Verb ask around

Meaning ask many people the same question equal support

Example I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet. Your purchases add up to $205.32. My wife backed me up o er my decision to quit my !ob. #he racin$ car blew up after it crashed into the fence. %e ha e to blow 50 balloons up for the party. )ur car broke down at the side of the hi$hway in the snowstorm. #he woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died. *omebody broke in last ni$ht and stole our stereo. #he firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. #he #+ station broke

add up to something back someone up

blow up

e"plode

blow something up

add air

break down

stop functionin$ & ehicle' machine(

break down

$et upset

break in

force entry to a buildin$

break into something enter forcibly

break in

interrupt

in to report the news of the president,s death. break up end a relationship My boyfriend and I broke up before I mo ed to -merica. #he kids !ust broke up as soon as the clown started talkin$. #his sad music is bringing me down. My $randparents brought me up after my parents died. My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.

break up

start lau$hin$ &informal(

bring someone down make unhappy bring someone up raise a child./ourish

bring something up

start talkin$ about a sub!ect

call around

phone many different %e called around but places.people we weren,t able to find the car part we needed. return a phone call I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend. 0ason called the weddin$ off because he wasn,t in lo e with his fianc1. #he professor called

call someone back

call something off

cancel

call on someone

ask for an answer or

opinion call someone up phone

on me for question 2. 3i e me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. You are still mad. You need to calm down before you dri e the car. %e will $et the hotel keys when we check in. You ha e to check out of the hotel before 22400 -M. Check out the cra5y hair on that $uy6 *he cheered up when she heard the $ood news. I brou$ht you some flowers to cheer you up. If e eryone chips in we can $et the kitchen painted by noon. I came across these old photos when I was tidyin$ the closet. #he woman came

calm down

rela" after bein$ an$ry

check in

arri e and re$ister at a hotel or airport lea e a hotel

check out

check out someone/something cheer up

look at &informal( #o support sb with applause make happier

cheer someone up

chip in

help

come across something come forward

find une"pectedly

olunteer for a task

or to $i e e idence

forward with her husband,s fin$er prints. #he art of ori$ami comes from -sia. I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. %e had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm. #he doctors cut off his le$ because it was se erely in!ured. I cut this ad out of the newspaper.

come from somewhere count on someone/something cut something down

ori$inate in rely on

make somethin$ fall to the $round remo e with somethin$ sharp remo e part of somethin$ &usually with scissors and paper( discard

cut something off

cut something out

do away with something dress up

It,s time to do away with all of these old ta" records. It,s a fancy restaurant so we ha e to dress up. I don,t feel like cookin$ toni$ht. 7et,s eat out. %e ended up rentin$ a mo ie instead of $oin$ to the theatre. My new dress fell

wear nice clothin$

eat out end up

eat at a restaurant e entually reach.do.decide break into pieces

fall apart

apart in the washin$ machine. figure something out understand' find the answer I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room.

fill something in

to write information in :lease fill in the form blanks &8r.9.( with your name' address' and phone number. to write information in #he form must be blanks &/.-mer.( filled out in capital letters. disco er %e don,t know where he li es. ;ow can we find out< I tried to get my point across/over to the !ud$e but she wouldn,t listen. I was surprised how well my new $irlfriend and my sister got along/on. 0ason always gets away with cheatin$ in his maths tests. %e got back from our acation last week. 7i5 finally got her *cience notes back

fill something out

find out

get something across/over

communicate' make understandable

get along/on

like each other

get away with something get back get something back

do without bein$ noticed or punished return recei e somethin$ you had before

from my room=mate. get back at someone retaliate' take re en$e My sister got back at me for stealin$ her shoes. *he stole my fa ourite hat. #he company will ha e to close if it can,t get over the new re$ulations. 7et,s get together for a 88> this weekend. I got up early today to study for my e"am. You should get up and $i e the elderly man your seat. My boyfriend didn,t want to $o to the ballet' but he finally gave in. #hey were giving out free perfume samples at the department store. I am giving up smokin$ as of 0anuary 2st. My maths homework was too difficult so I gave up.

