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C1 phrasal verbs and idiomatic phrases

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  • Don't give up
    Hang in there
    Hang through it
    Hang about it
    Hang towards it
  • To yield to someone or something else
    Give way to
    Give room to
    Give door to
    Give path to
  • A good thing that seemed bad at first
    A blessing hidden in your soup
    A blessing in the clouds
    A blessing in the stars
    A blessing in disguise
  • To revise something
    Go now and be free!
    Go after
    Go over
    Go under
  • To deliberately annoy someone
    Wind down
    Wind in
    Wind up
    Wind out
  • To concentrate on something
    Buckle up
    Knuckle down
    Listen by
    Trickle into
  • To exhaust someone...
    Wear up
    Wear for
    Wear in
    Wear out
  • To start doing something new or difficult
    Start on
    Embark on
    Begin on
    Commence on
  • To get upset about something
    To get broken out of shape
    To get folded into steel
    To get bent out of shape
    To get moulded into heat
  • To test or attempt
    Try before
    Try out
    Try beside
    Try of
  • To have an affair!
    Cheat on
    Cheat upon
    Cheat behind
    Cheat beyond
  • To gain employment is to be...
    Taken on
    Taken up with
    Taken through something
    Taken off by
  • If something is not equal to something else, then it...
    Creeps behind
    Lags behind
    Rolls behind
    Sneaks behind
  • When something gets out of control, it.....
    Get out of my house!
    Gets out of sight
    Get out of mind
    Gets out of hand
  • To refuse someone or something
    Turn up
    Turn down
    Turn over
    Turn under
  • Calm down!
    Pull your thumbs up!
    Pull your hands apart!
    Pull yourself together!
    Pull your fingers over!
  • If something is based on fact, then it is...
    Grounded in fact
    Stacked on fact
    Born in fact
    Mounded in fact
  • When you don't notice how much time has gone by because you're enjoying yourself...
    Time lies when you're having fun
    Time cries when you're having fun
    Time dies when you're having fun
    Time flies when you're having fun
  • To give someone an unfriendly welcome
    Sharp tongue
    Hot potato
    Hard elbow
    Cold shoulder
  • To be eager for something
    Be up for
    Be at for
    Be in for
    Be left for
  • If you do not commit to a position in an argument, you...
    Stand by the door
    Sit in the driveway
    Lie by the chair
    Sit on the fence
  • If you are not punished for doing something wrong, you....
    Get away with it
    Make do with it
    Put up with it
    Go through with it
  • To discover the solution to something
    Figure out
    Figure in
    Figure about
    Figure up
  • Connected to a source
    Stemmed in
    Rooted in
    Treed up
    Earthed by
  • To waste a skill, talent, or opportunity is to...
    Throw it up
    Throw it before
    Throw it away
    Throw it off