Phrasal Verbs 701-800
701.
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rush about/around
rush into
rush ... out
rush ... through
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To do something with urgent haste, e.g.
Her family members were rushing around, making preparations on
the day of her wedding.
To get hastily involved in something
without sufficient consideration, e.g. He was invited to be the manager of a
football team, but he does not want to rush into it before
careful consideration.
To produce and distribute something very
quickly.
To deal with something hurriedly.
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702.
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rust away
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To be gradually destroyed by rust.
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703.
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rustle … up
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To make something quickly.
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704.
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sack out
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To go to sleep or bed.
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705.
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saddle up
saddle … with
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To put a saddle on a horse.
To give someone a difficult or boring
task.
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706.
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sail through
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To succeed easily at something,
especially a test or examination.
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707.
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sally forth
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To set out to perform a challenging task.
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708.
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salt … away
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To secretly store something, especially
money, for the future.
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709.
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save on
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To prevent wastage of something by
minimizing the use of it.
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710.
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savour of
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To have a slight trace or indication of
something.
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711.
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saw at
saw … off
saw … up
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To use a saw to cut something.
To remove something with a saw.
To use a saw to cut something into
pieces.
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712.
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scale … down
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To reduce the size of operations of an
organization, plan, etc.
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713.
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scare … into
scare … away/off
scare up
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To frighten or threaten someone into
doing something.
To make or keep someone or something away
by frightening them.
To make or do something from a limited
source.
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714.
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schlep around
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To spend one’s time idling or lazing.
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715.
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scope … out
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To take a look at someone or something to
understand their true nature.
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716.
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score … out/through
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To delete something by drawing a ling
through it.
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717.
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scrape by/along
scrape in/into
scrape through
scrape together/up
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To manage to survive on the bare minimum.
To just manage to succeed in getting
something, e.g. just scraped into a position or college.
To only just succeed in something such as
passing an examination, etc.
To manage to accumulate, collect or get
something with difficulty.
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718.
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scratch … out
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To cancel or strike out something by
drawing a line through it.
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719.
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scream at
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To become blatantly obvious or
conspicuous.
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720.
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screen … out
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To protect from something dangerous or
harmful entering or passing through.
To investigate someone or something to
ascertain their suitability for a job, position, etc.
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721.
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screw around
screw … out of
screw ... over
screw up
screw ... up
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To fool about.
To have sex with different partners.
To act dishonestly or unfairly in order
to deprive someone of money or something valuable, e.g. The man was finally
arrested after screwing many people out of their savings.
To cheat or treat someone unfairly.
To manage or handle a situation badly,
wrongly or ineffectively, e.g. He volunteered to help me in my work but
instead screwed it up.
To cause someone to be emotionally or
mentally disturbed, e.g. It really screwed her up when her flight was
seriously delayed by a bomb hoax.
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722.
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scrub … out
scrub up
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To thoroughly clean something such as a
place, objects, etc.
To thoroughly clean one’s hands and arms
before doing a surgery.
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723.
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scrum down
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To form a scrum during a game of rugby.
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724.
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scrunch … up
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To crush or squeeze something into a
round, compressed mass.
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725.
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seal … in
seal ... off
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To close something securely to prevent
what it contains from getting out.
To cut off an area and deny access to and
from it.
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726.
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search … out
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To try to find something by looking.
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727.
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section … off
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To divide an area into distinct parts by
marking border lines between them.
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728.
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see about
see around/round
see in
see ... off
see ... out
see over
see through
see to
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To attend to someone or deal with
something, e.g. I would see about the food and drinks for the guests.
To inform or consult someone about a
matter, e.g. I think I had better see someone in the government department
about the potholes on the road leading to my house.
To visit a place and move about looking
at it, e.g. They would like to see around the cave.
To notice a particular quality in someone
or something, e.g. They see in him a young player with great potential.
To show the visitor the way in, e.g. He
was told to see in only the members when they arrive.
To celebrate the new year, e.g. Each year
millions of people throughout the world see in the new year.
To send someone off at the place of
departure such as airport, railway station, etc.
To evict an intruder from a property,
e.g. Security guards were notified to see him off the premises.
To accompany a guest to the door when he
or she leaves.
To continue with something until it
completes, not necessarily with enthusiasm, e.g. He is not enthusiastic but
promised to see out the two-week campaign against smoking.
