.

I particularly like it at night, when the traffic dies away.

Die down.- (insep) (applause, gossip, rumours, wind, storm,flames, fire, pain, excitement, scandal) When something diesdown, it becomes quieter or less noticeable.

The wind's died down at last.

The rumours will soon die down.

He offered to leave the country for a spell until the fuss

had died down.

Die out.-(insep) (custom, tradition, habit, idea, race, species)When something dies out, it gradually disappears.

Many Indian communities are dying out. The Panda is in danger of dying out.

Sadly this tradition died out in the early 1900s.

Dig over [Dig something over].- (soil, patch, garden,flowerbed) When you dig something over, you break the groundinto smaller pieces with a spade or fork so that plants can grow.

He spent the morning digging over the vegetable patch.

When I was digging over the garden I made a strangediscovery.


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Dig up [Dig something up].- 1(scandal, the past, idea, excuse,facts, information) When you dig something up, you search forit and find it: Rake up, dredge up

I have no answer for that, and I am not sure I want to digup the past.

2 When you dig something up, you remove it from the groundusing a fork or spade.

If you dig up potatoes and the skin rubs off easily, theyneed more time to mature.

Do away with [Do away with something].- abolish (law,

privilege, rule, regulation, paperwork, tax) When anorganizations does away with something, they get rid of it.

The death penalty has been done away with in many

countries. They should do away with all that paperwork.

Do in [Do somebody in, do something in].- (head) Whensomething does you in, it makes you tired or it makes you feelunable to deal with a situation.

I think it was the late hours more than the alcohol thatreally did me in.

Please help, this is doing my head in.

Do up [Do something up].- 1 (flat, building, cottage, room)When you do something up, you repair and decorate it.

I spent a month doing up the flat and I think it's quite nice

now.

2 (button, coat, dress, trousers, zip) When you do somethingup, you fasten it.

Her hair was done up in a neat bun at the back of herhead.

Doss down .- (insep) When you doss down somewhere, yousleep there temporarily or you sleep there instead of going

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If you can find another blanket I'll just doss down on thesofa.

Doze off.- (insep) When you doze off, you fall into a light sleep.Drop off

Judy dozed off while she was watching television.

Drag on.- (insep) When something drags on, it's very slow andlasts longer than necessary.

Legal battles are agonizingly slow and costly, and the

appeals process can drag on for years.

Drag up [Drag something up].- (story, incident) When you dragsomething up, you mention some unpleasant fact from the past.Bring up

This is all in the past. Why are you bringing it all up now?

Draw up.- (insep) When a vehicle draws up, it gets closer to aplace and stops. Pull up

A convoy of buses drew up at the airport and they all

climbed on board.

Draw up [Draw something up].- (list, plan, document,proposal, contract, will) When you draw something up, youprepare it very carefully in writing.

The Metropolitan Police force is drawing up plans to recruitmore ethnic minority officers from overseas.

Dream up [Dream something up].- (explanation, idea, plot,

ploy, scheme) When you dream something up, you think ofsomething unusual or foolish.

Look at the picture and dream up a sensational story to gowith it.

Dredge up [Dredge something up].- (scandal, the past,memory, old grivances, quarrel, filth, mistake, misdeeds, story)When you dredge something up, you remind somebody of

unpleasant events in the past. Dig up, rake up


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It's not good to dredge up the past.

Dress down.- (insep) When you dress down, the clothes youwear are not as formal as the ones you usually wear. Dress up

Some companies allow their employees to dress down onFridays.

Dressing down allows staff to be comfortable and bethemselves.

Dress up.- (insep) When you dress up, you put on betterclothes for a special occasion. Dress down

He didn't dress up for the occasion at all, wearing an

orange baseball cap, baggy khakis, and an oversized blacksweater.

They dressed the child up in her best clothes and took her

to the celebration.

Drop in (on somebody).- When you drop in on somebody, youpay a short visit without warning. Call in, pop in

I thought I'd dropped in and say hello.

Drop in to see us next time you're in town.

Drop off.- 1 (insep) When you drop off, you fall asleep. Dozeoff

The girl was so tired that she dropped off to sleep at once.

Ashley finally dropped off to sleep after midnight.

2(attendance, numbers, membership, interest, support, traffic,temperatures) When something drops off, it becomes less orfewer. Fall off

Unfortunately, attendance has dropped off over the last

few months. Temperatures will drop off quickly as northwest winds

strengthen.

Drop off[Drop somebody off].- When you drop somebody off,you stop the vehicle you are driving to leave a passenger. Letoff

Come on. I'll drop you off at your flat.


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They had a disagreement as he brought her home, hedropped her off and went to work.

Drum up [Drum something up].- (support, enthusiasm,interest, business, trade) When you drum something up, you tryto make people interested in it.

US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney is about to go on a tourof Europe and the Middle East to drum up support for themilitary action.

They held a press conference last week to try to drum upsupport for their proposal.

Dumb down [Dumb something down].- (language, news, test)

When you dumb something down, you make it easier so thateverybody can understand it.

They want to dumb down the test. We hope that less information will make the paper more

digestibleat the risk of dumbing down the news.

Ease off.- (insep) (pain, rain, traffic) When something easesoff, it becomes less intense.

The pain eased off after he took the tablets. The rain should ease off after midday.

The heavy rain was easing off as we left the hotel, but Iborrowed an umbrella just in case.

Ease up.- (Same as ease off)

I wondered if I would ever catch Mike but he started toslow and I kept seeing him closer and closer as he grew

tired, and then eased up when I got near.

Eat away [Eat something away].- When something eatssomething else away, it destroys it by eating or by chemicalaction.

Pollution has eaten away the stonework.

