phrasal verb

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  come
  come along: to arrive at a place
  come apart: to separate into pieces
  come round/around: to become conscious again
  come out: to disappear or become less strong (of dirt or colour on clothing/material
  come out: to become public knowledge after it has been kept secret (of the truth)
  come out: to be given to people (of result or information)
  come out: to leave after a period in a place (of hospital/prison)
  come off: to happen as planned or to succeed
  come about: to happen, or to start to happen
  come up: to be mentioned or talked about in conversation
  come up: to happen, usually unexpectedly
  come up: if a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available
  come up against sth: to have to deal with a problem
  come across: to find something by chance
  come to sth: if you come to a decision, arrangement, etc., you make a decision or decide what to think about something
  come down to sth: if a situation or decision comes down to something, that is the thing that influences it most
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  get
  get together (often + with): if two or ore people get together, they meet in order to do something or spend time together
  get on (often + with): if two or more people get on, they like each other and are friendly to each other
  get on (often + with): to continue doing something, especially work
  get behind (often + with): if you get behind with work or with payments, you have not done as much work or paid as mush as you should by a particular time
  get sth over with: to do and complete something difficult or unpleasant that must be done
  get away: to leave a place or person, often when the situation makes it difficult for you to do so
  can’t/couldn’t get over sth: to ve very surprised or shocked that something has happened or that something is true
  get away with: to succeed in not being criticised or punished for something wrong that you have done
  get by: to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
  get around/round: to succeed in avoiding or solving a problem
  get around/round to sth: to do something that you have intended to do for a long time
  get at sb: to criticize a person repeatedly
  get at sth: when someone is getting at something, they mean it or are trying to express it
  get away with sth: to do something successfully although it is not the best way of doing it
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  go
  go along with sb/sth: to support an idea, or agree with someone’s opinion
  go on: to continue exist or happen
  go on: to happen
  go through with: to do something unpleasant or difficult which you planned or promised to do
  go together: if two types of thing or people go together, they are usually found with each other
  go through sth: to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation
  go in for sth: to take part in a competition
  go without (sth): to not have something or to manage to live despite not having something
  go out: if a light or something that is burning goes out, it stops producing light or heat
  go about sth: to begin to do something or deal with something
  go for sth: to choose something
  go through sth: to examine something that contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something
  go off: to leave a place and go somewhere else
  go on: to continue or move to the next thing
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  look
  look at sth: to read something in order to check it or form an opinion about it
  look at sth: if someone, usually an expert, looks at something, they examine it
  look out: to watch what is happening and be careful
  look on: to watch something happen but not become involved in it
  look up to sb: to respect and admire them
  look down on sb/sth: to think that someone or something is less important than you, or that something is not good enough quality for you to use
  look after sb/sth: to take care of someone or something by doing what is needed to keep someone or something well or in good condition
  look ahead: to think about what will happen in the future and plan for those events
  look around/round: to try find something you want (e.g. job) by asking different people or by looking in different places
  look forward to sth/doing sth: to feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen
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  make
  make up sth: to form the whole of something
  make for somewhere: to go in the direction of
  make out sth/sb: to be able to see or hear something or someone with difficulty
  make up sth or make sth up: to invent something e.g. a story or game
  make up sth or make sth up: say or write something that is not true in order to deceive
  make out sb or make sb out: to understand why someone behaves as they do
  make out sth or make sth out: to understand something, especially why something has happened
  make up for sth: provide something good in order to make a bad situation better
  make it up to sb: to do something good for someone who you have done something bad to in the past, or to someone who has done something good for you
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  put
  put (sth) in: to fix a large piece of equipment or system into a room or building, ready to be used
  put on: to make a device operate, or to cause a device to play something, such as a cd or dvd, by pressing a switch
  put sth out: to make a light stop shining by pressing a switch
  put sth up: to build something
  put up: to open something that is folded or rolled up so that it is ready to use
  put sb off: to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or stop them from doing something, until a later time
  put sth off: to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
  put back: to change the date or time of an event so that it happens later than planned
  put forward: to make a watch or clock show a later time
  put back: to make a watch or clock show an earlier time
  put sb out: 1. to cause trouble or extra work for someone
  2. [m usually passive] to annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them
  put up with sb/sth: to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly
  put sb on: 1. to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke
  2. to try to deceive someone into believing something that is not true
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  take
  take sth apart: to separate something into its different parts
  take sth back: to return something you have bought to a shop
  take sth back: to admit that something you said was wrong
  take sb aside: to separate someone from a group of people so that you can speak to them privately
  take off: to suddenly leave somewhere, usually without telling anyone that you are going
  take up sth or take sth up: to start doing a particular job or activity
  take off sth or take sth off (sth): to subtract a particular amount from a total
  take away sth or take sth away: to subtract a first number from a second number
  take back sth or take sth back: to admit to something you said was wrong
  take in sth or take sth in: look at something carefully, noticing all the details
  take out: to subscribe to or register for something officially
  take to: to start to do something often
  take up with: to be very busy doing something
  take sb up on sth: to accept an offer that someone has made
  take it out of sb: to make someone very tired
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  clear (sth) up: to make a place tidy by removing things from it or putting them where they should be
  sweep (up): to clean especially a floor by using a brush to collect the dirt into one place from which it can be removed
  tidy (up): make a room or a group of things tidy by putting things in the correct place
  jumble (up): to mix things together untidily
  hang (up): hang something, especially clothes, on a hook
  load (up): to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine
  clog (up): to (cause something to) become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is difficult
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  these three sentences could be written without up but up emphasises the meaning of “finish it all or completely”
  use sth up: to finish a supply of something
  eat (sth) up: to eat all the food that you have been given
  drink (sth) up: to finish your drink completely
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  show up: to arrive somewhere in order to join a group of people, especially late or unexpectedly
  turn up (somewhere): to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned
  open up: to start a new shop or business
  liven (sth) up: to become more interesting and exciting, or to make something become like this
  divide (up): to share
  divide into: to separate something into smaller parts or groups
  chop (up): to cut something into pieces with an axe, knife, or other sharp instrument
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  out meaning not in
  many phrasal verbs with out have an association with the basic meaning of out, i.e. not in
  leave out sth/sb or leave sth/sb out: to not include someone or something
  cut out sth or cut sth out: to remove something or form a shape by cutting, usually from paper or cloth