To examine something with a view to
acquiring it, e.g. He is seeing over the antique furniture on behalf of a
potential buyer.
To discover the truth about someone e.g.
She could see through his deviant behaviour that he is not a suitable
partner.
To provide help and care to someone who is
in need, e.g. A home was set up in the area for the physically handicapped
that should see them through the rest of their life.
To persist with something until it is
completed, e.g. He allocates time from his busy schedule to see the project
through.
To deal with something or do something
for someone, e.g. see to the needs of the poor.
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729.
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seek … out
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To look for and find someone or
something.
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730.
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seize on/upon
seize up
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To grasp eagerly and take advantage of
something such as an opportunity, idea, excuse, etc.
(Machine parts) to become jammed due to
lack of oil, etc.
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731.
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sell off
sell … on
sell oneself
sell out
sell ... out
sell up
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To get rid of unwanted things at cheap
prices, especially when one needs the money.
To make someone enthusiastic about
something such as an idea, new products, novelties, etc.
To offer sex in return for money.
To sell all of a particular product with
none left, e.g. The latest model of dishwasher was sold out in the first
week.
To desert one’s beliefs, principles, etc.
for personal gains.
To betray someone for one’s own financial
or material benefit.
To sell one’s assets and other
possessions such as house, business, yacht, car, etc.
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732.
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send away
send … back
send ... down
send for
send ... off
send ... on
send out
send ..,. up
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To cause to go or be delivered to another
place, e.g. He was sent away to live with his grandmother when he was little.
His duties include sending away numerous
brochures.
To return something to where it came
from, e.g. The letter was wrongly delivered so I sent it back to the post
office.
To make something decreased in value,
e.g. The company’s recent performance has sent its rating down.
To send someone to prison, e.g. He was
sent down even for a minor offence.
To expel from a university, especially
for immoral conduct.
To summon someone to appear before one or
order something to be sent to one.
To order a player to leave the field by
showing him a red card, as in a football game, and be excluded from
further participation in the match.
To cause to be delivered by post, e.g. He
sent off the parcel yesterday.
To arrange someone to go to another
place, e.g. They sent the children off to their grandparents for the weekend.
To order something to be delivered to
one, e.g. We have sent off an order for some pizza.
To pass on something that has been
received to anther place, e.g. The processed food is then sent on to the
packing department.
To emit something, e.g. Stars send out
gamma rays, radio waves, etc.
To arrange for something to go or be
taken to another place, e.g. Most of the invitation cards have been sent out.
To cause something to increase in value,
.e.g. Allowing greater foreign participation in the property sector has sent
property prices up.
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733.
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separate … out
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To make or become apart or detached.
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734.
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serve … out
serve ... up
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To continue with something until it is
complete, e.g. He has served out nearly half of his prison sentence.
To place food onto plates for handing
over to someone such as customers, guests, etc.
To place food onto plates for people to
eat.
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735.
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set about
set … against
set … apart
set ... aside
set ... back
set ... down
set forth
set ... forth
set in
set off
set ... off
set on/upon
set out
set ... out
set to
set ... up
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Start doing something that requires lots
of efforts and time.
To attack someone with fists and legs.
To cause someone to fight or quarrel
against another.
To offset something against, especially
amount spent against tax in order to reduce the amount of tax payable.
To distinguish someone or something that
are more superior compared to others, e.g. the Nobel Prize awards set the
laureates apart from other people.
To keep something for a special purpose,
e.g. a room in a library is set aside for only reading newspapers.
To annul a legal decision or order, e.g.
A verdict of a lower court was set aside by a judge of a higher court.
To hinder the development of someone or
something.
To cost someone a lot of money.
To write about something for the record.
To stop a vehicle for someone to get out.
To start a journey, etc.
To explain or describe something in
writing or speech.
(Something unpleasant) to begin and seem
to continue for a long time.
To go or embark on a journey.
To cause something such as a bomb, alarm,
etc, to go off.
To make something such as a piece of clothing,
etc. more attractive.
To attack someone violently.
To start a journey.
To begin to do or plan a course of action
towards achieving a goal.
To lay something out so that they can be
arranged in a particular order.
To start doing something eagerly and
seriously.
To deliberately make an innocent person
appear guilty or have done something wrong.