The metal was eaten away by the acid.

Eat in.- (insep) When you eat in, you eat at home. Eat out


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We won't eat in tonight. I don't fancy going out tonight; shall we eat in?

Eat out.-(insep) When you eat out, you eat in a restaurant. Dine out

Eat in

I'm too tired to cook; why don't we eat out tonight?

She really enjoys eating out.

Eat up [Eat up, eat something up].- When you eat up or eatsomething up, you finish eating.

Eat up children!

Eat up your vegetables!

Egg on[Egg somebody on].- When you egg somebody on, youencourage them to do something silly.

They egged him on to drink the whole bottle. They egged him on until he finally jumped.

Eke out [Eke something out].- 1(rations, pension, food) Whenyou eke something out, you make it last longer.

Developing alternative energy sources is one part of theplan to eke out the Earth's resources.

2 (existence, living, income) When you eke something out, youtry hard to make a living, usually with little money or food. Scratch out

The land is arid and dry so I imagine it's difficult to eke out

a living.

End up.-(insep) When you end up somewhere or in a certainstate, you end there or that way after a series ofevents. Windup

You'll end up in prison if you go on like that.

He ended up homeless.

Explainaway [Explaing something away].- When you explainsomething away, you give an excuse to avoid blame.


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She tried to explain away the situation, but the policeknew she was guilty.

I don't know how I'm going to explain that away.

Eye up [Eye somebody up].- When you eye somebody up, youlook at them in a way that shows you are sexually interested inthem.

The chap across the room is eyeing her up, but she

doesn't seem to notice.

Fade away.- (insep) (noise, music, sound, light, hope) Whensomething fades away, it gradually becomes weaker until itdisappears; it fades. Die away

After a moment the noise faded away, and only the soundof a light breeze, and ringing, filled my ears.

Fall apart.- (insep) (family, life, marriage, relationship, house,car, business, deal) When something falls apart, it desintegratesor falls to pieces.

The building is falling apart. His marriage fell apart when he cheated on his wife.

Fall back on [Fall back on somebody, fall back onsomething] .- (insep) When you fall back on somebody orsomething, you turn to them or use it when in difficulty orbecause no other choice is available; resort to.

It's great to have a friend to fall back on.

People fall back on alternative medicine when moderndrugs don't work.

They had no money to fall back on.

Fall behind.- (insep) When you fall behind or something fallsbehind, it remains at the same level or standard.

Your schoolwork has fallen behind. He fell behind with the rent and was asked to leave the

flat.

Fall down.- (insep)When you fall down, you fall accidentalllyor because something is in a poor state of repair.


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She fell down and hurt her knees. She tripped and fell down

Fall for [Fall for somebody].-(insep) When you fall forsomebody, you fall in love with them.

She fell for him in a big way.

Why does he always fall for the wrong women.

Fall for [Fall for something].- When you fall for something, youare tricked or deceived.

How could you fall for such an old trick?

She fell for his talk and bought the encyclopedia.

Fall off.- 1 (insep) (bike, horse, button) When you fall offsomething, you separate from it and fall down.

He fell off his bike and hurt himself.

2 (insep) (attendance, interest, quality, profits) Whensomething falls off, it decreases or becomes less or fewer.Drop off

Attendance has fallen off this term.

Fall out.- (insep) (a situation, somebody) When two people fallout, they quarrel or have an argument and stop being friends.

They've fallen out over some stupid misunderstanding.

I don't like Bill - I fell out with him when he sold me a carthat didn't work.

Fall over.- (insep) When you fall over, you fall to the ground.

She slipped on the ice and fell over.

He fell over and broke his leg.

My daughter is learning to walk so she falls over quite alot.

Fall through.- (insep) (idea, plan, project, arrangement,scheme, proposal) When something falls through, it fails and it'sabandoned.

The deal fell through for reasons that are not clear.


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The sale fell through at the last minute.

The employees decided not to work for him and his planfell through.

Fed up with something [Be fed up with something /somebody] .- (insep)When you are fed up with something orsomebody, you are tired, depressed, bored or no longerinterested in them.

Are you as fed up with what's going on in Washington as Iam? I've become increasingly concerned about the currentdirection of our country.

Ferret out[Ferret something out].- (secret, the truth, details,error, facts, information) When you ferret something out, you

succeed in finding some difficult or secret information. Dig out

She managed to ferret out the secret.

Fight off[Fight something off].- (infection, cold, illness, attack,enemy, competition) When you fight something off, you try toavoid or get rid of it.

I'm taking lots of vitamin C to help me fight off this cold. Stress weakens your immune system, making it harder for

your body to fight off infection.

Figure out [Figure something out].- When you figuresomething out, you manage to understand.

Have you figured out what the problem is?

I just can't figure her out.

Fill in for [Fill in for somebody].- (insep) When you fill in forsomebody, you do their job temporarily because they can't.Cover for, sit in for, stand in for

Colleen was pleased that Gwen Swick was able to fill in for

her, as Gwen was an old friend and they had workedtogether many times.

Fill in [Fill somebody in, fill somebody in on something].-(details) When you fill somebody in, or fill somebody in onsomething, you give them information.


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My assistant will fill you in on the details. For those who haven't see it, let me fill you in on some of

the highlights.

Fill in [Fill something in].- (form, cheque, name, coupon,space, questionnaire,hole) When you fill something in, youcomplete it with the correct information.

She gave me a form and told me to fill it in.

You will be asked to fill in a questionnaire designed tomeasure your quality of life.

Fill up [Fill up, fill something up].- (glass, car, tank, bottle,container, theater) When you fill something up or something fills

up, it becomes full.

You should always switch off the engine before you fill up

with petrol. She filled up the kettle with water and made everyone a

cup of tea.

