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Phrasal Verb
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Meaning (Most Common)
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Aim At
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To point a weapon at someone or something.
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Ask For
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To request something.
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Ask Out
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When you ask someone to go with you to a certain place or for a
special occasion, to spend time together and have fun. If one or both parties
involved are interested in a romantic way, then it is considered a date.
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Back Down
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To withdraw your position in a fight, argument, plan, etc.
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Back Off
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When you leave an emotional situation, or to allow someone to
handle something alone.
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Back Up
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To walk or drive a vehicle backwards.
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Beat Up
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When someone punches, kicks, or hits someone repeatedly using
fists or with an object.
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Beef Up
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To make changes or an improvement.
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Believe In
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To feel confident about something or someone.
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Bite Off
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To use your teeth to bite a piece of something.
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Blow Away
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When the wind moves an object or person from where it was.
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Blow Off
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When the wind removes something from its place.
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Blow Out
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To extinguish or make a flame stop burning.
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Blow Up
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To make something explode.
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Boil Down To
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To have determined or analyzed the solution or reason for
something.
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Break Down
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When someone loses self-control and is emotionally and/or
mentally agitated. This meaning has a noun form for a situation where someone
loses self-control.
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Break In
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To enter a place illegally and with the use of force.
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Break Off
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To remove a part of something with force.
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Break Out
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To escape from a place, situation or way of life.
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Break Through
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To make a way through a barrier or a surface.
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Break Up
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To stop a fight.
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Bring Back
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To return something you’ve borrowed.
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Bring Over
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To bring someone or something from one place or area to another.
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Bring Up
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To bring something from a lower level/place to a higher
level/place.
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Brush Off
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To remove something(dust particle, insect, etc) with your hand.
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Brush Up
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To practice and review your knowledge or a skill that you
haven’t used in a while.
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Build In/Into
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To add a fixture or component to a certain area or place through
construction.
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Bump Into
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When you meet people by accident or unexpectedly.
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Burn Down
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When someone uses fire to destroy a structure.
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Burn Out
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When a candle stops burning because there is nothing left to
burn.
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Burn Up
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To destroy something with heat or fire.
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Burst Out
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To suddenly do or say something.
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Butt In
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To interrupt a conversation or activity.
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Call Back
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To call someone again.
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Call In
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To request that someone come and help.
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Call Off
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To cancel an event that has been previously planned.
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Call Up
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To be chosen to take part in a military mission.
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Calm Down
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To become less violent, nervous, excited or angry.
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Care For
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To nurture or take care of someone or something.
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Carry Away
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To do something out of the ordinary due to strong emotions.
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Carry On
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To continue doing something or to continue on in life despite an
obstacle.
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Carry Out
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To move something or someone from one place to another using
your arms or an object.
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Catch On
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To understand or realize something.
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Catch Up
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To move faster to reach someone or something that is ahead of
you.
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Cheat On
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When you are emotionally and/or sexually unfaithful to your
girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse.
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Check In
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To register at a hotel or airport upon arrival.
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Check Out
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To leave a hotel or other form of an accommodation after your
stay there.
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Chicken Out
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To refrain from doing something because of fear.
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Chop Up
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To cut something into pieces with a knife.
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Clean Out
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To clean or clear the inside of something thoroughly.
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Clear Out
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To remove things completely from an area or place.
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Clear Up
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To do something to solve a problem or a misunderstanding.
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Clog Up
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When something in a drain or valve prevents the flow of water or
other liquids
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Close Down
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When the activities or services of a business permanently end.
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Close Off
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To block an entrance or pathway.
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Come About
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When something happens or occurs.
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Come Across
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The way other people perceive something or someone.
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Come Apart
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When something breaks or separates piece by piece.
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Come Back
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To return to a place.
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Come Down
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To move from a higher to a lower position or from north to
south.
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Come Down To
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When a situation is reduced to a certain outcome.
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Come Down With
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When you start to experience the symptoms of a disease or
illness.