To make someone feel healthy and
energetic.
To start a company, organization, etc.
To place or erect something such as a
signboard, road block, statue, etc.
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736.
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settle down
settle for
settle in/into
settle on/upon
settle up
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To make or become calmer or quieter, e.g.
She should settle down as the driving test is not going to cost her life.
To go for a more secure lifestyle,
especially in having a permanent job and own house, e.g. He hasn’t decided to
settle down and raise a family despite having a house and a secure job.
To accept or agree to something, usually
less than satisfactory to either side, e.g. She had stated a sum for her
starting salary, but had to settle for a slightly less amount.
To adapt to a new surrounding.
To decide or agree on something, e.g.
They haven’t settled yet on the paint colour for the kitchen wall.
To agree on the final settlement on
something such as sharing property, etc.
To pay for something such as a bill,
account, etc.
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737.
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sew … up
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To remedy a fault by sewing it, e.g.
sewing up a tear in a shirt.
To conclude a business transaction in a
favourable way.
To have gained overall control over
something.
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738.
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shack up
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To move in or start living with someone
as a partner.
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739.
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shade into
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To be unable to distinguish where
something ends and another begins.
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740.
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shake down
shake ... off
shake on
shake ... out
shake ... up
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To adapt to a new place.
To extort money from someone.
To sleep on the floor, on a seat, etc.
instead of in a proper bed.
To search someone or something
thoroughly.
To get rid of something such as an
illness, problem, etc. that is bothering one, e.g. unable to shake off this
gambling habit.
To escape from one’s pursuer.
To conclude something such as an
agreement, etc. by shaking hands.
To shake something such as a shirt,
cloth, etc. in order to remove any pieces of dirt, dust, etc. from it.
To make someone feel more enthusiastic,
energetic and eager.
To make an organization, system, etc.
more effective by introducing changes.
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741.
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shape up
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To develop or improve one’s behaviour,
performance, physical fitness, etc. to the required standard.
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742.
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sharpen … up
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To improve something to the required
standard, quality, etc.
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743.
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shave … off
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To remove hair off part of someone’s body
by using a shaver or razor.
To reduce by a very slight amount, e.g.
to shave half a second off the world record.
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744.
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shell out
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To pay a seemingly excessive amount of
money for something.
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745.
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shine through
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(Personal quality or skill) to be plainly
obvious.
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746.
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shoot for/at
shoot … down
shoot off
shoot through
shoot up
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To try to achieve a particular aim, e.g.
to shoot for a five percent growth rate for this year.
To bring someone, an aircraft, etc. down
by shooting.
To have to leave quickly or suddenly,
e.g. He has to shoot off after receiving a telephone call.
To depart hurriedly.
To injure or damage someone or something
by shooting them with bullets.
To increase rapidly in prices, number,
etc., e.g. The prices of many food items have shot up; tall buildings are
shooting up in many major cities across the world.
To inject oneself with a narcotic drug.
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747.
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shop around
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To look for the best price for the
available quality goods.
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748.
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shore … up
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To help or support something that is
likely to fail or is not working well.
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749.
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shout … down
shout out
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To prevent someone from speaking or being
heard by shouting.
To say something suddenly in a loud
voice.
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750.
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shove off
shove up
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To go away or to tell someone to go away.
To push a boat away from the shore.
To shift oneself to make space for
someone else.
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751.
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show … around
show off
show … off
show up
show ... up
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To take and guide someone round a place
and point out the interesting features, especially when he is new.
To display one’s abilities,
accomplishments, or possessions in a boastful manner, especially to impress
people and gain their admiration, e.g. He shows off his new
car by sounding the horn unnecessarily.
To display something to others because
one is very proud of it, e.g. His father bought Jack a large flashy car, and
he is busy showing it off by driving all
over town.
To turn up at a place where one is
expected to, e.g. He finally showed up at the restaurant
where others are waiting for him.
To expose someone as being bad or faulty.
To embarrass or humiliate someone.
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752.
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shrink from
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To avoid doing something difficult or
unpleasant, e.g. shrink from making tough decisions.
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753.
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shrug … off
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To dismiss something as unimportant and
without caring about it.
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754.
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shuck off
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To take off a piece of garment, e.g. He
shucks off his jacket and plays a game of snooker.
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755.
