Phrasal Verbs 101-200
101.
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buzz off
be buzzing with
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To go away or to tell someone to go away.
To have an air of excitement or
purposeful activity.
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102.
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calculate on
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To depend on an essential element in
one’s plans to succeed.
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103.
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call at
call back
call by
call for
call … forth
call in
call ... in
call off
call on/uppm
call up
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(Train, coach, etc.) to stop at a
station.
To return a telephone call received
earlier in one’s absence, e.g. She didn’t leave her number, so I
couldn’t call back.
To be asked to return, e.g. I was on
leave but my boss called me back for some
urgent matter.
To visit someone when you happen to be in
the same area.
To appeal or demand publicly for
something, especially equal rights.
To evoke a quality so that it can be
used.
To telephone a place to inform about
something, e.g. A rescue team was called in to reach the
trapped miners.
To telephone one’s working place to
inform one is sick.
To ask someone to see you for a
particular purpose, e.g. The villagers are considering calling the
game warden in to deal with the elephants which have been
trampling and destroying their crops.
To decide officially that something
should be stopped after it has already started, e.g. to call
off a football match due to heavy rain.
To pay a brief visit to someone.
To request someone to do something for
you.
To select someone to play in the national
sports team, e.g. He was called upfor the game against Brazil.
To call someone by telephone, e.g.
He called me up at midnight to wish me
happy new year.
To officially order someone to join the
armed services, e.g. He was called upfor training for a possible
war against a neighbouring country.
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104.
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calm … down
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To make or become tranquil and quiet,
e.g. The doctor had to inject her with tranquilizer in order to calm her
down.
(Situation) to become less confused or
violent, e.g. The sea calmed down when the weather ceased to
be windy after a heavy shower.
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105.
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camp out
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To sleep outdoors in a tent.
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106.
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cancel … out
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To neutralize or negate the effect of
something so that it remains the same.
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107.
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capitalize on
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To take the chance to gain as much
advantage as you can
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108.
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care for
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To look after and provide for the needs
of someone who is not able to look after themselves, e.g. His wife has
been caring for him since his discharge from the hospital.
To like to have something, e.g. care
for a coffee?
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109.
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(get) carried away
carry … forward
carry … off
carry on
carry ... out
carry over
carry ... over
carry ... through
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To lose self-control.
To move figures to the next page in
accounts.
To keep something to use or deal with at
a later time.
To do something difficult successfully.
To forcibly take someone away.
To continue an activity or task despite
the difficulty, e.g. She finds it hard to accept the fact that her husband
has left her for another woman, but she still managed to carry on with
her life
To continue moving in the same direction,
e.g. It’s of great urgency that they carry straight on the
highway to reach their destination by tonight.
To behave in an overemotional way, e.g.
She carried on complaining in a bad-tempered way despite her
spouse’s apologies and his insistence that he didn’t mean what she thought he
meant.
To be engaged in a love affair with
someone.
To perform a planned operation or a task
that needs to be done, e.g. They carried out his
instructions to draw up plans for the next phase.
To move or transport someone or something
from one place to another, e.g. They carried the injured
player out of the playing area.
To extend beyond the normal or original
area of application.
To be used or dealt with in a new
context;
To bring something forward; postpone.
To complete something successfully.
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110.
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cart … off
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To take someone or something away.
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111.
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carve … out
carve ... up
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To develop a career, reputation, etc.
through painstaking effort.
To divide up something ruthlessly into
separate parts for sharing.
To recklessly overtake another driver.
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112.
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cash in
cash … in
cash up
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To take advantage of or exploit a
situation.
To convert an insurance policy, savings
account, etc. into money; to take advantage of or exploit a situation.
To total up the day’s takings received in
a shop for checking.
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113.
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cast about
cast aside
be cast away
be cast down
cast off/cast ... off
cast on
cast ... out
cast ... up
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To search far and wide.
To get rid of something or someone whom
you no longer like or who are of no more use.