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Come In
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When someone or something enters a place, building, or room.
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Come Off
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When something is removed or breaks off from where it was
originally attached to.
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Come On
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To appear on television or be heard on the radio.
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Come Out
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To leave a place.
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Come Over
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To make a visit.
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Come Through
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When someone or something expected arrives.
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Come Up
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When something appears or happens, either expected or
unexpected.
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Come Up With
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When you think of a solution, idea, plan, or excuse.
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Con Into
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To persuade someone to do something through lies and deception.
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Con Out Of
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To persuade someone to give or do something through lies and
deception.
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Cool Off
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To lose temperature.
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Count On
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To rely on someone for support when you need it most.
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Count Up
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To count all of something or people in a group.
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Cover Up
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To use something to conceal something else.
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Crack Down
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To take more action than usual against wrongdoing.
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Cross Off
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To remove or delete someone or something from a list.
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Cut Back
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When you spend less money on something.
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Cut Down
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To do less of something or to use something in smaller amounts.
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Cut Off
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To completely remove or separate a part of something by cutting
it with something sharp like a knife or a pair of scissors, etc.
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Cut Out
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To remove something using a knife or a pair of scissors.
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Cut Up
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When you use a knife or scissors to cut something into several
pieces.
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Deal With
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When you do everything you must do to solve a problem or
complete.
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Do Away With
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To dispose of something.
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Do Over
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To do something again in order to improve or correct mistakes.
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Do With
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To make a connection between two or more things.
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Do Without
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To manage well without something or someone.
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Doze Off
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To go to sleep unintentionally.
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Dress Up
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To wear formal clothes, or a costume for a special occasion.
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Drop In
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To visit someone unexpectedly or without making arrangements
first.
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Drop Off
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To gradually decline/become less.
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Drop Out
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To quit a school program or training course.
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Dry Off
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To dry something or a surface quickly.
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Dry Out
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To remove water or other liquid from a container.
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Dry Up
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When all the liquid and/or moisture evaporates.
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Eat Up
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When someone consumes all their food.
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Empty Out
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To remove everyone or everything from a space.
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End Up
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The end result of something planned or unplanned.
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Fall Apart
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When something breaks all at once or piece by piece.
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Fall Behind
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To move slower than others.
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Fall Down
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To fall to the ground.
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Fall For
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When you have an intense attraction to something or someone.
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Fall Off
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When something drops to a lower level.
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Fall Out
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To fall from or through something.
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Fall Over
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When someone or something falls from an upright position to the
ground.
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Fall Through
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If things do not go as planned, or if a plan, deal or agreement
fails.
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Feel Up To
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When you have/don’t have the energy and confidence to do
something.
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Fight Back
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When you defend yourself/resist an attack, or make an effort
against an opponent in a competition.
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Figure On
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To expect or plan for something.
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Fill In
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To add personal information in the blank spaces of an official
document.
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Fill Out
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To complete a form.
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Fill Up
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To fill something completely.
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Find Out
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To become aware of something or someone.
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Fix Up
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To make plans or arrangements with someone or for others.
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Flip Out
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To become very mad or lose control over your emotions.
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Float Around
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When an object or a person is near, but you cannot pinpoint the
exact location.
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Follow Up
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To find out more about something, or take further action in
regards to it.
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Fool Around
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To waste time doing unimportant or silly things.
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Freak Out
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When someone becomes irrationally upset or angry, sometimes to
the point of confusion.
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Get Ahead
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To become successful in the professional environment or make
consistent progress in life.
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Get Along
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To have good interactions with others.
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Get Around To
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To do something that needed to get done at an earlier time.
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Get Away
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To escape from something.
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Get Back
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To return to a place.
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Get Back At
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To get revenge.
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Get Back To
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When you talk to someone at a later time either because you are
busy or you have obtained additional or new information.
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Get Behind
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To learn, work, or progress more slowly than others.