  show out sb or show sb out: to go to the door of the building with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving
  see out sb or see sb out: to go to the door of a building or room with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving
  let out sb/sth or let sb/sth out: to allow a person or animal to leave, usually by opening a locked or closed door
  lock out sb or lock sb out: to prevent someone from entering a building or room by locking the door
  lock yourself out: accidently prevent yourself from getting into a building by leaving the keys inside when you shut the door
  out meaning to the end or completely
  sometimes out phrasal verbs gives an idea of completing or doing something to the end
  sort out: to arrange things that were untidy
  clear sth out: to tidy a place by getting rid of things that you do not want
  wear (sth) out: to use something so much that it is damaged and cannot be used any more, or to become damaged in this way:
  run out: to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left
  other uses of out
  spread out: to arrange on a flat surface
  come out: to be available to buy or see
  try out: to test to find out if it works or decide whether you like it
  help out: if you help out, you do a part of someone's work or give someone money
  lose out: to not have an advantage that other people have
  stress out: to make someone feel very nervous and worried
  burn out: to be forced to stop working because you have become ill or very tired from working too hard
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  leaving places
  off sometimes combines with verbs to express the idea of something or someone leaving a place
  lift off: to leave the ground (of a spacecraft)
  head off: to start a journey or leave a place
  send off: to send a letter, document or parcel by post
  slip off: to leave a place quietely so that other people do not notice you going
  clear off: to leave a place quickly (informal)
  ending or changing state
  off sometimes expresses the idea of moving towards an ending or a change of state
  see sb off: to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them
  sell sth off: to sell all or part of a business
  doze off: if you doze off, you start to sleep, especially during the day
  break off: to suddenly stop speaking or doing something
  run off: to leave somewhere or someone suddenly
  run sth off: if you run off copies of something, you print them
  run sth off: to quickly and easily write something that is usually slow or difficult to write, such as a piece of poetry or music
  other expressions with off
  put off: to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something
  hold off: to delay doing something
  turn sb off: to stop someone feeling interested or excited, especially sexually
  laugh off: to make yourself laugh about something unpleasant in order to make it seem less important or serious
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  on and in
  on
  on in phrasal verbs sometimes has a clear link with the basic pyshical meaning of on
  try sth on: to put on a piece of clothing to discover if it fits you or if you like it
  put sth on: to pretend to have a particular feeling or way of behaving that is not real or natural to you
  weigh on/upon sb/sth: if a problem or responsibility weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy
  rely/depend/count on/upon: to be confideent that someone will help you
  on in phrasal verbs also often contains an idea of further
  keep on: to continue to do something
  pass sth on: to give someone something that another person has given you
  in
  here are some of the many phrasal verbs that use in. ın each case there is a link with the basic physical meaning of in.
  call in: to visit someone for a short time, usually when going somewhere else
  take sth in or take in sth: to make a piece of clothing narrower, by changing the position of some of the stitches joining it together
  rub sth in or rub in sth: to put a substance on the surface of something and rub it so that goes into the surface
  lock sb in or lock in sb: to prevent someone from leaving a room or building by locking the door
  push in (informal): to rudely join a line of people who are waiting by going in front of some of the people who are already there
  sink in: to start to be believed (used about something unpleasant or surprising, which usually has implications)
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  down and over
  different meaning of down
  down
  general meaning of down: move in the direction of the ground
  chop/cut down: to cut through it so that it falls to the ground
  general meaning of down: heaviness which causes difficulty
  weigh down: to carry too much
  load down: too carry too many things
  general meaning of down: put on paper
  note down: to put something on paper or on an electronic device, especially something that someone says
  note down: to write something on a piece of paper or type it on an electronic device so that you do not forget it
  general meaning of down: reduce a number or amount, or not let it rise
  keep down: to stop the number, level or size of something from increasing
  cut down: to eat or drink less of a particular thing, usually in order to improve your health
  general meaning of down: stop an activity
  shut down: to close and stop working
  close down: to stop doing business
  over
  read over: to read something from the beginning to the end in order to find any mistakes or to understand it better
  look over: to quickly examine something
  go over: to talk or think about something in order to explain it or make sure that it is correct
  hand over: to give something to someone else
  stay over: to spend the night somewhere else rather than going home
  get over: to recover from an illness or disappointment
  fall over: to fall the ground
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  around and about
  spending time
  around and about are often interchangeable in phrasal verbs
  phrasal verbs with around and about often express the idea of acting in a relaxed way, or without a particular purpose or without concentrating
  wait about/around: to stay one place without doing anything as you wait for something to happen
  laze about/around: to relax and enjoy yourself by doing very little
  sit about/around (somewhere): to spend time sitting down and doing very little
  hang about/around/round (somewhere) (informal): to spend time somewhere without doing very much
  mess about/around: 1. to spend time playing or doing things with no particular purpose
  2. to behave stupidly, waste time doing unimportant things
  mess sb about/around (informal): to treat someone badly or waste their time, e.g. by changing your mind or not doing what you promised
  lite about/around: to spent time lying down doing very little
  being in a place
  mill about/around/round: to walk around a particular place or area, usually while waiting for something
  stand about/around/round: to spend time standing in a place waiting for someone or doing very little
  stich around: (informal) to stay somewhere for a period of time
  take around/round: to visit a place with someone showing them the most interesting or important parts
  show around/round: to go with someone to a place that they have not visited before and show them the interesting part
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  for and with
  they must go before the object of the verb
  for
  go for: to try to ge tor achieve it
  root for: (informal) to show support for someone who is in a competition or who is doing something difficult
  ask for sth: if you say you couldn't ask for someone or something better, you mean that rot person or thing is the best of their type
  live for sth/sb: to have something or someone as the most important thing in your life
  send for: to send someone a message asking them to come to see you
  call for sb: to go to a place in order to collect someone
  stand for: 1. to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas
  2. if one or more letters stand for a word or name, they are the first letter or letters of that word or name and they represent it
  to die for: excellent or to be strongly wished for
  with
  could do with sb/sth: to need or want something or someone (informal)
  deal with sth: if something (e.g. book, film, article) deals with a particular subject or idea, it is about that subject or idea
  stick wit it: to continue doing something even though it is difficult (informal)
  go with sth: if one thing goes with another, they suit each other or they look or taste good together
  put up with sb/sth: to accept unpleasant behaviour or an unpleasant situation, even though you do not like it
  catch up with sb: to meet someone you know, after not seeing them for a period of time
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  through and back
  through
  through in phrasal verbs gives an idea of going from one side of something to the other, or from the beginning to the end of something. bote that with most of these phrasal verbs through must go begore the object of the verb
  sleep through: if you sleep through a lot of noise or an activity, it does not wake you or keep you awake
  live through: to experience a difficult situation or event
  flick through: to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc.
