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Abide by

To respect or obey a decision, a law or a rule

Account for

To explain, give a reason

Add up

To make sense, seem reasonable

Advise against

To recommend not doing something

Agree with

To have the same opinion as someone else

Allow for

To take into consideration

Appeal to

1. To plead or make a request 2. To be attractive or interesting

Apply for

To make a formal request for something

Back away

To move backwards, in fear or dislike

Back down

To withdraw, concede defeat

Back up

1. To give support or encouragement 2. To make a copy of file, program, etc

Bank on

To base your hopes on something / someone

Black out

To faint, lose consciousness

Block off

To separate using a barrier

Blow up

1. To explode 2. To get angry

Boil down to

To be summarized as

Boot up

To start a computer by loading an operating system or program

Break away

To separate from a crowd

Break down

1. To go out of order, cease to function 2. To lose control of one’s emotions

Break into

To enter by force

Break out

To start suddenly

Break out of

To escape from a place by force

Break up

To come to an end (marriage, relationship)

Bring up

To raise (a child)

Brush up on

To improve, refresh one’s knowledge of something

Bump into

To meet by chance or unexpectedly

Burn out

1. Stop (something) working 2. Become exhausted from over-working

Call back

To return a phone call

Call off

To cancel

Calm down

To become more relaxed, less angry or upset

Carry on

To continue

Carry out

1. To do something as specified (a plan, an order, a threat) 2. To perform or conduct (test, experiment)

Check in

To register at a hotel or airport

Check out

1. To pay one’s bill and leave (a hotel) 2. To investigate

Clam up

To refuse to speak

Clamp down on

To act strictly to prevent something

Come across

1. To find by chance 2. To appear, seem, make an impression

Come forward

To present oneself

Count on

To rely or depend on (for help)

Cut down on

To reduce in number or size

Cut out

1. To remove using scissors 2. To stop doing something

Deal with

To handle, take care of (problem, situation)

Die down

To calm down, become less strong

Do without

To manage without

Drag on

To last longer than expected

Draw up

To write (contract, agreement, document)

Dress up

Wear elegant clothes

Drop in

To visit, usually on the way somewhere

Drop off

1. To deliver someone or something 2. To fall asleep

Drop out

To leave school without finishing

Ease off

To reduce, become less severe or slow down (pain, traffic, work)

End in

To finish in a certain way; result in

End up

To finally reach a state, place or action

Fall through

To fail; doesn’t happen

Figure out

To understand, find the answer

Fill out

To complete (a form/an application)

Find out

To discover or obtain information

Focus on

To concentrate on something

Get at

To imply

Get away

To escape

Get along (with)

To be on good terms; work well with

Get by

To manage to cope or to survive

Get in

To enter

Get off

1. To leave (bus, train, plane) 2. To remove

Get on

To board (bus, train, plane)

Get into

To enter

Get on with

To continue to do; make progress

Get out

To leave

Get out of

To avoid doing something

Get over

To recover from (illness, disappointment)

To eliminate

To meet each other

To rise, leave bed

1. To cease opposition; yield 2. To To hand in; submit

Give up

To stop doing something

Go through

To experience

Grow up

To spend one’s childhood; develop; become an adult

Hand in

To submit (report, homework)

Hand out

To distribute

Hang out

To spend time in a particular place or with a group of friends

Hang up

To end a phone conversation

Hold on

1. To wait 2. To grip tightly

Hurry up

To be quick, act speedily

Iron out

To resolve by discussion, eliminate differences

Join in

To participate

Join up

1. To engage in, become a member of 2. To meet and unite with

Keep on

To continue doing something

Keep up with

To stay at the same level as someone or something

To begin, start

To omit, not mention

To disappoint

To take care of

To consider as inferior

Look on

To be a spectator at an event

Look for

To try to find something

Look forward to

To await or anticipate with pleasure

Look up to

To admire

Make fun of

To laugh at/ make jokes about

Make up

To invent (excuse, story)

Mix up

To mistake one thing or person for another

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