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Get By
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To pass someone or something.
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Get Down
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To move to a lower place or level.
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Get In
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To arrive or enter a place, room, building, etc.
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Get Off
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To leave a form of transportation, except a car.
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Get Off On
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To be excited or to truly enjoy doing something.
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Get On
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When you move your body and either stand, sit, lie, kneel, etc.
towards something (non-separable).
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Get Out
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To leave or escape.
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Get Out Of
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To receive a benefit and/or satisfaction from doing something.
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Get Over
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To move past an obstacle to the other side.
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Get Over With
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To finish something that needs to get done.
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Get Through
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When a message, meaning, or idea is understood or accepted.
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Get To
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To arrive to or assist someone to a place.
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Get Together
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To meet and spend time together.
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Get Up
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To move to a higher level/position.
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Give Away
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To give something for free or without expecting anything in
return.
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Give In
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To surrender to something.
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Give Out
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To distribute something.
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Give Up
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To stop doing something without completing it.
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Go About
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To take the necessary steps to get something done.
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Go After
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When you do your best to get something no matter how difficult
it is.
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Go Ahead
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To proceed to do something that you were hesitant about.
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Go Along With
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to accept or agree with a decision, rule, opinion, etc.
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Go Around
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To follow a circular path.
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Go Away
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To move or travel from one place to another place.
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Go Back
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To return to a place, time, activity, or a person.
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Go Back On
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When you fail to fulfill a promise you made to someone.
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Go Beyond
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To be more than or better than what is normal or expected.
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Go By
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To pass someone or something quickly.
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Go Down
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To move to a lower position, place, price, level, etc.
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Go For
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To try to obtain.
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Go In
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To enter a place, building, room, etc.
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Go In For
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To enter a place or area for a specific reason.
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Go In/Into
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To enter a place, room, building, etc. usually through a door.
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Go Off
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To leave unannounced.
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Go On
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When something takes place.
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Go Out
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To leave a place or area you’re in.
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Go Over
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To review something.
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Go Through With
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When you make a decision to do something, and actually do it.
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Go Up
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To move or extend to a higher level or farther North.
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Go With
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To accompany someone to a place.
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Goof Around
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To waste time doing silly or unimportant things.
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Gross Out
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To be disgusted with someone or something.
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Grow Out Of
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To become too big or too tall for your clothes.
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Grow Up
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When you physically change from a child to an adult.
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Hand Back
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When you return something to the person who owns it after the
person has given it to you
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Hand In
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To give something to a person of authority.
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Hand Out
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To distribute something free to other people.
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Hand Over
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To give upon request or demand.
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Hang Around
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To spend time in a place or an area.
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Hang On
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When you hold something, often for support of comfort.
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Hang Out
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To hang something, usually wet clothes, to dry.
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Hang Up
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To hang clothes or an object on a hook, hanger or rod.
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Have On
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To wear clothing, cosmetics, perfume, etc.
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Head Back
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To go to a place where you’ve been before or where you started
from.
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Head For
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When a situation becomes more likely.
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Head Toward
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To move in the direction where someone or something is.
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Hear About
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When you learn details about something or someone.
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Hear Of
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When you learn about something or someone.
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Heat Up
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To make something warmer or cause a rise in temperature.
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Help Out
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To assist people with something.
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Hit On
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To suddenly have a solution to a problem or an interesting idea.
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Hold Against
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When you don’t forgive or have little respect for someone
because of something they did.
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Hold Off
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To delay something.
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Hold On
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When you wait for a short time.
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Hold Out
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To extend your hand or an object in front of you.
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Hold Up
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To hold someone or something up in the air.
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Hook Up
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When you connect two electrical devices together.
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Hurry Up
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To do something quickly.
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Keep At
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To continue doing an activity even though it may be difficult.
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Keep Away
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To avoid getting close to someone or something.
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Keep Down
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To make sound, music and noise minimal.
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Keep From
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To stop yourself or other people from doing something.