Find out [Find out, find something out].- When you findsomething out, you discover or get information.

What will she say when she finds out? When you lose everything you find out who your real

friends are.

Fit in.- (insep) When you fit in, you get on with a group ofpeople or you feel as if belonging to a group.

It's difficult for them to fit in with the way of life here.

Flake out .- (insep, informal) When you flake out, you fallasleep.

He flaked out on the sofa.

Flare up.- (insep) When you flare up, you become angry.

He was an alcoholic and would flare up at anything.

Flick through [Flick through something].- (insep) (magazine,

book, album, article, channels, cards) When you flick throughsomething, you read or look quickly at the pages of a magazine


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or book. It also means to change repeatedly from one station orchannel to another. Flip through, glance over, leaf through

He flicked through the channels on the TV, hoping for

some news. I was flicking through the channels when I saw her on the

telly. I couldn't believe it.

Flip through [Flip through something].- (insep) The same asflick through.

Flush out [Flush somebody out].- (rebels, resistance, militants,guerrillas, criminals) When you flush somebody out, you forcethem to leave a place.

The Angolan armed forces have recently flushed out the

rebels from the area. In the port of Umm Qasr, to the south, royal marines have

been flashing out the last pockets of resistance.

Fob off[Fob somebody off].- (patient, creditor) When you fobsomebody off, you stop somebody complaining by giving themsilly answers.

I keep ringing them and complaining but they just fob meoff ! They couldnt care less.

Fob off [Fob something off].- (responsibility) When you fobsomething off, you manage to make somebody acceptsomething faulty, worthless or difficult to deal with.

Don't try to fob off your responsibility on others! I don't want to be fobbed off with excuses, I want to know

who is responsible for this problem!

Freak out [Freak out, freak somebody out].- When you freakout, you react in an anxious, excited and wild manner tosomething.

My parents would freak out if I talked to them about this.

Don't freak out and do something stupid every timesomething bad happens.


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Frighten away [Frighten something away].- When you frightensomebody or an animal away, you make them leave using fear.

Scare away, scare off

They feel a refinery would frighten away tourists andpotential tourism investors.

Frighten off.- the same as frighten away.

Fuck about.- (taboo, slang) When you fuck around, you behavein a stupid way which annoys people.

After a ridiculous amount of fucking about and watchingcrap on TV, I eventually persuaded them to leave.

Fuck around.- The same as fuck about.

Fuck off.- (taboo) (insep) When you tell somebody to fuck off,you tell them in a very offensive way to leave you alone.Bugger off, sod off, piss off

He started yelling at me again and then told me to fuckoff.

Fuck up [Fuck something up].- When you fuck something up,you make of mess of it. Balls up, cock up, mess up

Every time we win, we go and fuck up the next match witha stupid result.

Get about, get around, get round.- 1 (insep) When you getround, you go to different places; you travel.

He gets around a lot.

She's getting old; she doesn't get around as much as sheused to.

The Underground is the best way to get around in London.

2 (insep) (news, rumours, gossip, word) When something getsround, it becomes well known; it spreads.

The word got around that she was having an affair.

The rumour got around that he was a drug dealer.

Gossip soon gets around in a small neighbourhood.


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3 (insep) (law, rule, problem) When you get around something,you avoid or escape the effects of something, such as a rule,without breaking it.

It's very difficult to get arond the the tax laws.

They managed to get around the problem in the end.

Get away.-(insep) When you get away, you leave or escape orhave a holiday.

They got away in a stolen car.

It's nice to get away at Easter.

The boy tried to catch to the butterfly but it got away.

Get away with [Get away with something].- (insep) When youget away with something, you are not punished for somethingwrong you have done.

She won't get away with an offensive remark like that.

You won't get away with this.

How did you manage to get away with cheating on yourwife?

She got away with a fine.

Get back.- (insep) When you get back, you return. Comeback

They didn't get back home until 3 o'clock in the morning.

I'll tell her when she gets back.

Get back [Get something back].- When you get somethingback, you recover it. Take back

You shouldn't lend books; you never get them back.

He's started to exercise. He needs to get his strength

back.

Get by.- 1 (insep) When you get by, you manage to dosomething.

When you're a student you have to learn to get by with

very little money. My English is just good enough to get by.


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He doesn't do very well in his exams; he just gets by.

2 (insep) When you get by, you go past.

They moved aside to let the ambulance get by.

There were so many people that I couldn't get by.

Get in [Get in, get in something].- (insep) When you get in orget in a place, you go in there.

Get into the car. We're leaving.

It wasn't until I got into the shop that I realised I hadn't

got enough money on me.

Get into [Get into something].- (insep) (mess, trouble, debt,muddle) When you get into something, you become involved ina difficult situation, often without intending to.

Don't use your credit card too much or you'll get into debt.

He got into trouble with the police because he forgot to

pay for his shopping before he left the shop.

Get off [Get off something].- (insep) (bus, NOT car, train,plane, horse) When you get off a vehicle, you leave it. Jump

off Get on

Just as we got off the bus, it started to rain.

Please do not get off the ride until it has come to acomplete stop.

Get on.- (insep) When you get on or you are getting on, youare old.

I'm getting on a bit now, but I've still got all me faculties.

Get on, get on with [Get on, get on with something].- 1(work) (insep) When you get on or get on with something, youmake progress in it.

How are you getting on with your studies?

After a few problems at first, he's getting on well at hisnew school.

He wasn't an easy man to get on with.


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2 When you get on with something, you continue doing it. Getalong, go on

The best thing to do is get on with your job to the best of

your ability, if you work hard and are efficient it getsnoticed, often by the people who matter.