  look through: to read something quickly
  go through: to carefully read or discuss something to make sure that it is correct
  take sb through sth: to explain something or show them how to do it
  see through: to realise what someone is really like or what someone is trying to do
  back
  back in phrasal verbs or expressions usually conveys the idea of returning
  send back: to return something to the person who sent it to you, especially because it is damaged or not suitable
  take back: to return something you have bought to a shop
  call/phone/ring back: to phone someone again, or to phone someone who called you earlier
  bounce back: to start to be successful again after a difficult period, for example after experiencing failure, loss of confidence, illness, or unhappiness
  note that with the verbs above back can go before or after the object of the verb
  answer back: to speak rudely when answering someone in authority
  go back: to have existed since a time in the past
  bite back: to react angrily, especially to someone who has done something unpleasant to you
  bite sth back: to stop yourself from saying something or from expressing an emotion
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  into and away
  into
  run into: to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to
  look into: to investigate and examine the facts about a problem or situation
  burst into: to suddenly start to make a noise, especially to start crying, laughing or singing
  read into: to believe that an action, remark, or situation has a particular importance or meaning, often when this is not true
  go into: to describe and discuss something in a detailed way
  throw into: to do something actively and enthusiastically
  enter into sth: to start to become involved in something, especially a discussion or agreement (not that you enter a room, not enter into a room)
  buy into: to completely believe in a set of idea
  away
  tidy away sth or tidy sth away: to put things in cupboards and drawers, etc. after you have been using them
  pack away sth or pack sth away: to put something into a bag or container, or in the place where it is usually kept
  tear sb away (usually + from): to force someone to stop doing something they enjoy in order to do something else
  stay away from sth: to avoid something that has a bad effect on you
  turn away: to move your face so you are not looking at something
  lock yourself away: to go to a room or building where you can be alone, usually so that you can work
  run away (often + from): to secretly leave a place because you are unhappy there
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  success and failure
  bring off: to succeed in doing something difficult
  catch on: become popular
  take off: to suddenly start to be successful or popular
  take over: to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it
  fall down: to fail
  fall through: to fail to happen
  come off: to happen as planned or to succeed
  pull off: to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
  build on: to use a success or achievement as a base from which to achieve more success
  walk into: to get very easily
  muddle through: to manage to do something although you are not organized and do not know how to do it
  catch up: to reach the same quality or standard as someone
  pay off: to be successful
  keep up: to make progress at the same speed as something or someone else in order tos tay at the same level as them
  stay ahead: to continue to be more advanced and successful than other people
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  starting and finishing
  starting
  set about sth/doing sth: to start doing something that uses a lot of time or energy
  set out: to start a journey
  start off or start out: to begin life, existence or a profession in a particular way
  finishing
  call off: to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible
  dry up: to end or stop coming
  break off: to suddenly stop speaking or doing something
  finish off: to complete the last part of something that you are doing
  polish off: to finish something quickly and easily, especially a lot of food or work
  pack up: to stop working or doing another regular activity
  
  give up: to stop doing or having something
  cut down: to reduce the amount or number
  wind down: to relax and allow your mind to be free from worry after a period of work or some other activity that has made you worried
  fizzle out: to gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way
  give up: to stop doing something before you have finished it, usually because it is too difficult
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  actions and movement
  fall down: to fall to the ground
  get down: to get something that is above your head by reaching with your hand
  slow down: to drive more slowly
  wrap up: to cover in paper, especially in order to give as a present
  tie up: to put string or rope around something so that it is fastened together
  blow up: to fill the air
  pick up: to lift using your hands
  tear up: to tear into a lot of small pieces
  move up: to move slightly so that there is enough space for someone else
  slow up: to make someone or something slower
  other action and movement verbs
  move over: to change the place where you are sitting or standing so that there is space for someone else to is tor stand
  pop out: to leave the place i am to go somewehere for a short time
  reach out: to stretch my arm in front of my body, usually in order to ge tor touch something
  help on/off: help me for something
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  destroying and reacting to destruction
  fall apart: to break into pieces because of being too old or too weak
  pull down sth or pull sth down: to destroy a building or other structure because it is not wanted any more
  screw up or screw sth up: to twist or crush paper or material with your hands
  tear apart sth or tear sth apart: to pull something violently so that it breaks into two or more pieces
  tear down sth or tear sth down: to violently destroy a building or other structure because it is not wanted
  knock over sth/sb or knock sth/sb over: to hit or push someone or something, usually accidently, so that they fall to the ground or onto their side
  put out sth or put sth out: to make something that is burning, e.g. a fire, stop burning
  root out sb/sth or root sb/sth out: to find and get rid of the thing or person that is causing a problem
  stamp out sth or stamp sth out: to get rid of something that is considered wrong or harmful
  reacting to destruction and negative situations
  fight back: to defend yourself when someone attacks you or causes problems for you
  bend/lean over backwards: to try very hard to do something
  see sb through sth: o help or support someone during a difficult period in their life
  turn on sb: to attack or criticize someone suddenly and unexpectedly
  set sb back (sth): to cost someone a large amount of money
  see to sth/sb: to deal with a person or task that needs to be dealt with or is waiting to be dealt with
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  managing subjects and topics
  bring up: to start to talk about
  get on to: to start talking about after discussing something else
  run through: to repeat something, usually quickly, to make sure it is correct
  leave aside: to not discuss one subject so that you can discuss a different subject
  come back to: to return to discuss it at a future time
  spell out: to explain in detail
  deal with: to discuss or give our attention to
  note that some of the phrasal verbs above can have the object before or after the particle: bring sth up or bring up sth, leave sth aside or leave aside sth, spell sth out or spell out sth