get over something

o ercome a problem

get together get up get up

meet &usually for social reasons( $et out of bed stand

give in

reluctantly stop fi$htin$ or ar$uin$

give something out

$i e to many people &usually at no cost(

give something up

quit a habit

give up

stop tryin$

go after someone

follow someone

My brother tried to go after the thief in his car. %e are going against the best soccer team in the city toni$ht. %hen I was youn$' we went without winter boots. My best friend and I grew apart after she chan$ed schools. %e will hand out the in itations at the door. #he police asked the man to hand over his wallet and his weapons. Hang in there. I,m sure you,ll find a !ob ery soon. Hang on while I $rab my coat and shoes6 Instead of $oin$ to the party we are !ust $oin$ to hang out at my place. ;e didn,t say $oodbye before he hung up. :lease hold on while I

go against someone

compete' oppose

go without something grow apart

suffer lack or depri ation stop bein$ friends o er time to distribute to a $roup of people

hand something out

hand something over $i e &usually unwillin$ly(

hang in

stay positi e &/.-mer.' informal( wait a short time &informal( spend time rela"in$ &informal(

hang on hang out

hang up hold on

end a phone call wait a short time

transfer you to the *ales ?epartment. hold onto someone/something keep someone/something out let someone down hold firmly usin$ your Hold onto your hat hands or arms because it,s ery windy outside. stop from enterin$ #ry to keep the wet do$ out of the li in$ room. I need you to be on time. ?on,t let me down this time. @an you let the cat in before you $o to school< I ha e to look after my sick $randmother. I,m looking for a red dress for the weddin$. I,m looking forward to the @hristmas break. %e are $oin$ to look into the price of snowboards today. 7ook out6 #hat car,s $oin$ to hit you6 ?on,t for$et to look out for snakes on the hikin$ trail.

fail to support or help' disappoint allow to enter

let someone in

look after someone/something look for someone/something look forward to something look into something

take care of try to find be e"cited about the future in esti$ate

look out look out for someone/something

be careful' i$ilant' and take notice be especially i$ilant for

make something up

in ent' lie about somethin$ for$i e each other

0osie made up a story about about why we were late. %e were an$ry last ni$ht' but we made up at breakfast. ;is uncle passed away last ni$ht after a lon$ illness. It was so hot in the church that an elderly lady passed out. #he nei$hbours put the fire out before the firemen arri ed. I ha e to put the crib together before the baby arri es. I ran into an old school=friend at the mall.

make up

pass away

die

pass out

faint

put something out

e"tin$uish

put something together run into someone/something run over someone/something set something up

assemble

meet une"pectedly

dri e a ehicle o er a I accidentally ran over person or thin$ your bicycle in the dri eway. arran$e' or$ani5e )ur boss set a meetin$ up with the president of the company. #he police set up the car thief by usin$ a hidden camera.

set someone up

trick' trap

stick to something

continue doin$ somethin$' limit yourself to one particular thin$

You will lose wei$ht if you stick to the diet.

switch something off stop the ener$y flow' turn off switch something on start the ener$y flow' turn on resemble a family member start to fly remo e somethin$ &usually clothin$(

#he li$ht,s too bri$ht. @ould you switch it off. %e heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio. I take after my mother. %e are both impatient. My plane takes off in fi e minutes. Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake6 I,ll ha e to think this !ob offer over before I make my final decision. %e threw our old furniture away when we won the lottery. :lease turn the #+ down while the $uests are here. I turned the !ob down because I don,t want to mo e.

take after someone

take off take something off

think something over consider

throw something away

dispose of

turn something down decrease the olume or stren$th &heat' li$ht etc( turn something down refuse

turn something off

stop the ener$y flow' switch off appear suddenly

Your mother wants you to turn the #+ off and come for dinner. )ur cat turned up after we put posters up all o er the nei$hbourhood. %e ha e to wake up early for work on Monday. You can warm your feet up in front of the fireplace. I always warm up by doin$ sit=ups before I $o for a run. Most of my make=up wore off before I $ot to the party. I work out at the $ym three times a week. )ur plan worked out fine. %e ha e to work out the total cost before we buy the house.

turn up

wake up

stop sleepin$

warm someone/something up warm up

increase the temperature prepare body for e"ercise fade away

wear off

work out work out work something out

e"ercise be successful make a calculation