To come to nothing or to fail: "The project fell through due to lack of money."
DO UP
To redecorate or renovate a building, room or piece of furniture.
CATCH ON
1. To become popular OR 2. To understand what is meant or how to do something.
SIGN UP FOR
To agree to become involved in an organised activity.
LET SB DOWN
To disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do.
MAKE INTO
To change something into something else.
KEEP OFF
To stop or prevent someone from touching or being on something: "Keep off the grass."
FALL OUT WITH
To stop a relationship with someone due to an argument or unpleasant incident: "Ella fell out with Amylast week and now they're not talking to each other."
CALL OFF
To cancel an event.
CATCH UP WITH
To do tasks which one should have done earlier OR To succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of you.
SEE TO
To do something that has to be done, to deal with.
DO AWAY WITH
To put an end to or to kill: "He didn't have the courage to do away with her."
HEAD FOR
To go towards: "You need to head for the river if you want to get to the football stadium."
THINK THROUGH
To carefully consider the possible results of doing something in order to make a decision.
GET ROUND TO
To do something that you have intended to do for a long time.
LET OUT
To allow someone to leave somewhere.
PULL OVER
When a vehicle moves to the side of the road and stops: "Just poll over here, and I'll get out and walk the rest of the way."
COME ALONG
Said when encouraging someone or telling them to hurry up. OR To arrive.
SEE SB OFF
To go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them: "My parents came to the airport to see me off."
COME ROUND
To visit someones house OR To recover consciousness OR To be converted to another person's opinion.
SET OUT
To start an activity with a particular aim. OR To start a journey. OR To begin to carry out a plan of action.
LET OFF
"To be let off the hook" OR fireworks, bomb
GO THROUGH WITH
To do something unpleasant or difficult that has already been agreed or promised.
STICK TO
To follow or adhere to a plan or rules. OR To continue or confine yourself to doing or using a particular thing.
TAKE AFTER
To resemble an older relative: "He takes after his Dad much more than his Mum."
KNOCK OUT
To make someone unconscious by punching or hitting someone forcefully.
PAY UP
To give sb the money that you owe them (especially when you do not want to)
COME UP
To happen unexpectedly OR To be mentioned
GO OFF
To explode OR to start ringing OR to go bad
FIT IN WITH
To e socially compatible with other members of a group or place: "She felt that she had to do certain things to fit in with her new friends."
TAKE OVER
To begin to have control of something: "The firm was taken over by one of its main competitors."
GET DOWN TO
To start to direct your efforts and attention towards something.
PICK ON SB
To criticise, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly: "He gets picked on because he's small."
CHECK ON
To look at someone or something to make sure that they are safe, correct, etc.
COUNT ON
To rely on something happening or someone doing something.
WRITE UP
To write something in a complete form. (report, document, etc.): "My boss asked me to write up a report based on the notes from the meeting"
STAND OUT
To be more visible or noticeable amongst a crowd or a group.
HOLD BACK
To hesitate to act or speak: "He held back, remembering the mistake he had made before."
NEVER LIVE STH DOWN
To be unable to stop feeling embarrassed about something you have done.
WEAR OUT
To use something so much or for so long that it is no longer usable: "The children have all worn out their shoes."
PUT OFF
To postpone or move an activity to a later time: "We had to put off the BBQ because of the weather."
CROSS OUT
To put a line through a piece of writing due to error.
LIVE UP TO
To be as good as expected: "The food more than lived up to Luke's expectations."
MAKE FOR
To result in or to make possible: "Job descriptions never make for interesting reads."
BACK UP
To help or support something or someone OR To make a copy of something digitally in case the original is lost or damaged.
GET ACROSS
To manage to make someone understand or believe something: "We tried to get our point across but he was being extremely stubborn."
WEAR OFF
To lose effectiveness or intensity: "The effects of the drug were starting to wear off."
GIVE IN
To admit defeat: "He reluctantly gave in to the pressure."
LOCK IN
Can't leave a room or building.
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