  communications and interacting with others
  keep to sth: to do what you have promised or planned to do
  turn to sb/sth: to ask a person or organization for help or support
  bubble over: o be very excited and enthusiastic
  order about/around: to tell someone what they should do in an unpleasant or forceful way, especially repeatedly
  pass on: to tell someone something that another person has told you
  turn down: to refuse an offer or request
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  describing people and places
  describing people
  dress up: to put on forma lor special clothes
  put on: to put a piece of clothing onto your body
  do up: to fasten
  wrap up: to dress in arm clothes
  freshen up: to make someone or something clean and pleasant
  describing places
  set apart: to make it different, usually better, than others of the same type
  stick out: to go past the surface or edge of something
  comparing and contrasting people and things
  tell apart: to be able to see the difference between two very similar things or people
  stand out: to be very noticeable
  blend in: to look or seem the same as surrounding people or things and therefore not be easily noticeable
  go together: to look good together
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  describing public events
  book up: if an event, person or place is booked up, there is no space or time available for someone
  pour in: to arrive or enter somewhere in very large numbers
  pack out: to make a place very full
  take off: to copy the way a person or animal behaves, often in order to make people laugh
  stand in: to play the role of someone for a short period of time
  put on: to produce
  tie in with: to plan an event or activity so that it combines with or happens at the same time as another, or to be planned in this way
  walk out: to leave an event such as a meeting or performance because you are angry or disapprove of something
  send up: to make someone or something seem stupid by copying them in a funny way
  turn out: if people turn out for an event, they go to be there or to watch
  other verbs connected with events
  call off sth or call sth off: to cancel something, especially because it no longer seems possible or useful
  cram into/in somewhere: to go into a place even though it is too small and becomes very full
  pass off: to happen, especially in a good way
  put off sth or put sth off: to postpone to a later date
  put back sth or put sth back: to arrange something for a later time
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  giving and getting information
  referring to information in academic writing
  come under sth: to be included in or may be found in
  draw on/upon sth: to use information or your knowledge or experience of something to help you do something
  point out sth (often + that): to present a new fact, especially one that is important in the present discussion or situation
  turn to sth/sb: to begin to think, speak or write about a subject
  noticing and understanding information
  latch on: to begin to understand something
  take in: to understand completely the meaning or importance of something
  watch out for: to be careful to notice someone or something interesting
  find out: to get information about something because you want to know more about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time
  check up on: to try to discover what someone is doing in order to be certain that they are doing what they should be doing
  track down: to find something or someone after looking for them in a lot of different places
  other verbs connected with information
  give up: to stop trying to guess
  slip out: if a remark slips out, you say it without intending to
  match up: if two pieces of information match up, they are the same
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  solving problems
  talk over: to discuss something before making a decision
  sort sth/sb out: to deal successfully with a problem, a situation, or a person who is having difficulties
  bottle out: to suddenly decide not to do something because you feel frightened and lose your confidence
  let out: when something that people go to, such as school or a show, lets out, it ends and everyone leave
  call for: to need or deserve a particular action, remark, or quality
  deal with: to take action to achieve something
  finding solution
  face up to: to accept that a difficult situation exists
  see about: to prepare for or deal with an action or event, or to arrange for something to be done
  lie in: to exist or be found in something
  come up with: to suggest or think of an idea or plan
  narrow down: to make a number or list of things smaller, by removing the things that are least important, necessary, or suitable
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  decisions and plans
  thinking about things and deciding
  sleep on: to delay making a decision about something important until the next day so that you have time to consider it carefully
  do without: to manage without something
  weigh up: to think carefully about the advantages or disadvantages of a situation before making a decision
  run by: to tell someone about something so that they can give their opinion about it
  plan ahead: to make decisions or plans about something you will do or might do in the future
  think ahead: to think carefully about what might happen in the future
  think over: to think carefully about the idea before making a decision
  think through: to think carefully about risks and consider the possible consequences
  other verbs connected with planning and deciding
  allow for: to consider something when you are planning something
  bargain for: to expect or be prepared for something
  opt out: to choose not to be part of an activity or to stop being involved in it
  chicken out: to decide not to do something because you are too frightened
  have on: if you have something on, you have planned to do it:
  be set against: be opposed to
  do without: to manage without having something
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  disagreeing
  cry out against sth: to complain loudly about something that you do not approve of
  stick together: if people stick together, they support and help each other
  speak out: to give your opinion about something in public, especially on a subject that you have strong feelings about
  give in: to finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time
  stay ot of: to not become involved in an argument or discussion
  private disagreements
  fall out: to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
  put down: to make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them
  get to: if someone gets to you, they make you feel upset or angry
  stick up for: to support or defend someone or something, especially when they are being criticized
  hold against: to like someone less because they have done something wrong or behaved badly in the past
  back
  the verb back is often used to refer to the position you take in an argument or decision
  back up sb or back sb up: to say that someone is telling the truth
  back down: to admit that you are wrong or have been defeated, often because you are forced to
  back out: to decide not to do something that you were going to do or had agree to do
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  persuading
  put across/over sth or put sth across/over: to cause a piece of false information to be believed by one or more people:
  put forward sth or put sth forward: to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan or person, for other people to consider