Get on [Get on something].-(insep) (bus, train, plane, horse)When you get on a vehicle, you take a place in or on it. Get off

The bus was full. We couldn't get on.

As usual I got on the train and travelled all the way toKings Cross.

Get on with [Get on with somebody].- (insep) (neighbours,relatives, friends) When two people get on or you get on withthem, you have a friendly relationship with them. Get alongFall out

Do you get on with your neighbours?

How do you get on with your boss?

Get out.- 1 When you get out, you leave a place or go outside.

A security guard told him to get out. We had to get out of there as quickly as we could.

2 When something gets out, it stops being a secret.

If word gets out, it could ruin her career. When word got out that a huge diamond field had been

found, speculation fever mounted.

Get through.- (insep) When you you get through or you getthrough to somebody, you manage to contact them. Bethrough, come through, put through

I couldn't get through to them on the phone. I spent over

two hours trying so I emailed them the next day.

Get through [Get through, get through something].- (insep)(exam, test, finals) When you get through or get throughsomething, such as a test, you manage to pass it. Scrape

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We're sure that you will get through your exam.

2.- (insep) (cigarettes, beer, money) When you get throughsomething, you use it or spend it.

While we watched the match we got through two largebottles of coke, two hamburgers each and packet of crisps.

He gets through about thirty cigarettes a day.

The average Brit gets through three cups of tea each day,which is 40 per cent of everything he drinks.

Get through to [Get throgh to somebody].- (insep) When youget through to somebody, you manage to make them

understand something.

I had never worked with this age group before and I didn't

know how I would handle them or if I would be able to getthrough to them.

Give away [Give something away].- When you givesomething away, you give it to somebody for free.

He gave away all his money.

I had a lot of books I didn't want to keep so I gave themaway to a friend.

Give in.- (insep) [+ to] When you give in, you admit that youare defeated or cannot do something; you yield.

He's very stubborn. He won't give in no matter how muchyou try to persuade him.

President Mobutu Sese Seko finally gave in to mountingpro-democracy pressure by announcing the end of the one

party state in Zaire.

The government gave in to pressure from the industry.

Give out [Give something out].- (leaflet, food, money,information) When you give something out, you distribute it.Hand out

Give out the questionnaires and ask students to complete

them.


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If your staff spends valuable time giving out directions,business hours and other information, post that data onthe web, and refer your customers to it.

Give up [Give something up].- (chocolate, fatty foods, smoking,hope, job) When you give something up, you stop doing orhaving it; you stop attempting to do it.

My doctor tried to persuade me to give smoking up.

He gave up his job three years ago and started travelingaround the world.

If you want to lose weight you'll have to give up eatingsweets.

Glam up [Glam up, glam yourself up].- When you glam up orglam yourself up, you dress attractively.

Casual dress is fine, although some of the locals do getglammed up.

Gloss over [Gloss over something].- (insep) (failure, issue)When you gloss over something, you try to excuse or not tomention something bad.

He glossed over painful events and painted a positive

picture.

Go about [Go about something].- (insep) (daily routine,business, work) When you go about something, you do it in theusual way or you start doing it.

How did you go about getting this book published?

Go off.- 1 (insep) (alarm, bomb, device, gun) Whensomething goes off, it explodes or is activated.

The powerful device went off just metres from the marketentrance.

Why did the alarm go off like that?

2 When something goes off, it's not good anymore.

Put the milk in the fridge or it will go off.


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This meat smells absolutely revolting. It must have goneoff.

Go off[Go off somebody, go off something].- (insep) When yougo off somebody or something, you stop liking them. Take to

After that traumatic episode we kept a close watch on

Belle but noticed that she had started to go off her food. I liked him at the start, but then went off him rapidly.

Go on.- 1 (insep) When you go on doing something, youcontinue doing doing it. Carry on

He went on speaking for two hours.

The ovation went on for two minutes.

2 (insep) When something goes on, it takes places.

You should have let me know what was going on.

They had the feeling that there was something fishy going

on.

Go on about [Go on about something].- When you go on aboutsomething, you talk continuously about it in a boring and

annoying way.

I'm sorry. You must be bored senseless hearing me goingon about it.

Do you have to keep going on about it?

Goof off.- (insep, AmE) When you goof off, you spend timedoing nothing, esp. avoiding work. Skive off

A new way to goof off at work: when the boss isn'tlooking, employees flock to Internet game sites.

If employees are badly managed or badly motivated,they'll goof off.

Hand in [Hand something in].- (work, essay, assignment,paper, form, application, notice, resignation, petition, keys,money, weapons, tickets) When you hand something in, yougive it to somebody in charge. Give in

The minister handed in his resignation when it was knownthat he was implicated in the scandal.


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The Guerrilla have agreed to hand in their weapons.

You can hand in your homework on Monday.

Hand on [Hand something on].- 1 (custom, story, clothes,

knowledge, responsibility) When you hand something on, yougive it to somebody who is younger or who comes later.

Over the course of time, the story was handed on verbally

from one generation to another, until the time came whenthe people were able to read and write.

2 (photograph, magazine) When you hand something on, yougive it to somebody who is next to you: Hand down, pass on

Hand out [Hand something out].- (leaflets, books, food) Whenyou hand something out, you distribute it. Give out

Mary, could you help me hand out the photocopies,please?

He was handing out free tickets for the concert.

Hand over [Hand something over].- (money, gun, prisoner,control, power, responsibility) When you hand something over,

you it to somebody else so that they take control.

Have things changed since the hand over of sovereigntyfrom the British to Chinese?

Hang about/around.- The same as hang around.

There was a group of young people hanging around on thecorner of the street.

You should allow your son to hang around in the street

after dark.