To be stranded after a shipwreck.
To feel depressed.
To get rid of something or someone.
To free a boat or ship from its moorings.
To take the last stitches off the needle
in knitting.
To let loose a hunting hound or hawk.
To make the first row of a specified
number of loops on the needle.
To force something or someone to go away,
e.g. an exorcist who casts outdemons.
To bring something (by the sea) onto the
shore.
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114.
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catch at
catch on
catch … out
catch up
catch up with
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To try to take hold of something.
(A practice or fashion) to become
popular, e.g. A style may catch on in some countries or
areas, but not in others.
To begin to understand something, e.g.
When one understands something better, it is easier to catch on.
To discover that someone is lying or has
done something wrong.
To put someone in a difficult position
because they are not ready to deal with it.
To improve so much that you are now on a
par with other people in your class, group, etc., e.g. After a long absence
from class due to illness, he finds it hard to catch up.
To do what needs to be done because you
have not done it earlier.
To meet up with someone whom one has not
seen for some time.
To finally find someone who has done
something wrong and on the run.
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115.
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cater for/to
cater to
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To provide with what is needed or
required.
To satisfy a need or demand.
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116.
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cave in
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To fall inwards or collapse; to give in.
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117.
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centre around
centre in
centre on/upon
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To have something as a major concern or
interest.
To occur mainly in or around something.
To pay more attention on someone or
something more than on someone or something else.
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118.
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chalk … up
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To succeed in getting something, e.g.
points in a game; to record something.
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119.
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chance on/upon
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To find something or meet someone by
accident or unexpectedly.
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120.
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change around
change down/up
change into
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To shift things from one position to
another.
To engage a lower/higher gear in a
vehicle.
To become something different.
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121.
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chase up
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To tell someone do something more quickly
because it has been taking too long.
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122.
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chat … up
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To talk to someone in a way that
demonstrates sexual attraction.
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123.
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cheat on
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To be unfaithful to one’s spouse by
secretly engaging in sexual activities with someone else, e.g. Jill threw
Jack out of her house after she discovered Jack cheating on her.
To act dishonestly to gain a personal
advantage, e.g. He was suspended from the exam after he was caught cheating
on it.
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124.
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check in
check … in
check into
check ... off
check on
check out
check ... out
check ... over
check up on
check on
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To arrive and register at a hotel or
airport.
To return a book to a library; to have
one’s baggage weighed.
To register one’s arrival at a hotel.
To mark an item on a list to show that it
has been dealt with.
To monitor and make sure something is
accurate or properly done, or that someone is safe and well.
To find out the truth of something, e.g.
We checked out a couple of restaurants and confirm their
services are reasonably good and prices reasonable.
To settle one’s hotel bill and leave,
e.g. We check out before noon.
To pay for one’s items to the cashier,
e.g. I decided not to buy my one item because of the long queues waiting
to check out.
To find out if someone or something is
suitable for a particular purpose, e.g. They routinely checked applicants out before
accepting them.
To examine or look closely at someone or
something to ensure they are acceptable.
To ascertain the suitability, accuracy or
truth of someone or something.
To ensure that someone or something is
safe and well.
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125.
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cheer up
cheer … up
cheer … on
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To become or make someone less unhappy.
To make or become less miserable.
To shout encouragement in support of a
person or team in a race or competition.
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126.
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chew on
chew out
chew... over
chew ... up
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To think about something carefully for a
long time.
To express strong disapproval to someone
of what they have done.
To consider carefully about something for
a period of time.
To bite repeatedly on something,
especially to facilitate swallowing.
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127.
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chicken out
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To be too scared to do something, e.g. He
was invited to speak at the annual dinner, but he chickened out.
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128.
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chill out
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To calm down and relax completely.
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129.
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chip … away
chip away at
chip in
chip ... off
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To remove something little by little,.
To gradually and relentlessly make
something smaller, weaker or less effective.
To interrupt a conversation to add in
more information or detail; to contribute one’s share in a group.