  put sth to sb: to suggest an idea or plan to someone so that they can consider it or discuss it
  talk sb around/round: to persuade someone to agree with you or to do what you want them to do
  talk sb into sth/doing sth: to persuade someone to do something
  talk sb out of sth/doing sth: to persuade someone not to do something
  other verbs connected with persuading people
  call for: to say a particular thing should be done, usually in order to change or improve a situation
  brush aside: to refuse to consider something seriously because you feel that it is not important:
  bring round: to persuade someone to have the same opinion as you have
  press for: to try persuade someone, usually someone in authority, to give you something or to allow something to happen
  rope in: to persuade someone to do something for you
  have on: to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke:
  fall for: to be tricked into believing something that is not true
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  praising and criticising
  stand out: to publicly oppose something or someones
  show off: to behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, and that other people often find annoying
  measure up: to be good enough, or as good as someone or something else
  screw up: to make a mistake, or to spoil something
  play at (always used in the continuous form; always used in questions): doing; when you ask what someone is playing at, you are surprised or angry about their behaviour
  ways of criticising
  lay into: to attack someone physically or to criticize them in an angry way
  pick on: to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and unfairly
  hit back: to attack or criticize someone who has attacked or criticized you
  take out on: to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong
  rub in: to talk to someone about something that you know they want to forget because they feel bad about it
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  the classroom and learning
  hand/turn in: to give something to someone in a position of authority
  give/hand out
  clean off/rub out/wipe off: to clean
  work out: to do a calculation to get an answer to a mathematical question
  cross out: to draw a line through something you have written, usually because it is wrong
  miss out: to fail to include someone or something that should be included
  act out: to perform the actions and say the words of a situation or story
  put away: to put something in the place or container where it is usually kept
  other classroom phrasal verbs
  fall behind: to fail to do something fast enough or on time
  catch up: to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else
  play up: when children play up, they behave badly
  mess up: to spoil or damage something, or to do something wrong or badly:
  spread out: to open out something that has been folded
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  students life: courses and exams
  enrolling on courses
  break up: when schools and colleges, or the teachers and students who go to them break up, their classes stop and the holidays start
  go back: to return
  sign up: to agree to become involved in an organized activity
  drop put: if a student drops out, they stop going to classes before they have finished their course
  write up: to write something in a complete or final form using notes that you have made
  throw out: to force someone to leave a college, school, house, or organization
  before an exam
  keep up: to continue to do something
  brush up on: to practise and improve your skills or your knowledge or something, usually something you learned in the past but have partly forgotten
  come up: to appear
  mug up: to quickly try to learn the main facts about a subject, especially before an exam (often + on)
  scrape through: to manage with a lot of difficulty, to succeed in something
  swot up: to learn as much as you can about a subject, especially before an exam
  polish up: to improve a skill, especially when you have allowed it to become less good over a period of time
  pick up: to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it
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  student life: reading and writing
  reading
  read up on:
  dip into:
  turn over:
  read out:
  writing
  write out sth or write sth out: to write something again in a better or more complete way
  note down sth or note sth down: to write or record words or numbers, often so that you do not forget them
  jot down sth or jot sth down: to write or record something quickly on a piece of paper or an electronic device so that you remember it
  scribble down sth or scribble sth down: to write something very quickly on a piece of paper
  fill in sth or fill sth in: to write or record all the necessary information of an official document, e.g. a form
  fill out sth or fill sth out: to write or record all the necessary information on an official document, e.g. a form
  improving a piece of writing
  cut out: to remove
  sum up: to describe briefly the most important points
  tone down: to make it less critical or offensive
  crop up: to appear
  touch on: to mention briefly (also touch upon)
  set out: to give all the details or explain clearly, especially in writing
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  talking informally about your work or career
  get ahead: to be successful in a job
  take on: to accept a particular job or responsibility
  take sb on: to employ someone
  fill in: to give someone extra or missing information
  stand down: to give up your official job or position
  take over: to start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before
  carry out: to do or complete something
  step down: to leave your job
  hand over: to give someone else responsibility or control
  more work-related phrasal verbs
  fix up: to provide or arrange something for someone
  pencil in: to arrange for something to happen on a particular date, knowing the arrangement might be changed later
  knock off: (informal) to stop working, usually at the end of a day
  lay off: to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do
  follow up: to do something in order to maket he effect of an earlier action or thing stronger or more certain
  pull together: to work hard as a group in order to achieve something
  leave to: (informal) to go away from someone so that they so something by themselves or so they can continue what they are doing
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  work: being busy
  being busy
  tie sth up: to cause something, often money or possessions, not to be available for use
  pile up: (of something bad) to increase
  be snowed under: to have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all
  slave away: to work very hard with little or no rest
  catch up: to do something you did not have time to do earlier
  working hard
  branch out: to start to do something different from what you usually do, especially in your job
  work on: to spend time repairing or improving something
  work toward: to try hard to achieve
  keep (sb) at ito continue working hard at something difficult, or to make someone continue to work hard
  stick at: to continue trying hard to do something difficult
  chase: to try to get something that is difficult to get or achieve
  move along: to develop in a satisfactory way
  squeeze in: to manage to do something or see someone in a short period of time or when you are very busy
  wriggle out of: to avoid doing something that you do not want to do
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  money: salaries, bills, payments
  formal and informal
  take out sth or take sth out (withdraw): to get money from a bank