Hang on.- (insep) When you hang on, you wait. Hold on

Hang on a minute; I need to talk to you. ( on the phone ) I'm afraid he's busy at the moment;

would you like to hang on?

I can't hang on any longer; I'm in a hurry.

Hang up.- (phone) When you hang up, you finish a phoneconversation.


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She hung up on me. Don't hang up; I need to speak to your sister.

Hang up [Hang something up].- (picture, coat) When you hangsomething up, you put it on a wall or hook.

Hang up your coat and come and join us.

Have back [Have somebody back].- When you have somebodyback, they return after having left.

It so nice to have you back, love.

Have back [Have something back].- (money) When you have

something back, somebody gives it back to you. Give back

It seems like a fair deal to me. Anyone who is not happywith that can have their money back.

Idiom > Have your own back: When you have your own back,you get your revenge.

Have on [Have something on].- 1 (clothes) When you havesomething on, you are wearing it.

Can you remember what the suspect had on when he ran

out of the bank

2(radio, TV) When you have something on, it's switched on andyou are using it.

Mama often had the radio on as she did her housework

and almost always sang along.

Have on [Have somebody on].-When you have somebody on,you try to make them believe something that is not true to havea laugh.

Are you having me on?

Head off.- (insep) When you head off somewhere, you go inthat direction.

We said our goodbyes and he headed off in the otherdirection.


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Head off [Head off something].- prevent (criticism, disaster,crisis, threat, quarrel, disagreement) When you head offsomething unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Fendoff, stave off, ward off

The United States proposed a compromise to head off atrade war with the EU.

Hold back [Hold something back].- (emotions, anger,frustration, tears, information, evidence, ideas, crowds, enemy,progress, project) When you hold something back, you control itor keep it secret. Keep back

He pressed his lips together, trying to hold back his

emotions. We are certainly not in any way trying to hold back any

information.

Hold on.- (insep) When you hold on, you wait.

Please hold on a moment.

All our lines are busy, but please hold on.

Hold up [Hold somebody up, hold something up].- 1 (traffic,

bad weather) When something holds somebody or somethingelse up, it delays it.

The march held up traffic in the city centre but there was

no trouble or arrests.

2(bank) When criminals hold up a bank, they rob it.

Armed robbers held up the bank and escaped with

20,000.

Hold up.- When somebody or something holds up, they remainstrong.

She seems to be holding up. I can't believe she's taking itso calmly.

Hurry up.- (insep) When you hurry up, you go faster.

Hurry up! We're going to be late.


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Hush up [Hurry something up].- When you hush something up,you prevent the public from knowing about it. Cover up

While accusations continued that the State Government

was doing everything to hush up the case, the authoritieshave decided not to speak.

Ice up.- (insep) When something ices up, it becomes covered inice so that it doesn't work properly.

Sometimes Atlanta ices up and you don't want to drive ifyou can avoid it.

The river ices up in the winter and public areas areinaccessible after the snow falls.

Iron out [Iron something out].- (problems, difficulties,differences, details, faults, misunderstanding; crease, fold)When you iron something out, you get rid of a problem or findan anwer for it.

They managed to iron out all the problems with the newproduction process.

The system has been tested in the UK for the last 9months to iron out any teething problems.

We still have a long way to go before we iron out all thecurrent financial difficulties.

Invite in [Invite somebody in].- When you invite somebody in,you ask them to come in. Ask in

They were not expecting her but invited her in for a cup oftea and a chat.

Invite out [Invite somebody out].- When you invite somebodyover, you ask them to go with you for a meal, to see a show,etc. Ask out

I invited her out again, and she said she really wanted to

go dancing.

Invite over, invite round [Invite somebody over, invitesomebody round].- When you invite somebody over, you ask

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Do you invite them over for food after the service? The best way to celebrate and thank people is to invite

them round to your place for a party.

Itch for [Itch for something].- (insep) When you itch forsomething, you desperately want to have it or do it. Long for

She's just returned from a hunting trip in the Himalayas,and she's itching for a new challenge.

Jack in [Jack something in].- (job, course, studies) When youjack something in, you stop doing something you don't like.Pack in

He decided to jack in his job and spend more time with hisfamily.

I can't stand it anymore; I'm going to jack it in.

Jack up [Jack something up].- (car) When you jack somethingup, you lift it off the ground using a jack.

He jacked up the car and changed the wheel in no time.

Jam on [Jam on something].- (insep) When you jam the breaks

on, you use them suddenly with a lot of force. Slam on

He jammed on the brakes but it was too late to avoid

hitting the other car.

Jazz up [Jazz something up].- (party, salad) When you jazzsomething up, you make it more interesting or exciting. Livenup

One good way to jazz up your salads is by adding toastednuts.

Pictures can really jazz up the computer's desktop.

Join in.- (insep) (work, applause, celebrations, fun, game,discussion) When you join in, you take part or become involved.

They couldn't wait to join in the fun.

Join up.- (insep) When you join up, you become a member of

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He packed in his job and joined up.

Jot down [Jot something down].- (address, number, message)When you jot something down, you make a quick and short noteof something.

Jot it down before you forget it.

Jumble up.- (insep) (papers, thoughts, ideas, emotions) Whenthings are jumbled up, they are all mixed together. Mix up

Everything gets so jumbled up in my life that I never know

which direction I'm supposed to be going, or why, or whenI'll reach what I'm looking for.

Jump at [Jump at something].- (insep) (chance, offer,opportunity) When you jump at something, you take it quickly.

Leap at

He told the budding actors to jump at every opportunitythey can to perform Shakespeare.