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shudder at
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To think something is inappropriate or
disagreeable, e.g. He shudders at what his parents would say
when he tells them he’s dropped out of college.
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756.
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shut … away
shut down
shut ... in
shut off
shut ... out
shut up
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To isolate someone or something from
being seen.
To put oneself in a place in order to be
alone, e.g. He shut himself away in his
room to continue with his work.
To cease or cause to cease business
operation
To keep someone indoors or in a room.
To make something such as a machine,
etc., stop operating, e.g. Someone accidentally pressed the wrong button on
the remote control and shut off the television while
everyone was watching it.
To stop or cut off supply, e.g. shutting
off a tap, or a strike that closes a coal mine and shuts off coal
supplies.
To deliberately prevent someone from
participating in an activity, e.g. he felt he was being shut out when
he was not invited to the party.
To prevent someone or something from
entering a place, e.g. double-glazed windows shut out the
cold and noise.
To prevent an opposing team from gaining
points by scoring.
To make someone stop talking, e.g. They
tried a few times to shut her up but
failed.
To tell someone to stop talking, e.g.
Wherever she is she tends to dominate the conversation, talking endlessly but
no one would dare to tell her to shut up.
To keep someone from other people, e.g.
He shut himself up in his room to prevent
his cold from spreading to others.
To cease business activities for the day
or permanently.
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757.
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shy away from
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To avoid doing something because of
nervousness or lack of confidence, e.g. He shied away from an
offer to speak at the club meeting.
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758.
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sick … up
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To vomit.
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759.
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sicken of
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To lose one’s desire for or interest in
something.
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760.
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sieve … out
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To separate solid from liquid or small
objects from large ones by using a sieve.
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761.
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sift … out
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To separate something from other things,
e.g. It’s not always easy to sift out genuine products from fake ones.
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762.
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sign away
sign for
sign in
sign off
sign on
sign ... on
sign out
sign … over
sign up
sign with
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To sign a document giving one’s property
or legal right to someone else.
To sign a document acknowledging receipt
of something.
To sign as a player, especially for a
football team.
To write one’s name in a book, sign a
book on arrival at, or enter a place such as hotel, office, club, etc.
To end a letter, broadcast, etc. by
writing one’s name, bidding farewell, etc.
To sign a document agreeing to work for
an employer.
To sign officially that one is
unemployed.
To recruit someone into one’s employment.
To write one’s name in or sign a book
when leaving a hotel, office, club, etc.
To sign an official document conveying
one’s property or rights to someone else.
To sign a document committing oneself to
something such as a course of study, employment, specific petition, etc.
To enter legal agreement to play for a
particular sports team.
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763.
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silt up
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To become filled with sand, mud, soil or
other material.
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764.
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sing along
sing out
sing up
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To join in singing with someone who is
already singing.
To sing loudly.
To request someone to sing more loudly.
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765.
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single … out
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To choose someone or something from a
group of like people or things for favourable or adverse comment, or unfair
treatment.
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766.
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sink in
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(Information, facts, ideas, words, etc.)
to gradually become fully understood, e.g. His remark did not sink in
immediatetly.
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767.
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sit around/about
sit back
sit down
sit in
sit on
sit ... out
sit through
sit up
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To sit down idling.
To be in a sitting and relaxing position
in a comfortable chair.
To be in or get into a sitting position,
e.g. I’m so busy I haven’t sat down since I got up from bed
this morning.
To try to resolve a problem, e.g. They
mutually agreed to sit down for a drink and sort out their
disagreement over a certain matter.
To be at but not actively involved in a
meeting.
To be temporarily doing something on
behalf of someone.
To engage in a silent demonstration of
protest.
To delay or fail to deal with something.
To not participate in an event, activity,
etc.
To wait without taking action until an
unpleasant or unwelcome situation is over.
To stay on until a meeting, talk, speech,
performance, etc. ends, even if it is very long and boring.
To get into a sitting position from a
lying position.
To stop oneself from going to bed and
stay up very late.
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768.
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size … up
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To consider and judge about a person or
situation.
To estimate or measure something’s
dimensions.
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769.
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skate over/around
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To avoid addressing an issue or problem,
or not according it the attention it deserves.
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770.
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skin up
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To make a cannabis cigarette.
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771.
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skip out/off
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To leave quickly and secretly in order to
evade something such as paying bill, etc.