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Keep Off
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To avoid discussing a particular subject or topic.
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Keep On
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To continue doing something.
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Keep To
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When you don’t share information.
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Keep Up
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To continue to do something.
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Kick Back
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To illegally pay extra money to someone as part of the price.
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Kick Out
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To force someone to leave an organization or place.
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Knock Off
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To use force to cause someone or something to fall from its
place, whether intentionally or accidentally.
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Knock Out
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When someone is struck hard enough to cause them to lose
consciousness.
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Knock Over
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To make contact with something or someone in such a way it or
they fall.
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Know About
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To have knowledge of or be familiar with something.
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Lay Down
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To place something on a surface or an object.
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Lay Off
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When a company or business ends a worker’s employment.
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Lead Up To
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When a period of time or a series of events cause an event,
situation or conversation to happen.
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Leave Behind
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When you don’t take something or someone with you when you
leave.
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Leave Off
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To accidentally or intentionally not include a person or thing
on a list.
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Leave Out
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To not include someone or something.
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Leave Over
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When you have a portion that still remains from something after
you have used or eaten the rest of it.
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Let Down
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To disappoint someone.
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Let In
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To allow someone or something to enter a place.
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Let Off
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To allow someone to leave a car, bus, train etc.
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Let On
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To tell something that is a secret or private.
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Let Out
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When you give permission for someone to leave or be released
from a place.
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Let Up
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When someone or something becomes less intense or strong.
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Lie Around
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To be lazy or to not do anything.
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Lift Up
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To raise someone or something to a higher level.
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Light Up
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To illuminate something.
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Lighten Up
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When a conversation is changed or a person changes to become
less serious.
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Line Up
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To form in a row one after another or side-by-side.
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Live With
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To share the same residence.
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Lock In
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To secure people or things behind a closed door.
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Lock Out
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When you don’t have the key or passcode to enter a secured
place.
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Lock Up
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When you shut the windows and doors of a place or building.
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Look Around
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To turn your head to see what or who is around you.
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Look At
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To divert your eyes to someone or something.
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Look Down On
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When you consider someone or something as unimportant or with
little to no value. The opposite of yesterday’s phrasal verb.
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Look Forward To
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To anticipate a future event because it either makes you happy
and/or you benefit from it.
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Look Into
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To investigate or get more facts about something.
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Look Out
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To remain alert.
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Look Over
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To examine or inspect something or someone.
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Look Up
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When a situation becomes better.
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Look Up To
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This particular phrasal verb is used to say you view someone
with respect and/or admiration.
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Luck Out
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To have exceptionally good luck.
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Make For
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To go in a certain direction, typically in a hurry.
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Make Of
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To understand the meaning of something.
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Make Up
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To invent a story.
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Mess Up
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When something is dirty or unorganized.
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Mix Up
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To put or combine different things together so they’ll merge
successfully.
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Monkey Around With
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To try to play with or repair a device that you have no true
knowledge about.
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Move In
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When you bring your personal belongings and stuff to a new place
where you will live. Yesterday’s phrasal verb, Move Out, has the opposite
meaning.
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Move Out
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When you permanently remove all your belongings and personal
items from a place where you live or stay.
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Narrow Down
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To reduce the number of options or possibilities.
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Pay Back
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When you return money that you owe someone.
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Pay For
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To purchase merchandise.
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Pay Off
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To repay money that is owed to a person or entity.
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Pay Up
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To pay all the money that is owed or asked for.
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Pick On
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To tease and/or criticize someone over a period of time.
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Pick Out
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When you are able to recognize something or someone from a
group.
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Pick Up
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To get someone or something from somewhere.
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Pile Up
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To put things in a pile or heap.
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Piss Off
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[Informal] To be angry about something.
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Plan Ahead
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To prepare for a future event or situation.
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Plan For
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To prepare for a big event or expectation in the future.
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Plan On
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When you have the intention to do something.