Jump off [Jump off something].- (insep) (bus, train, plane,boat, horse, roof, cliff, bridge) When you jump off a vehicle or a

place, you leave it suddenly by jumping. Get off Jump on

I jumped off the boat onto the dock thinking this would

help and lost my balance, scraping my knees and elbows.It was a terrible experience.

Keep away.- When you keep away from somebody orsomething, you avoid somebody or avoid going somewhere.

Keep away from me!

Keep back [Keep something back].- (emotions, anger, tears,information, evidence, ideas, crowd) When you keep somethingback, you controll it or keep it secret. Hold back

The minister gave a press conference to explain the wholething but we knew he was keeping something back.

Keep down [Keep something down].- (prices, spending, noise,

voice, weight) When you keep something down, you don'tincrease it or you keep it at a low level.


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Keep the noise down; I'm trying to do some work! Keep it down, will you?

How do you expect me to keep prices down when inflationis now running at 5%?

Keep off something [Keep off something].- (insep) (grass, thestreet, alcohol, cigarettes) When you keep off something, youavoid it or you don't touch it.

Keep your hands off me! Try and keep off fatty foods.

Try to keep off the subject; there's no need to hurt herfeelings.

Keep on.- When you keep on doing something, you continuedoing it. Carry on, go on

I said hello but he didn't say anything; he just kept onwatching the television.

Keep on [Keep something on].- When you keep something on,you don't take off; you continue wearing it.

You can keep your hat on!

Keep your coat on; it's a bit cold in here.

Keep on at, keep on about [Keep on at something, keep onabout something].- When you keep on at something, youcontinue talking to somebody or about something in a boring orannoying way.

Do you have to keep on about your daughter the whole

morning? Keep on at her until she tells you.

Keep out [keep out, keep somebody out].- When you keep outor keep somebody out, you stay outside or you preventsomebody or something from entering.

Private property; keep out!

They've put up a fence to keep out intruders.

Keep to [keep to something].- (path, subject, arrangement,routine, plan, rules, regulation, promise, minimum) When you


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keep to something, you do what you are supposed to do. Stickto

I know you don't like the agreement but we have to keep

to it. Keep to the path; it's easy to get lost in that part of the

mountain.

Keep up, keep up with [Keep something up, keep up withsomebody].- (conversation, payments, pace, speed, good work)When you keep something up, you continue doing it or itremains at the same level.

Keep up the good work!

They coach spoke to the players to try and keep theirmorale up.

It's the same story every year; salaries don't keep up withthe cost of living.

You're going too fast; I can't keep up.

Keep up appearences: When you keep up appearences,you try to make people believe that you have a lot of money

and everything is all right when, in fact, that is not true anymore.

Kick in.- (insep) (reality, benefits, recovery) When somethingkicks in, it begins to take effect.

I think reality has just kicked in.

It must be taken for several days before the full effectkicks in.

If the pain kicks in again, you've got the nurse's numberand mine.

Kick off.- (insep) When something kicks off, it starts.

Let's kick off with a little bit of music.

The tour is going to kick off right here in Atlanta, June20th at the Lakewood Amphitheater.

Kit out [Kit somebody out, kit something out].- When kit

somebody out, you get all the clothes or things they need to dosomething.


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We can go to Oxford Street and get ourselves kitted out.

Knock off.- 1 (insep) When you knock off, you finish work.

Yesterday afternoon the guys decided to just knock offearly and go bowling.

2(pounds) When you knock a particular ammount of money offa price, you reduce it.

I managed to get them to knock $300 off the price.

Lag behind .- When you lag behind, you move more slowlythan others.

We seem to be lagging behind the rest of the country inthese new initiatives.

Women's wages still lag behind.

Lash out [Lash out, lash out at somebody].- Criticize Whenyou lash out or lash out at somebody, you criticize or speak tothem angrily. Hit out

He lashed out at those making accusations against him.

I started to get really angry and started lashing out atpeople.

Lap up [Lap something up].- Accept (attention, admiration,information, praise) When you lap something up, you believe oraccept it with great pleasure.

They lapped up all his lies.

He told them the most ridiculous story I've ever heard butthey lapped it up.

Lay down [Lay something down].- (the law, rules, conditions,price limits, speed limits, arms) When you lay something down,you establish what must be done.

The Directives lay down the hygiene conditions under

which wild game meat is to be obtained, processed andinspected, in order to prevent food poisoning.

Lay off [Lay somebody off].- Sack (workers, staff, men,employees) When you lay somebody off, you tell a worker to


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leave their job because there is no work for them to doanymore.

The company is not doing well. We may have to lay some

of our staff off. Larger companies are finding they have to lay off workers

to meet their profit levels.

They will have to lay off some of their staff.

Let down [Let somebody down].- Disappoint When you letsomebody down, you disappoint them.

You can rely on me; I'll never let you down.

We're relying on you to do it. You won't let us down, willyou?

Let down [Let something down].- (bucket, rope, plane, tyre,balloon) When you let something down, you lower it or deflateit.

Hang on! I'll let down a rope so that you can come up.

Let your hair down: When you let you hair down, you

relax and enjoy yourself freely.

Let in [Let somebody in].- When you let somebody in, youallow them to come into a place.

Her father let me in.

Let yourself in!

Lock the door and don't let anyone in.

Let off [Let somebody off].- When you let somebody off, yougive them a light punishment or no punishment at all.

He was let off lightly.

She was let off with only a reprimand.

I'll let you off this time if you promise not to do it again.

He was lucky to be let off with only a warning.

She was let off with a fine.


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Let off [Let something off].- (gun, rifle, bomb, fireworks,cracker, rocket, steam) When you let something off, you fire ormake something explode. Go off

They let off some fireworks to celebrate the occasion.