  cut back sth or cut sth back (reduce): to decrease the amount of money that is being spent on something
  pay back sth or pay sth back (repay): to pay someone the money that you owe them
  come to sth (total): to be a particular total when amounts or numbers are added together
  paying bills and debts
  pay off: to pay back all the money owed
  pay up: to pay money owed, especially when you do not want to
  run up: to cause you to owe a large amount of money
  settle up: to pay someone the money owed to them
  other verbs connected with money
  save up: to keep money
  set aside: to use money for special purpose
  write off: to accept that an amount of money has been lost
  get back: to be given something again that you had before
  give away: to give something to somebody without asking for payment
  pick up: to buy something cheaply
  knockdown: very cheap
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  money and buying
  shopping and buying good
  beat down: to persuade someone to accept a lower amount of money for something
  knock off: to take a particular amount away from a price
  pick up: to buy something cheaply
  club together: if a group of people club together, they share the cost of something between them
  rip off: to cheat someone by making them pay too much money for something
  shop around: to compare the price and quality of the same or a similar object in different shops before you decide which one to buy
  snap up: to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want
  fork out for: to pay for something, especially when you do not want to
  other buying verbs
  stock up: to buy large quantities of
  skimp on: to spend too little money on or use too little of
  splash out: to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need
  run up: if you run up a debt, you do things that cause you to owe a large amount of money
  sell off: to sell all or part of a business
  sell out: if a supply of something sells out, there is no more of that thing to buy
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  business
  starting and doing business
  start up: to create (a business or other organisation)
  set up: to start (a company or organisation)
  hire out: to allow someone to use something or someone temporarily in exchange for money
  run into: to reach a particular cost or amount, as a total
  spin-off: a product that develops from another more important product
  set-up: business arrangement
  ups and downs in business
  sell up: to sell your house or company in order to go somewhere else or do something else
  outlet: shop
  turnover: amount of money or business made by a company in a period of time
  take over: to get control of a company by buying most of its shares
  wind down: to gradually reduce the amount of work being done until it closes completely
  upkeep: cost or process of keeping a building or something in good condition
  pour into: to provide a lot of money for something over a long period
  put at: to roughly calculates at a particular amount
  go under: to fall financially
  run to: to reach a particular amount, usually a large amount
  takeover: act of gaining control of a company
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  calling people
  conversations on the phone or the internet
  call back: to call someone fort he second time, or call someone who rang you earlier
  put through: to connect a phone or internet caller to the person they want to speak to
  cut off: to stop people from continuing a phone conversation by breaking the phone connection
  listen in: to secretly listen to a conversation
  conservations about calling
  call around: to call several people, often in order to find out information
  get back to sb: to talk to someone again, usually on the phone, in order to give them some information or because you were not able to speak to them before
  call back: to phone someone again, or to phone someone who called you earlier
  call up: to phone someone
  get through: to manage to talk to someone on the phone or on the internet
  put on: to give someone the telephone so that they can speak to the person who is on it
  hang up: to end a phone conversation
  ring off: to end a phone conversation intentionally
  call in: to call someone at your place of work to explain why you are not there
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  feelings
  feelings go up and down
  up and down phrasal verbs connected with feelings often refer to positive and negative emotions and emotional events, or a more emotional intensity or less emotional intensity
  up
  brighten up: to suddenly look or feel happier
  cheer up: to make someone start to feel happier
  be hung up on sth: to become worried by a particular subject and spend a lot of time thinking about it (informal)
  down
  break down: to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry
  calm down: to stop feeling angry, upset, or excited
  cool down: to become calmer
  more verbs connected with feelings
  bottle up: when a person bottles things up, they refuse to talk about things that make them angry or worried
  tear sb apart: to make someone very unhappy
  carry away: to become so excited about something that you do not control what you say or do
  jump at: to accept eagerly
  warm to: to become more enthusiastic about an idea
  grow on: if someone or something grows on you, you like them more and more although you did not like them at first
  take to: to start to like someone or something
  feel for: to feel sorry for someone who is unhappy or in a difficult situation
  hang-up: feelings of embarrassment of fear about something, often when it is not necessary to feel that way (informal)
  pull together: to become calm after being very upset or angry
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  relationships
  talking about relationships
  go out with: to have a romantic relationship with
  fall out: to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
  chat up: to talk to someone in a way that shows them that you are sexually attracted to them
  falling-out: an argument
  fall for: to suddenly have strong romantic feelings about someone
  fit in: to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them
  get along: to have a good relationship
  ask out: to invite someone to come with you to a place such as the cinema or a restaurant, especially as a way of starting a romantic relationship
  being attracted to someone
  hit it off: to like someone and become friendly immediately
  pair off: to start a romantic relationship with someone
  chat up: to talk to someone in a way that shows them that you are sexually attracted to them
  go for: to like that type of person or thing
  relationships: problems
  split up: to end a relationship or marriage
  drift apart: to gradually become less friendly and the relationship ends
  finish with: to end a romantic relationship (informal)
  break off: to end a relationship
  grow apart: to gradually become less friendly, often because you do not have the same interests and opinions any more
  break off with: to end a romantic relationship with someone
  break up: to end romantic relationship, or marriage
  let down: to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do
  make up: to forgive someone and be friendly with them again after an argument or disagreement
  break-up: the act or event of breaking up
  miss out: to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something
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  secrets and conversations
  secrets
  keep sth from sb: to not tell someone about something
  open up: o start to talk more about yourself and your feelings
  pour out: to tell all your problems or feelings to someone
  go back on: to fail to keep a promise, or to change a decision or agreement