To remove something in small pieces,
e.g. chipping old paint off the door.
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130.
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choke … back
choke … down
choke off
choke up
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To suppress one’s emotions, e.g. choke
back the tears.
To eat with difficulty.
To prevent someone from doing something
or stop something happening.
To be very unhappy or worried about
something.
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131.
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chop … down
chop … off
chop … up
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To fell a tree by cutting it.
To separate something from another by
cutting it.
To cut into small pieces, e.g. They chop
up some firewood to make a fire.
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132.
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chow down
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To eat.
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133.
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chuck away/out
chuck … in
chuck … out
chuck up
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To throw something away.
To give up or stop doing something, e.g.
chuck one’s job in.
To expel someone from a place, e.g.
got chucked out of the club.
To vomit.
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134.
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churn out
churn up
churn ... up
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To produce something in large quantities
without caring about quality.
To damage the surface of something.
To make someone upset, nervous or angry.
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135.
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clam up
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To suddenly stop talking because of some
reason.
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136.
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clamp down
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To take firm action to prevent something
happening.
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137.
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claw at
claw ... back
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To scratch or tear at someone or
something with the claws or fingernails.
To gradually regain something by working
very hard.
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138.
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clean … out
clean up
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To make a place tidy and free from dirt,
e.g. We cleaned our new house out thoroughly
before we moved in.
To steal all the contents from a place,
e.g. Burglars completely cleaned our glass cases out of
all the antique jewellery.
To cause someone to spend all their
money, e.g. My medical bill really cleanedme out.
To take all of someone’s money or
possessions.
To make something completely clean and
tidy.
To make a substantial gain or profit.
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139.
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clear away
clear off
clear out
clear … out
clear up
clear ... up
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To make a place look tidy by removing
remains of a meal from the table or putting things back where they belong.
To go away quickly from a place.
To leave a place quickly, e.g.
Police cleared people out of the cinema
after receiving a call that a bomb had been planted inside.
To tidy a place by disposing of
something, e.g. We haven’t cleared the storeroom out for ages.
(Something) to get better or disappear,
e.g. when weather clears up, it gets better or if an illness clears up, it
disappears.
To make a place tidy by removing unwanted
items, e.g. The child has been warned repeatedly to clear his
toys up after his father stepped on one and broke it into
pieces.
To explain something that is hard to
understand, e.g. Most find the instructions difficult to understand, but
further explanations cleared everything up.
To cure something such as an infection,
etc., e.g. The regular intake of medicine has cleared my
sore throat up.
(Weather) to become clear, e.g. The sky
had been full of dark clouds since morning, but by afternoon it cleared
up,
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140.
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cleave to
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To still regard a belief, etc. as true
when it is not.
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141.
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click on
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To begin a computer operation by pressing
on the computer mouse button.
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142.
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climb down
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To make an ignominious withdrawal from a
position taken up.
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143.
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cling to
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To hold tightly to a belief, idea, etc.
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144.
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clock in/out
clock up
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To record on a special card using an
automatic recording clock one’s time of arrival at or departure from work.
To reach a particular number or amount,
especially the number of flight hours a pilot has attained to date.
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145.
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clog up
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To be become blocked, e.g. The drain was
so clogged up that water and material inside flows over its
edges.
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146.
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close down
close in
close off
close up
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To stop broadcasting (television station
at the end of the day), or doing business permanently (shop, company, etc.)
To move closer to someone or something,
e.g. the police close in to make an arrest or a pack of
wolves closing in to kill their prey.
To close a place for a specified reason,
e.g. a road is closed off for repair.
To be closed to the public temporarily,
e.g. a building closes up for a particular reason.
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147.
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cloud over
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(Sky) to become full of clouds or black
clouds.
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148.
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club together
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To share the cost of something by
combining with others to collect a sum of money.
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149.
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clue … in
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To inform someone about something.
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150.
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clump together
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To form a group or solid mass.
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151.