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Plug In
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To connect an electrical device to an electrical outlet.
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Plug In/Into
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To connect an electrical appliance/machine to another piece of
equipment or to a power source.
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Plug Up
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To block a narrow passage such as a hole, drain, or pipe so that
nothing can flow through.
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Point Out
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To make someone aware of something.
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Point To
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When you aim at something or someone using your finger or hand.
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Print Out
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To produce a hard copy of a computer document.
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Pull Off
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To succeed in doing something difficult or tricky.
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Pull Out
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When something or someone leaves a place.
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Pull Over
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To drive your vehicle to the side of the road to stop.
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Pull Through
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To recover from an injury or illness.
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Punch In
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To enter data or record time on a device.
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Punch Out
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To record the time you leave the workplace using a special
clock.
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Put Away
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To place something where it cannot be seen or isn’t in the way
of other things.
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Put Back
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When something is causing a project to slow down.
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Put Down
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To place something on a surface or an object.
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Put In
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When you invest or make a deposit. In this example, the amount
almost always separates the verb.
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Put Off
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To become offended by someone or something.
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Put Out
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To extend a part of your body.
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Put Past
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To not be surprised by a person’s actions. [Always used with the
negative]
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Put To
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To cause someone or something to be in a certain state or to do
something extra.
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Put Together
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To assemble or connect the parts of something.
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Put Up
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To move an object to a higher level.
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Put Up To
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To encourage or persuade someone to do something.
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Put Up With
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To tolerate or accept something that you’d rather not.
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Ring Up
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To call someone on the phone.
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Rip Off
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When someone asks for a price for something that is too high,
when someone cheats or steals.
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Rip Up
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To tear something (i.e. paper, cloth, etc.) into pieces.
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Rule Out
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When someone or something is excluded as a possibility.
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Run Across
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To move or run from one side to the other.
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Run Around
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To go from one place to another in a hurry.
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Run Down
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To hit someone or something with a vehicle.
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Run Into
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When something collides with another object by accident.
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Run Out
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When people exit a place very quickly. Run In/ Run Into is the
opposite of this meaning.
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Run Over
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When someone is injured or killed by a vehicle.
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Run Up
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To run from a lower elevation or level to a higher elevation or
level.
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Screw On
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To ensure the top of a container/bottle is sealed.
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Screw Out Of
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To cheat or deceive someone.
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Screw Up
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To make a mistake or do something really bad.
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See About
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To seriously think about doing something.
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Sell Out
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When all the inventory of a particular product has been
purchased.
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Set Up
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To organize or plan for an activity/event to happen.
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Settle Down
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To begin living a stable and routine life.
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Settle For
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To accept something even though it’s not what you want or need.
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Shake Up
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To mix something in a container by shaking it.
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Show Off
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To overly display your skills or what you have.
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Shut Off
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To stop the operation of an electrical or mechanical device.
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Shut Up
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To stop talking.
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Sign In
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To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time you
arrived at a certain place.
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Sign Out
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To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time of
your departure.
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Sit Down
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To change from a standing to a sitting position.
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Slow Down
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To do something slower.
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Sneak In/Into
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To enter a place quietly to avoid being seen or heard.
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Sneak Out
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To leave a place without being noticed.
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Sort Out
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To arrange or separate things into groups according to
similarities.
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Space Out
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When someone’s attention is not in the present moment. [Adj.]
{spaced out} To describe a person whose attention isn’t in the present
moment.
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Stand Around
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To stand in one place or area when you should be doing
something.
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Stand For
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To support or represent an idea, belief, etc.
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Stand Up
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To rise from sitting or lying down to a vertical position.
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Start Off
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The beginning of an event, activity or time period.
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Start Out
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To begin a trip or venture to some place.
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Start Up
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To start something.
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Stay Off
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To avoid discussing a certain subject or topic.
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Stay Out
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To spend time out of your own home.
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Stay Up
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To remain in a place that is higher than ground level.
