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