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clutch at
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To seize something eagerly or in
desperation, especially at an idea or when one is in a dangerous situation.
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152.
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cobble … together
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To quickly make or assemble something
that is useful but not perfect, e.g. cobbled together a ceasefire agreement;
cobbled together a tent from some pieces of strings and a big sheet.
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153.
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cock … up
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To spoil or ruin something.
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154.
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comb … out
comb through
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To search for pieces of information, e.g.
Policemen comb out the entire area looking for evidence.
To make hair straight and smooth by
combing; to exclude unwanted members from a group.
To search through a wide area or a lot of
objects for information, e.g. policemen comb through the
field looking for the murder weapon.
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155.
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come about
come across
come after
come along
come apart
come around
come at
come away
come back
come before
come between
come by
come down
come down on
come down to
come down with
come for
comb forward
come from
come in
come in for
come into
come of
come off
come on/upon
come on to
come out
come out in
come out with
come over
come round
come through
come to
come under
come up
come up against
come up with
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To happen, e.g. How does
it come about that he was once my good friend,
but now ignores me completely?
(Ship) to change direction.
To meet or find by accident or by chance,
e.g. While making a boat trip up the river, we came across a
hippopotamus.
To exude an emotion or quality, e.g.
He comes across as being boastful.
To go in search of someone, e.g. the
police are coming after him for having involved in a
robbery.
To follow someone, e.g. I will come
along with you.
To want to go with someone, e.g. “Can
I come along with you?”
To break or separate into pieces or
parts, e.g. They forgot to staple my papers and when the wind blew them off
my hand, they came apart and flew in different directions.
To make a visit to someone, e.g. You
can come around in the evening;
To regain consciousness, e.g. He came
around three hours after the accident.
To approach someone in a threatening manner.
To be left with a specified feeling, e.g.
He came away feeling satisfied. To become separated from
something, e.g. The lens came away from the spectacle.
To reply in a quick and forceful way,
e.g. “I am not coming back!”
To return to where one comes from, e.g.
Some of the tourists vowed to come back to this beautiful
resort in the near future.
(Physical condition) to recur, e.g. He
could hardly sleep at night as his backache has come back.
To become popular again, e.g. Rumour has
it that bell-bottoms will come backin the next season.
To appear before a person or group in
authority, e.g. He feels nervous when he comes before the
judge.
To avoid something from disturbing, e.g.
I do not allow anything to come between my study and me.
To obtain something that is hard to get,
e.g. I haven’t found a job which is hard to come by these
days.
To get lower, e.g. Prices once go up,
hardly come down.
To punish or criticize someone severely,
e.g. The police have pledged to come down hard on those
who park their cars illegally.
To amount to, e.g. Getting along with
people comes down to having a give-and-take attitude.
To get from higher to lower level or from
North to South, e.g. He is unable to come down to stay with
his parents this Christmas due to some personal problems.
To become afflicted with an illness, e.g.
The weather has caused many residents in the area to come down with influenza.
To arrive to collect someone or
something, e.g. I’ve come for my books which I left behind
this morning.
To volunteer oneself for something such
as to be a vigilante, etc.
To be from a place where one was born or
is/was living.
To be a source from which something
originates.
To arrive, e.g. The ten o’clock
train came in ten minutes earlier.
To enter, e.g. As soon as they arrived
they came straight in.
To attain a particular position, e.g.
She came in first in the race this morning.
(Tide) to rise, e.g. Let’s go to the
beach, the tide is coming in.
To be available when needed, e.g. The
tool kit has come in handy before, let’s not forget it.
To receive a reaction such as criticism,
etc., e.g. The head of police comes infor some criticism for
the way the police conducted the investigation.
To inherit money or property.
To result from something, e.g. The police
combed the entire area but nothing came of their attempts to
find the murder weapon.
To separate oneself or itself from
something, e.g. The sole came off one of my shoes.
To produce a good or bad result, e.g. The
trip didn’t come off the way we expected.