  let on: to tell someone about something that you know, when it is secret
  outpouring: long and emotional expression of what you are feeling
  own up: to admit you have done something wrong
  conversations
  keep on at sb: to talk to someone about something many times, usually complain about something they have done or not done
  talk down to sb: to talk to someone as if they were less intelligent than you or not important
  play down sth or play sth down: to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is
  pin down sb or pin sb down: to make someone provide details about something or make a decision about something
  have it out with sb (informal): to talk to someone about something they have done that makes you angry, in order to try to solve the problem
  wind up sb or wind sb up (informal): to tell someone something that is not true in order to make a joke or to annoy them
  mouth off (informal): to talk about something as if you know more than everyone else or to complain a lot about something
  shut (sb) up (informal): to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this
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  stages through life
  name after: to give the same name as someone lese
  take after: to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character
  bring up: to care for a child until it is an adult, often giving it particular beliefs
  grow up: to gradually become an adult
  carry on: to continue
  end up: to finally be in a particular place or situation
  become of: to happen to
  drop out: to stop going to classes before completing a course
  wind up: to end, or to make an activity end
  live up to: to be as good as something
  pass for: to appear to be someone or something else
  hand down: to give something to someone younger than you in the family because you want them to have it or because you no longer need it
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  health
  symptoms
  throw up: to vomit
  come down with: to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious
  go down with: to start to suffer from an infectious disease
  fight off: to try hard to get rid of
  put out: to injure part of your body by causing it to be moved out of its correct position
  shake off: to get rid of
  swell up: to become larger or rounder than usual
  blocked-up: filled so that you are unable to breathe normally
  pass out: to become unconscious; fainted
  break down: to become mentally or physically ill because of an unpleasant experience
  care for: to look after someone
  pull through: to recover form a serious illness
  slow down: to become less physically active than before
  pass away: to die
  pass on: to die
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  homes and daily routines
  homes
  move out: to stop living in a particular house or flat
  move in: to begin living in a new house or flat
  move in together: to start living in the same house as someone
  live on sth: to have an amount of money in order to buy the things you need
  live off sth: to have enough money for the things you need by taking it from a supply of money or another person
  put up sb or put sb up: to let someone stay in your home for a short time
  sleep over: to sleep in someone else’s home for a night (noun: a sleepover)
  note: oversleep means to sleep longer than you should have done
  daily routines
  get up: to get out of bed
  wake up: to become conscious after sleeping
  sleep in: to sleep later in the morning than usual
  lie in: to stay in bed later in the morning than usual
  stay up: to go to bed later than usual
  wait up: to not go to bed because you are waiting for someone to arrive
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  socialising
  arranging social gatherings
  ask sb over/round: to invite someone to come to your house
  invite sb around/round/over: to invite someone to come to your house
  come over or come around/round: to visit someone at their house
  bring along sb/sth or bring sb/sth along: to bring someone or something somewhere
  pop in/into: to go into a place just for a short time (informal)
  have sb around/round or have sb over: if you have someone around, they come to your house for a social visit
  other socialising verbs
  ask after: to ask for information about someone, especially about their health
  call round: to visit someone who lives near to you for a short time
  drop in/round: (informal) to make a short visit someone in their home, usually without arranging it before
  invite out: to ask someone to go with you to a place, e.g. a restaurant or the cinema
  bring round: to bring someone or something somewhere, especially to someone’s house
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  food and drink
  preparing food and drink
  measure out: to weigh or measure a small amount of something from a larger amount of something
  go off: if food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old
  thaw out: if you thaw out, you gradually get warm again after being very cold
  put on: to begin to cook food
  heat up: to make it hot
  boil over: to flow over the side of the pan
  serving food and drink
  pour out: to fill glasses or cups with a drink
  hand round: to offer something, especially food and drink, to each person in a group
  top up: to put more drink into someone’s glass or cup
  go with: to combine or taste good with
  leftover: food remaining after a meal
  styles of eating and drinking
  leftovers: food prepared for a previous meal but not eaten
  takeaway: a meal cooked and bought at a shop or restaurant but taken somewhere else, often home, to be eaten, or the shop or restaurant itself
  take away: to buy food in a restaurant and eat it somewhere else
  live on/off: to only eat a particular type of food
  eat out: to eat a meal in a restaurant, not at home
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  weather
  the weather forecast
  brighten up: the sky will become lighter and the sun will start to shine
  cloud over: the sky will become covered with clouds
  clear up: it will stop being rainy or cloudy
  warm up: to become warmer
  cool down: to become cooler
  pick up: to become stronger
  talking about the weather and its effects
  let up: to stop or improve
  flood out: to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems
  pour down: to rain heavily
  downpour: a very heavy period of rain
  rain off: if an event is rained off, it cannot start or continue because it is raining
  blow over: to become less strong and than end
  be snow in: to unable to leave that place because there is so much snow
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  travel
  going on a journey
  get away: to go somewhere for a holiday, especially when you need a rest
  set off/out: to start a journey
  start off: to begin
  get on: to board
  stop off: to visit for a short time when on the way somewhere else
  travel in general
  check in: to arrive at a hotel, say who you are and be given a key for your room
  check out: to leave a hotel after paying and giving back the key of your room
  get in: (of a train, bus, place, etc.) to arrive at a particular time
  pull in: (of a train) to arrive in a station
  pull out: (of a train) to leave a station
  air travel
  carry-on: a small case or bag that you take on a plane with you
  check in: to show your ticket at the official dest (the check-in)
  take off: to begin to fly
  touch down: to land on the ground
  stop over: to stop somewhere for a period of time when you are on a long journey
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  driving and cycling
  stop to do things
  draw up: if a vehicle, or someone in a vehicle, draws up, they arrive somewhere and stop.
