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AGREE WITH To have the same opinion as

ASK someone OUT To invite someone on a date


BACK someone UP To support someone
BE OUT OF sthg To not have
BREAK DOWN To stop working
BREAK OUT To start suddenly (about something unpleasant)
BREAK UP To end a relationship
BRING ABOUT To cause something to happen
BRING someone DOWN To make someone feel sad or depressed
BRING sthg UP To mention casually
CALL OFF Cancel
CARRY ON Continue
CATCH UP WITH To update news with sb
CHECK IN To register at a hotel or airport
CHECK someone OUT To look at someone because you find them attractive
CLEAN something UP To tidy and clean
COME ACROSS To find by chance
COME DOWN To decrease or reduce
COME UP AGAINST To face a challenge
COOL OFF To become less angry or heated
COPE WITH To deal successfully with a difficult situation
COUNT ON somebody To rely on someone
COVER UP To hide a wrongdoing or mistake
CUT BACK ON
To reduce the amount of something
something
CUT DOWN To reduce the quantity of something
CUT something OFF To remove by cutting
DEAL WITH To resolve or take action
DO UP To fasten; to dress in a particular way
DROP IN To visit informally and unexpectedly
DROP BY To visit casually or unexpectedly
DROP somene OFF To take someone to a place and leave them there
DROP OVER To visit someone
DRY OUT To become completely dry
END UP To finally be in a particular place or situation
FACE UP TO To accept and deal with a difficult reality
FALL APART To break into pieces; also, to fail or collapse
FALL IN To collapse inwardly
FALL OUT OF To no longer be in love or in an agreement
FIGURE OUT To understand or solve something
FILL something IN To complete a form or document
FIND OUT To obtain knowledge of sth
GET AWAY To escape or go somewhere to relax or have fun
GET BACK AT someone To take revenge on someone
GET BETTER To improve in health or skill
To manage to live or do a particular thing using the money,
GET BY
knowledge, equipment, etc., that you have
GET DOWN TO To start working on
GET LOST To go away; also used to tell someone to go away in a rude way
GET ON To enter a bus, train, plane, etc.
GET ON WITH To have a good relationship with someone
GET TO To arrive at a place
GET TOGETHER To meet and spend time together
GET UP To rise from bed
GIVE something AWAY To give something for free
GIVE something UP To quit a habit
GO AGAINST To oppose
GO IN To enter
GO OVER To review or check
GROW APART To become less close over time
GROW UP To become an adult
HAND something IN To submit
HAND something OUT To distribute
HANG ON To wait a short time
HOLD something BACK To restrain
JOIN IN To participate
KEEP something FROM
To not tell someone about something
someone
KEEP UP WITH To stay at the same level as someone or something
LET someone DOWN To disappoint someone
To not punish someone who has done something wrong, or to not
LET OFF
punish them severely
LOOK DOWN ON
To think that you are better than someone
somebody
LOOK INTO To investigate
LOOK FORWARD TO To feel excited about something
LOOK OUT To be careful or watchful
LOOK something OVER To examine or review
LOOK UP TO someone To admire or respect someone
MAKE something UP To invent a story or lie
MIX something UP To confuse one thing with another
PASS AWAY To die
PASS OUT To faint or lose consciousness
PICK something OUT To choose
PICK UP To lift; also to collect someone or something
PLUG IN To connect to a power supply
PUT something OFF To postpone
PUT something OUT To extinguish
PUT UP WITH To tolerate
RUN INTO someone To meet someone unexpectedly
RUN OUT OF something To use all of something and have no more left
SET OFF / SET OUT To start a journey
SHOW OFF To display in a boastful manner
SPLIT UP To end a relationship or partnership
STAY UP To remain awake
TAKE AWAY To remove
TAKE someone OUT To go on a date or outing with someone
TAKE BACK To retract a statement or to return something
TAKE OFF To remove something; also, for an aircraft to begin flight
TEAR something UP To rip into pieces
THINK something OVER To consider
THROW something
To dispose of
AWAY
TURN something DOWN To reject
TURN INTO To become or transform into
TURN ON To activate or start a machine; also to excite or interest someone
To arrive, often unexpectedly; also, to increase the volume or
TURN UP
intensity
TRY something OUT To test or experiment with something
USE something UP To use all of something
WORK OUT To exercise; also to solve a problem
WORK something OUT To devise or figure out

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