(Something) to take place or happen, e.g.
The whole city has been plunged into darkness and the residents are still
waiting for the light to come on.
To meet or discover someone or something
by chance, e.g. We came upon a couple of our former
classmates whom we have not seen for a long time.
To begin a television or radio program,
e.g. What time does that television documentary come on? I want
to watch it.
To feel an illness, etc. happening, e.g.
I can feel a sore throat coming on as my throat is getting
itchier by the minute.
To use it to encourage or correct
someone, to hurry them up or tell them not to lie, e.g. Come on,
you can do better than that. / Come on, surely you don’t believe
the Earth is flat. / Come on, the train is not going to wait for
you. / Come on, don’t bullshit.
To enquire one’s position, well-being,
progress, etc. e.g. How is your journalism course coming on?
To make sexual advances towards someone,
e.g. Jack always comes on to Jill whenever he
sees her, and Jill deeply resents it.
To leave a place such as a house, room,
etc., e.g. She came out of the room and surprised everyone
who thought she had gone out.
(Facts, information, etc.) to become
known to the public, e.g. When the report came out, many were
surprised that it laid the blame on the engineer for the collapse of the
bridge.
To make something such as a book, musical
recording, movie, etc. available to the public, e.g. A paperback edition of
the book will come out at the end of this month.
To remove dirt and stains, e.g. Stains on
his shirt easily came out when he used some detergent.
To attain a placing in an examination.
To say publicly one is for or against
something, e.g. More and more people have come out in support
of the ban on smoking in restaurants.
(Sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.) to make
their appearance in the sky.
(Skin) to break out in spots, rash, etc.
To suddenly or unexpectedly pass a rude
comment.
To make a visit to someone’s house, e.g.
They usually come over to granny’s house on weekend.
(Someone) to move to where I am from
where they are, e.g. Almost every weekend he comes over to
my place and we go out together.
To suddenly experience a strong feeling,
e.g. I have this strange feeling coming over me that violent
argument will erupt in the meeting tomorrow.
To migrate from another country, e.g.
Their grandparents came over from the East.
To visit someone, e.g. They
regularly come round to a neighbour’s house for a game of
cards.
(Event) to recur, e.g. New Year’s day
is coming round again.
To change one’s point of view and become
agreeable to something.
To regain consciousness, e.g. He coughs
slightly, and the others are delighted he is coming round.
(News, information, etc.) to become
known, e.g. News of the snowstorm comes through regularly
and people expect the worst as they tune in to it.
To live through a dangerous situation,
e.g. The bus he was traveling in swerved into a ravine killing some
passengers but he came through completely unscathed.
To be waiting to receive an important
document, approval, etc., e.g. The big cheque we have been waiting for has
finally come through.
To regain consciousness, e.g. He came
to hours after he was admitted to the hospital.
To reach a total amount, e.g. The total
of these items comes to $60.60.
To have an idea, thought, etc., e.g. The
idea came to me when I was in the shower.
To be attacked or shot at, e.g. As soon
as the group of commandos landed on the beach, they came under attack
from enemy fire.
To fall within a particular article,
section of the law, etc., e.g. the offence comes under Section
34(B) of the penal code.
To approach someone, e.g. A
stranger came up to me and asked for the time.
To draw near, e.g. The annual fun fair
is coming up soon.
(Sun, moon, etc.) To rise, e.g. The sun
was coming up by the time I woke up.
To move northward, e.g. They come
up all the way to Alaska to visit me.
To move up the social ladder, e.g. He has
really come up from his early days as an office clerk to his
present position as marketing director.
(Something such as a problem, difficulty,
etc.) to happen suddenly, e.g. He couldn’t attend the long-awaited annual
dinner because something important has suddenly come up.
To cope with opposition, difficulty,
problems, etc., e.g. Their chances of winning the next round are not good,
having to come up against such a strong
opponent.
To produce idea, suggestion, answer,
etc., e.g. He was the only one who could come up with all
the correct answers to the questions.