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Step On
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To place your foot on something or someone.
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Stick Around
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To stay in a place or with someone for any period of time.
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Stick Out
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To extend something outward.
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Stick To
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When something is attached to another by some form of adhesive.
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Stick Up
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To use a weapon, especially a gun, to rob someone.
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Stick With
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To continue to use or do something.
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Stop Off
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To make a quick stop on your way to a destination.
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Stop Over
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To visit someone for a short period of time.
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Straighten Out
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To make something straight.
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Stress Out
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To feel very worried, nervous or anxious.
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Switch Off
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When you move something from the ‘on’ state to the ‘off’ state.
Synonymous with “Turn Off.” Yesterday’s “Switch On” is the opposite.
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Switch On
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When you move something from the ‘off’ state to the ‘on’ state.
Synonymous with “Turn On,” while “Switch Off” is the opposite.
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Take Apart
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To disconnect or separate the parts of an object.
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Take Back
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To return something or someone.
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Take In
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To be successfully tricked or deceived by someone.
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Take Out
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To remove an object from an area, place or container.
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Take Out On
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To direct your anger towards someone or something when you’re
really upset about someone or something else.
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Take Up On
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When you accept an invitation or offer from someone.
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Talk Down To
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To talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you by
conveying a tone of voice or attitude that says so.
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Talk Into
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To convince someone to do something.
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Talk Out Of
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To convince someone not to do something.
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Talk To
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To have a conversation with someone.
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Tear Down
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To deconstruct a building or home.
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Tear Off
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To remove with force.
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Tell Apart
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To be able to differentiate something or someone from something
or someone else.
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Tell On
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To inform an authoritative figure about what someone else did.
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Think About
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To consider something prior to making a final decision.
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Think Ahead
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To think and plan carefully for a future situation or event.
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Think Up
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To use your imagination to create a plan, idea, or a solution.
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Throw Away
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To dispose of something you no longer find useful in a waste
bin, trash, etc.
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Throw Out
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When you get rid of something by putting it in a trash can, bin,
etc.
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Throw Up
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To vomit or puke.
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Track Down
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To locate someone or something after a long search
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Trade In
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To exchange something old for something new.
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Trick Into
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To convince or persuade someone to believe something untrue or
to do something for you.
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Try On
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To see how something fits or looks before purchasing.
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Try Out
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To show that you are qualified to do something.
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Turn Around
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When someone or something moves until it faces the opposite
direction.
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Turn Down
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To decrease the temperature, sound, etc.
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Turn In
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To give someone or something to the police or someone of
authority.
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Turn Into
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To transform.
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Turn Off
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To stop a device from functioning.
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Turn On
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To cause someone to feel interested and/or attracted.
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Turn Out
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To attend an event, meeting, etc.
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Turn Over
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To move an object so that the part that is on top becomes the
bottom and vice versa.
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Turn Up
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To increase the controls of an electronic or mechanical device.
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Use Up
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To completely consume or use all of a supply.
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Wake Up
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When you are finished sleeping.
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Wash Off
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To remove dirt or unwanted markings with soap and water.
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Wash Up
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To clean your face, hands, body, etc.
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Watch Out
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To be aware of someone or something.
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Wear Down
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To make the surface or top of something disappear due to
friction.
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Wear Off
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To decrease or disappear gradually.
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Wear Out
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When something is damaged or weakened from use and age.
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Wind Up
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To operate a mechanical device by turning its handle.
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Wipe Off
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To completely remove or clean something from a surface or
location.
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Wipe Out
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To clean the inside of something.
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Wipe Up
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To remove liquid from a surface using a sponge, towel or cloth,
etc.
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Work In
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To make time in a busy schedule for a person or an activity.
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Work Out
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When a situation, event, plan, or idea is successful.
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Work Up
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To gradually improve at or make progress in something.
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Wrap Up
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To cover something with some kind of special paper.
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Zip Up
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To close an item that has a zipper.
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