  drop off sb/sth or drop sb/sth off: to take someone to a place that they want to go to, or deliver something to a place, usually in a car, often when you are going somewhere else
  pump up: fill something with air using a pump
  pull up: if a car pulls up, it stops, often for a short time
  pull over: to move a vehicle to the side of the road in order to stop
  pick up sb/sth or pick sb/sth up: to collect someone who is waiting for you, or collect something you have left somewhere or that you have bought
  pull in or pull into somewhere: if a car pulls in or pulls into a place, it moves to the side of the road or to another place where it can stop
  driving and cycling problems
  pull out: if a vehicle pulls out, it starts moving onto a road or onto a different part of the road
  knock down: to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them
  run over: if a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over them
  pile-up: a traffic accident involving several vehicles that hit each other
  tailback: long line of traffic that is moving very slowly
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  mobile devices
  setting up your device
  set up: to get something ready to use
  plug it: to connect to an electrical supply
  switch on: to make it start by pressing a switch or button (opp: switch off)
  sign in: to write your username and password to enter a page or system (opp: sing out)
  lock out: to be unable to enter
  put in: to type in
  sign up: to agree to receive something
  using your device
  zoom in: to make something look bigger and closer
  zoom out: to make something look smaller and further away
  bring up: to open onto the screen
  scroll down: to move text and images up on a screen
  scroll up: to move text and images down on a screen
  turn up: to increase (opp: turn down)
  problems
  break up: if someone who is talking on a mobile phone is breaking up, their voice can no longer be heard clearly
  go off: if a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud noise
  cut off: to stop the internet connection and the phone connection
  run out: not to have more power
  use up: to finish a supply of something (e.g. data)
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  computers
  back-up: extra copy for safety
  back up: to make a copy of computer information so that you do not lose it
  key in: to put information into a computer using a keyboard
  type in: to put information into a computer using a keyboard
  printout: printed copy of an electronic document
  print out: to produce a printed copy of a document that has been written on a computer
  set up: to prepare or arrange something for use
  free up: to make something available to be used
  filter out: to pass information through a device to remove unwanted information
  click on: carry out a computer operation by pressing a button on the mouse or keyboard
  note: that with the verbs back up, type in, key in, print out, set up, free up, and filter out, the object can go either before or after the particle, e.g. back a file up or back up a file.
  using a network and the internet
  log in/on: to put your name into a computer or website so that you can start using it
  log off/out: to finish using a computer system or website
  pick up sth or pick sth up: to connect to the internet and access emails
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  news
  flare up: to suddenly happen and become serious (used about something negative like violence, anger or an argument
  go off: to explode
  bring down: to cause someone in power to lose their position
  break out: to suddenly start, usually used about something dangerous and unpleasant like war, fire or disease
  slimming breakthrough: (noun) an important discovery or success that enables you to achieve or deal with something
  leak out: to allow secret information to become generally known
  pull out: to stop being involved in an activity or agreement:
  break off: to suddenly stop speaking or doing something
  shot up: to increase very quickly
  crack down: to treat people more strictly in order to try to stop them doing things they should not do (noun: crackdown)
  step up: to do more of something, usually in order to improve situation
  breakout: escape (from the verb break out)
  hideaway: a place where someone goes when they want to relax away from other people
  look out for: to try to notice someone or something
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  crime
  crime reports in newspapers
  beat up: to hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking them repeatedly
  break into: to get into a building or car using force, usually to steal something
  break out: to escape from prison
  walk off with: to steal something or take something without asking permission
  other verbs connected with crime
  hold up sth/sb or hold sth/sb or: to steal from someone using violence or the threat of violence
  hack into sth: to get someone else’s computer system without permission in order to look at information or do something illegal
  tip off sb or tip sb off: to warn someone secretly about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening
  put sb up to sth: to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong
  take in sb or take sb in: to deceive someone or make them believe something that is not true
  lead on sb or lead sb on: to persuade someone to believe something that is untrue
  let off sb or let sb off: to not punish someone who has committed a crime or done something wrong, or to not punish them severely
  lean on sb: to try to make someone do what you want by threatening or persuading them
  be or get mixed up in sth: to become involved in a illegal or bad activity
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  power and authority
  the start of a political career
  stand for: to compete in an election for an official position
  bring in: to introduce
  do away with: to abolish or get rid of
  clamp down: to do something to stop or limit a particular activity (noun: clampdown)
  stand up for: to defend something that you believe is important
  life in parliament
  go ahead: to start to do something (noun: go-ahead)
  back up: to support
  enter into: to officially agree to do something
  stand up to: to state opinions forcefully and refuse to change your mind or do what others want
  carry out: to do or complete something that agree you have said you would do or you have been told to do
  forming a new party
  stand by: to continue support
  stick by: to continue support
  break away: to stop being part of a group because you disagree with them or do not want to be controlled by them
  carry out: to do something that you have said you will do
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  american and australian phrasal verbs
  north america
  bawl out: (tell off in the uk) to speak angrily to someone
  figure out: (work out or suss out in the uk) to find the solution to a problem or the answer to something
  goof around/off: (mess about/around in the uk) to behave stupidly or waste time doing unimportant things
  wash up: (freshen up in the uk) to clean your hands and face with soap and water
  note: wash up means to wash the dishes in the uk
  australia
  barrack for: (cheer for in the uk) to give support to a team or person
  belt into: (throw yourself into in the uk) to begin to do something quickly and with a lot of effort
  get into: (lay into in the uk) to criticise
  shoot through: (do a runner in the uk) to leave a place suddenly and often secretly
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  academic writing
  structuring your writing
  at the beginning:
  start off by: to begin (it is always followed by the ing form)
  set out: to explain in an organised way
  changing topics or referencing:
  move on: to change from one subject to another when talking or writing
  turn on: to change the topic to
  touch on: to mention briefly
  come back to: to start doing something again that you were doing before
  follow up on: to give more information related to something mentioned before
  pick up on: to connect to, give more attention to
  relating to: connected to
  base on: to use idea or information as a start for something else
  at the end / concluding
  sum up: to summarise, to conclude
  draw together: to collect
  bring together: to collect
  arrive at: to reach a result (syn: come to)
  more phrasal verbs for writing
  go on: to continue
  draw on: to use information or your knowledge of something to help you do something
  point out: to emphasise
  focus on: to give a lot of attention to
  account for: to explain, is the reason for
  not: in academic writing, go on is also often followed by say/argue/describe.
  
  not: ufak tefek yazım yanlışları olabilir. pek gözden geçirme şansım yok. farklı yayınlarda, farklı sözlüklerde, farklı anlamlar olabilir/görülebilir; hatta buradaki bazı kelimeler onlarda olmayabilir de.
  kaynak cambridge english phrasal verbs in use ve cambridge advanced learner's dictionary'dir
  örnekli ve alıştırmalı, orijinal yayınlar kullanmanız ayrıca faydalı olabilir.