Let on [Let something on].- (secret) When you let somethingon, you reveal a secret.

I'm going to have a baby, but please don't let on, will you

She let on that her husomebodyand was in trouble with

the police.

Don't let on about this. It must remain a secret.

Let out [Let somebody out, let something out].- 1 ReleaseWhen you let somebody or something out, you release them;you allow them to leave a place, usually by unlocking the door.

They're letting him out because he's been a modelprisoner.

Did you let the dog out?

2 (scream, yell, sigh, cry, gasp) When you let something out,

you make a loud sound.

She let out a sigh of relief when she heard the news.

3 (dress, skirt, trousers) When you let clothes out, you makeclothes wider.

This skirt is too tight. I'll have to let it out at the waist.

4(room, house) When you let a place out, you rent it.

She lets out rooms to students.

Light up.- When you light up, you start smoking.

Lighting up is increasingly regarded as an antisocialactivity.

Light something up.- When something lights something elseup, it makes bright or full of light.


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Fireworks lit up the sky in the middle of the event, whichgave the night a special touch.

Line up [Line somebody up, line something up].- When you linesomebody or things up, you put people or things in a row.

Could you line up according to your age? The oldest should

stand at the front, and the youngest at the back.

Live something down [Live something down].- When you livesomething down, you try to behave in such a way that peopleforget about some unpleasant thing you did in the past.

Jake has spent his life trying to live down his father's

reputation.

Live in.- (insep) When you live in, you live in the same placeyou work or study.

Live-in nanny needed for family with 15 month old girl andnewborn due in February.

Liven up [Liven something up].- (party, flat, kitchen, meeting)When you liven something up, you make it more interesting or

exciting. Jazz up

This party is a bit boring. But don't worry! It'll soon liven

up once everyone has had a drink or two!

Live up to [Live up to something] .- (expectations, reputation,name, principles, promises, ideals) When you live up tosomething, you are or you do what people expect. Match up to

The Government has failed to live up to its promises.

I'm just dying to know if he lives up to his reputation.

I think the movie was quite good although it didn't live up

to my expectations.

Log off[Log off, Log off something].- When you log off or logoff something, you exit a computer system.

Before you log off, close any programs and documents youhave open, ensuring that you save any changes you make.


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Log on [Log on, Log on to something].- When you log on orlog on to something, you enter a computer system.

When I logged on, I was asked to change my password.

Look after [Look after somebody].- (insep) (children, baby,patient) When you look after somebody, you take care of them.

The nurses in this hospital are great. They really look after

their patients. One of the most difficult jobs in the world is looking after a

new baby.

Look round, look around.- When you look round, you turn to

look at something behind you or look in different differections.

She looked around and saw him.

I looked around the place but I didn't see it.

Look round, look around [Look round something, look aroundsomething].- 1 When you look round a place, you visit it.

We can look around the castle later.

2 (job, flat) When you look round for something, you go todifferent places looking for it.

Have you started looking arond for a job.

Look back.- When you look back, you try to remember thepast.

That was ten years ago and we'ver never looked back.

Look for [Look for somebody, look for something].- (insep)When you look for somebody, you try to find them.

I'm looking for my keys. Have you seen them?

Look foward to [Look forward to something].- (insep) Whenyou look foward to something, you can't wait for it to happenbecause you know you will enjoy it.

I'm looking forward to the concert.


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Look up.- (things, business, trade) When something is lookingup, it's improving.

I'm so glad that things are all looking up for you.

Look up [Look somebody up].- When you look somebody up,you contact them and pay them a visit after not having seenthem for some time or because you happen to be where theylive.

Do look up and see us next time you are in the area.

Look me up next time you are in town.

Look something up [Look something up].- (word, number,

information, time) When you look something up, you find theinformation in a dictionary or reference book.

Can you look up this word in the dictionary?

We looked it up in our records but we weren't able to findwhere the ship was built.

Look up to [Look up to somebody].- When you look you tosomebody, you admire and respect them.

When I was a child I always looked up to mygrandparents, who were wonderful people.

Lump together [Lump something together].- When you lumpthings together, you put them in one group or treat them in thesame way.

Sudan was created by lumping together different desertnations.

Make after [Make after somebody].- (insep) When you makeafter somebody or an animal, you chase them.

They made after him but couldn't catch him.

The dog made after the cat but it managed to escape byclimbing a tree.

Make away.- (insep) When criminals make away, they escape.Make off

They managed to make away after all.


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Make away with [Make away with something].-(insep)(jewels, money) When criminals make away withsomething, they steal it and take it away. Make off with

They made away with the stolen jewels.

Make for.- 1 (insep) When you make for a place, you movetowards a place, usu. in a hurry. Head for

They made for the door.

He made for the toilet as soon as we got home.

2 (insep) When something makes for something else, itproduces or contributes to it in some way.

The minister's speech makes for greater optimism.

His constant lies don't make for a good relationship.

His brilliant explanation makes for a better understandingof the whole issue.

Make into [Make into something].- When you make somethinginto something else, you change it into something else. Turninto

The idea is to make the building into flats.

Make off.- (insep) When you make off, you leave a place in ahurry.

Overpowering the guard, the thief made off with the

money and the guard's gun.

Make out.- (insep) When you make out something, you

pretend something is true.

He made out he was an expert in the field but it was clearhe didn't know what he was talking about.

Make out [Make something out].- 1 When you make somethingout, you manage to understand or see it.

I couldn't quite make out the writing on the package.

2 (cheque, bill, tax return, shopping list) When you makesomething out out, you write or complete it. Write out


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Please make out the cheque to CMM Intelligence Ltd.

Make up [Make something up].- When you make something up,you invent it.

The story she told you wasn't true. She just made it up.