A person who defaults or absconds.
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772.
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slag off
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To strongly criticize someone, especially
behind their back.
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773.
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slam into
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To crash hard into something, e.g. The
car slammed into a tree.
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774.
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slap … down
slap … on
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To unjustifiably criticize someone.
To apply something hastily or carelessly
on something else.
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775.
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slaver over
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To show excessive admiration for
something in a silly way.
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776.
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sleep around
sleep in
sleep … off
sleep through
sleep together
sleep with
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To have sex with numerous people.
To wake up much later than usual in the
morning.
To recover from something by sleeping,
e.g. to sleep off the effects of drinking too much alcohol.
To sleep continuously without being
awakened by anything that happens.
To sleep continuously at length.
To have sex.
To have sex with someone, especially
someone whom one is not married to.
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777.
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slice … off
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To separate something from another by
cutting easily with a sharp knife or edge.
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778.
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slick … down/back
slick ... up
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To make one’s hair flat, smooth, and
glossy by using oil, or cream, etc.
To make someone or something smart, tidy,
or stylish.
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779.
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slip into
slip ... off
slip ... on
slip out
slip out of
slip up
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To put clothes on quickly.
To pass gradually to a worse condition,
e.g. slip into unconsciousness or a coma.
To take clothes off quickly.
To put clothes on quickly.
To move away quickly, or secretly.
To say something without thinking or real
intention to say it.
To accidentally slide or move out of
position or from someone’s grasp.
To quickly get out of one’s clothes.
To make a careless mistake.
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780.
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slob around
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To idle and behave in a lazy, relaxed and
unconcerned manner.
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781.
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slobber over
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To show one’s excessive interest in
someone in an annoying way.
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782.
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slop about/around
slop out
slop through
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To wander in an aimless or slovenly
manner; mess about.
(Prisoners) to empty out the contents of
their chamber-pots.
To wade through a wet or muddy area.
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783.
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slope off
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To leave a place quietly, and
inconspicuously in order to avoid work or duty.
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784.
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slot in/into
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To fit someone or something into
something else such as a plan, organization, a new role, situation, etc.
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785.
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slough … off
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To get rid of something such as the outer
layer of old skin, etc..
To banish one’s feelings, belief, etc.,
e.g. He was to slough off all feelings of guilt.
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786.
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slow down
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To become or make something such as a
vehicle, etc. slower, e.g. Many a time his girlfriend asked him to slow down
or she would get out of the car.
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787.
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smack of
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To have a flavour, smell, or suggestion
of something, e.g. a piece of writing that smacks of hypocrisy.
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788.
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smarten up
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To make someone or something look neat,
tidy and stylish.
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789.
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smash … down
smash … in
smash … up
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To knock something down violently.
To hit or collide with something
violently or forcefully.
To deliberately damage or destroy
something, e.g. smash the place up.
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790.
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smell … out
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To find something by smelling.
To detect or suspect by means of instinct
or intuition.
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791.
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smoke … out
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To force someone or something out of a
place by filling it with smoke.
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792.
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smooth … away
smooth … over
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To dispose of something such as problems,
difficulties, etc.
To make a situation or the effects of
something less unpleasant, harmful, or serious.
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793.
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snap … on/off
snap out of
snap … up
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To turn a light on/off
To get out of a bad or sad state to a
better one.
To get or buy something quickly,
especially because it is in short supply or very cheap.
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794.
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snatch at
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To seize something quickly.
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795.
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sneak in/into
sneak on
sneak out
sneak up
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To enter a place unnoticed, e.g. The boys
managed to sneak past the ticket collector into the circus tent.
To officially inform someone or provide
them with information about something or someone else’s misdeeds.
To exit a place unnoticed, e.g. The kids
sneaked out of the church by crawling between the empty pews.
To creep stealthily up to someone.
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796.
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sniff around/round
sniff out
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To investigate something in a covert
manner.
To find out something by investigation.
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797.
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snuff … out
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To extinguish or put an abrupt end to
something.
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798.
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soak … up
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To use something such as a sponge, cloth,
towel, etc. to absorb a liquid.
To learn something quickly and easily.
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799.
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sober … up
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To become or make someone become less
drunk.
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800.
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sock in
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To be engulfed by adverse weather
conditions, reducing visibility.
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