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156.
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complain of
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To express that one is suffering
physically or from an illness.
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157.
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con … into
con ... out
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To trick or deceive someone into doing
something, e.g. He was conned intopaying excessively for a watch
which was a cheap imitation.
To deceive someone to give one something,
e.g. He conned a number of old people out of
large sums of money.
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158.
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concentrate on
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To focus all your attention on something.
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159.
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condole with
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To express sympathy for someone.
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160.
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conduce to
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To help to produce a particular quality
or state.
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161.
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cone … off
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To close part of a road by using traffic
cones.
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162.
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confide in
confide ... to
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To tell someone about a personal secret
or private matter in confidence.
To entrust something to the care of
someone.
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163.
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conjure … up
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To bring an image to one’s mind.
To call upon a spirit to appear by means
of a magic ritual.
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164.
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conk out
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(Car, macine, etc.) to break down.
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165.
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connect … up
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To join something to something else, e.g.
the telephone is connected to the telephone network.
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166.
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consist in
consist of
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To be based on or depend on something.
To be composed of.
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167.
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contend for
contend with
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To engage in a struggle or campaign to
achieve something.
To deal with difficulties or an
unpleasant situation.
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168.
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contract in
contract out
contract … out
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To choose to be involved in.
To choose not to take part in something.
To arrange for work to be done by a
person or company outside your own organization.
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169.
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cook … up
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To prepare a quick meal; to invent a
clever or devious story or excuse.
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170.
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cool down
cool off
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To become cool or cooler.
To return to normal temperature after
being hot, e.g. It usually cools off in the evening.
To make someone or something cooler, e.g.
He had a cold shower to cool offhis body.
To become calm after being angry, e.g.
His temper should have cooled off by now.
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171.
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coop … up
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To confine someone in a small space.
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172.
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cop off
cop out
cop to
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To meet and start a sexual relationship
with someone.
To avoid doing something that one is
supposed to do.
To accept or admit to something.
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173.
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copy … out
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To write exactly the same thing as it is
written somewhere else.
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174.
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cordon … off
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To seal off an area to prevent access to
it by the public.
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175.
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cotton on
cotton to
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To begin to understand.
To begin to like or have a liking for
someone or something.
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176.
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cough up
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To give something, especially money,
unwillingly.
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177.
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count … as
count down
count ... in/out
count on/upon
count ... out
count ... up
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To consider or regard someone or
something in a particular way.
To record the time passing until an
important event happens.
To include/not include someone in a
planned activity.
To depend on someone or something, e.g.
He is counting on his secretary to prepare a good acceptance
speech for him.
To count up to ten seconds when a boxer
is knocked down to conclude defeat.
To put in or take out items one by one as
you count them for recording.
To determine the total of something or
someone.
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178.
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couple with
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To combine to produce a particular result
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179.
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cover for
cover oneself
cover up
cover ... up
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To temporarily take over the duties or
role of someone.
To take precautions against future blame
or liability.
To hide or protect something by putting
something on top of it, e.g. Look at the fly on the buns, why are they
not covered up?
To prevent a wrongful act or crime from
being known by denying or hiding the evidence, e.g. The whole affair was
covered up to protect certain important people.
To wear thick clothing or use blanket to
keep warm, e.g. I need to buy an electric blanket to cover me up in
this cold weather.
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180.
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crack down on
crack on
crack up
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To take stricter measures to deal with
certain problems, e.g. The local authority have decided to crack down
hard on illegal parking.
To work incessantly in order to complete
a job.
To burst or cause someone to burst into
laughter.
To become mentally disturbed.
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181.
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crank … out
crank … up
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To produce something regularly and
routinely.
To increase the intensity of something.
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182.
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cream … off
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To choose and take away the best people
or things from a group.
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183.
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crease up
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To burst or make someone burst out
laughing.
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184.
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creep up on
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To surprise someone by appearing behind
them suddenly.