Measure up to [Measure up to something].- (insep) (standard,description, expectations, responsibilities) When somebody orsomething measures up to something, they reach or fulfillsomething or are as good as something else.

Never mind that he won the Pulitzer and the Nobel. He justdoesn't measure up to the giants of his time - Faulkner,

Hemingway and Fitzgerald.

Mess about.- (insep) When you mess about, you waste yourtime doing something silly or not doing anything at all. muckabout

It was bliss just messing about, eating, exploring and,most important of all, talking.

Mess up [Mess up, mess something up].- (insep) When you

mess something up, you do it badly or break it.

It was so bad that, when the surgeon admitted he'd

messed up on my nose and wanted to fix it again, I saidno way.

Mix up [Mix somebody up].- When you mix somebody up withsomebody else, you mix their identities. Mix up, muddle up,

jumble up

Unfortunately, the bank had mixed him up with anothercustomer who had the same surname and initials.

Mix up [Mix something up].- 1 When you mix things up, youconfuse them. Muddle up

I was supposed to see my counselor on Saturday, but I

mixed up the times and its actually this coming Saturday.

2 When you mix things up, you, mix them together.


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First, you should mix up a little packet of yeast with onecup of warm water.

Move away.- (insep) When you move away, you leave a placeto live somewhere else.

I had a crush on her, but she moved away during the

semester and I never got to see her ever again.

Move in.- (insep) When you move in, you start living in a newhouse.

There had been reports they had moved in together, but itisn't true.

I was dreading telling my dad I was moving in with Paul.

You can move in when you've paid the deposit.

Move on.- (insep) When you move on, you leave somethingbehind or stop doing something and so something else instead.

Come on, it's all history now. It's time we all moved on.

Lee has now moved on to work for a small tech companythat makes routers or something like that.

Move out.- (insep) When you move out, you stop living in aparticular place and start living somewhere else.

He used to share a flat with Bill but they argued a lot so he

moved out. She lost contact with her childhood friends when she

moved out of the area.

Muck about.- (insep) When you muck about, you waste your

time doing something silly or not doing anything at all. muckabout

Since I spend all day in work doing serious stuff withcomputers it's a joy to just muck about when at home.

Muck in.- (insep) When you muck in, you give a hand.

Prince William is reaching the end of 10 weeks of voluntarywork in remote Patagonia, earning the respect of his peersby mucking in with the rest.


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Muddle up [Muddle something up].- When you muddlesomething or somebody up, you confuse them. Mix up

We got muddled up between you and your twin sister and

did not realise we'd made a mistake until it was too late.

Mull over [Mull something over].- (decision, things, question,suggestion, issue) When you mull something over, you thinkabout it or discuss it very carefully. Chew over, think over

Company executives are mulling over what to do with thecontaminated building.

Naff off.- (slang) When you tell somebody to naff off, you tell

them to go away, usu. because you're angry. Fuck off, piss off

She told them to naff off. He wished people would just naff off and leave him alone.

Nail down [Nail somebody down].- (answer, date, time, price)When you nail somebody down, you force them to state theirintentions clearly. Peg down, pin down

I couldn't nail her down to an exact date.

Try and nail them down to a price.

He's definitely coming but I couldn't nail him down to aspecific time.

Narrow down [Narrow something down].- (list, number,choice, possibilities, search) When you narrow something down,you reduce it or limit it in some way.

They've narrowed down the list of candidates. They narrowed the number of suspects down to three.

Nip in.- (insep) When you nip in, you go into a place quickly orfor a short time. Nip out

She nipped in and said hello.

Nip off.- (insep) When you nip off, you go somewhere quicklyor for a short time.

I'll just nip off to the shops.


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Nip out.- The same as nip off

Nod off.- (insep) When you nod off, you fall asleepunintentionally. Doze off, drop off

She nodded off in front of the TV.

He was embarrased because he nodded off in the middle

of the film.

Nose about, nose around, nose into.- (insep) When younose into something, you try to find out things about otherpeople's affairs.

What are you nosing about here for ?

I wish you'd stop nosing into other people's business.

Notch up [notch something up].- (victory, sale, record sales,contract) When you notch something up, you achievesomething.

Yahoo.co.uk notched up almost 3.4 million weekly uniquevisitors during July.

The band notched up another UK Number 1 single withtheir version of the classic Bangles song.

Nose out [Nose something out].- When you nose somethingout, you discover it by searching carefully.

His job is to nose out unpleasant facts about importantpoliticians.

He managed to nose out some important facts.

Note down [Note something down].- (address, number,message) When you note something down, you write it down.Jot something down, take something down, write somethingdown

Note down his address.

Ooze out.- (insep) (gas, smoke, blood, tears) When somethingoozes out, it appears or leaks; it flows slowly.

Blood was oozing out from the wound.


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Open out.- 1 (insep) When something opens out, it spreads; itbecomes wider; it unfolds.

Open out the discussion so that students can contribute to

the discussion using personal experience.

Open up [Open something up].- When you open up or opensomething up, you open it.

Police! Open up!

They're opening up new stores in many parts of the

country.

Opt in.- (insep) When you opt in, you choose to join something.

Opt out

Customers can opt in to the programme at a level thatsuits them.

Opt out.- (insep) When you opt out, you choose to leave asystem or operate independently. Opt in

The contract allowed him to opt out after two years

Order about, order around [Order somebody about, ordersomebody around].- When you order somebody about, you givethem too many orders in an unpleasant way.

What really gets me is the way he thinks he can order meabout.

Order in [Order somebody in].- When you order somebody in,you order them to enter a place. Order out

The army was ordered in to disperse the demonstrators.

Order off [Order somebody off].- When a referee or

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