To seem to come sooner than expected,
especially an anniversary.
(A feeling for someone, idea, etc.) to
gradually increase when it creeps on you.
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185.
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crop out
crop up
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(Rock) to appear or be exposed at the
surface of the earth.
To appear or occur suddenly and
unexpectedly.
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186.
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cross … off
corss ... out
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To delete an item on a list, e.g. Jill
crossed a wrong item off the shopping list and ended up short of one vital
ingredient.
To delete a word, etc. by drawing a line
through it.
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187.
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crowd … out
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To take the place of someone or something
by forcing them out.
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188.
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crush up
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To squeeze with others into a small space
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189.
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cry off
cry out
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To break a promise to do something.
To shout out in pain or of fear.
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190.
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cuddle up
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To lie or sit very close to someone or
something.
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191.
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culminate in
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To reach a climax or the highest point of
development.
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192.
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curl up
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To sit or lie with arms and legs bent
close to body.
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193.
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cuss … out
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To swear and shout at someone out of
anger.
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194.
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cut across
cut away
cut back
cut down
cut in
cut ... in
cut off/cut ... off
cut out/cut ... out
cut up
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To take the shortest way, e.g. If
we cut across this terrain we’ll arrive there before dusk.
To remove what is irrelevant or
unnecessary, e.g. Just cut away all those unnecessary
details and come to the point will you?
To reduce on something such as money,
time, etc., e.g. We have to cut backon the number of days we are
away on holiday as it is getting more expensive.
To do or use something less, e.g. Jack was
advised to cut back the number of hours he spends at the gym
and concentrate more on his study.
To reduce one’s consumption of something.
To bring down a tree, etc. by cutting,
e.g. It should be made compulsory to acquire an official permit to cut
down a tree.
To kill or injure someone with a sword or
gun.
To shorten the length of something such
as a piece of writing, etc.
To reduce the importance of someone, e.g.
Jack is a self-important, pompous little man; let’s think of a way to cut him down to
size.
To suddenly drive too closely into the
space in front of another vehicle.
To interrupt someone who is speaking.
To include someone in a deal with share
of the profits.
To block access to a place, e.g. Heavy
snowfall has cut off access to many areas in the
countryside.
To stop supply of something such as
electricity, water, etc., e.g. The electricity supply company has sent me a
warning to pay within a week, failing which my electricity will be cut
off.
To abruptly disconnect a telephone call.
To separate a piece from the main part by
cutting, e.g. She cut off a piece of cake for her guest.
To disinherit someone, e.g. My parents
threatened to cut me off their will unless
I go to college.
To stop having a good relationship with
someone due to some reason, e.g. After she recovered from a severe nervous
breakdown, she cut herself off from her
circle of close friends.
To rudely interrupt someone, e.g. I was
relating a story to friends when he came in and cut me off.
To remove something or someone, e.g. The
editor cut out an offending remark in a piece of news
report. / The parents decided to cut him out of
their will.
To remain healthy, e.g. He cuts sugary
snacks and fizzy drink out of his list of items for
consumption
To remove something by cutting, e.g. He’s
always cutting out articles from newspapers to assist in his
writing course.
(Engine) to suddenly stop working, e.g.
The engine of my car suddenly cut outwhen I stopped at the
traffic lights.
To cut something into smaller pieces,
e.g. Jill is cutting an apple up to feed
her birds.
To sustain multiple injuries in a road
accident.
To behave in an unruly manner.
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195.
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dally with
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To think but not seriously about
something.
To be involved in a casual romantic or
sexual relationship with someone.
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196.
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damp … up
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To dam a river, etc.
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197.
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damp … down
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To make a fire burn less strongly.
To control or reduce something such as a
feeling.
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198.
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dash off
dash … off
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To leave very quickly.
To write something hurriedly and without
much thought.
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199.
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date from/back to
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To have existed since a particular time.
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200.
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dawn on
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To realize something for the first time.
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Phrasal Verbs
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