Verb
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
ask someone out
|
invite
on a date
|
Brian asked Judy out to
dinner and a movie.
|
ask
around
|
ask
many people the same question
|
I asked
around but nobody has seen my wallet.
|
add
up to something
|
equal
|
Your
purchases add up to $205.32.
|
back something up
|
reverse
|
You'll
have to back up your car so that I can get out.
|
back someone up
|
support
|
My
wife backed me up over my decision to quit
my job.
|
blow
up
|
explode
|
The
racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence.
|
blow something up
|
add
air
|
We
have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.
|
break
down
|
stop
functioning (vehicle, machine)
|
Our
car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.
|
break
down
|
get
upset
|
The
woman broke down when the police told her that her son had
died.
|
break something
down
|
divide
into smaller parts
|
Our
teacher broke the final project down into three
separate parts.
|
break
in
|
force
entry to a building
|
Somebody broke
in last night and stole our stereo.
|
break
into something
|
enter
forcibly
|
The
firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children.
|
break something in
|
wear
something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new
|
I
need to break these shoes in before we run
next week.
|
break
in
|
interrupt
|
The
TV station broke in to report the news of the president's
death.
|
break
up
|
end a
relationship
|
My
boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to
|
break
up
|
start
laughing (informal)
|
The
kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking.
|
break
out
|
escape
|
The
prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking.
|
break
out in something
|
develop
a skin condition
|
I broke
out in a rash after our camping trip.
|
bring someone down
|
make
unhappy
|
This
sad music is bringing me down.
|
bring someone up
|
raise
a child
|
My
grandparents brought me up after my parents
died.
|
bring something up
|
start
talking about a subject
|
My
mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.
|
bring something up
|
vomit
|
He
drank so much that he brought his dinner up in
the toilet.
|
call
around
|
phone
many different places/people
|
We called
around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
|
call someone back
|
return
a phone call
|
I called the
company back but the offices were closed for the weekend.
|
call something off
|
cancel
|
Jason called the
wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.
|
call
on someone
|
ask
for an answer or opinion
|
The
professor called on me for question 1.
|
call
on someone
|
visit
someone
|
We called
on you last night but you weren't home.
|
call someone up
|
phone
|
Give
me your phone number and I willcall you up when
we are in town.
|
calm
down
|
relax
after being angry
|
You
are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the
car.
|
not care
for someone/something
|
not
like (formal)
|
I
don't care for his behaviour.
|
catch
up
|
get
to the same point as someone else
|
You'll
have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with
Marty.
|
check
in
|
arrive
and register at a hotel or airport
|
We
will get the hotel keys when we check in.
|
check
out
|
leave
a hotel
|
You
have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM.
|
Check someone/something
out
|
look
at carefully, investigate
|
The
company checks out all new employees.
|
check
out someone/something
|
look
at (informal)
|
Check
out the crazy hair on that guy!
|
cheer
up
|
become
happier
|
She cheered
up when she heard the good news.
|
cheer someone up
|
make
happier
|
I
brought you some flowers to cheer you up.
|
chip
in
|
help
|
If
everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
|
clean something up
|
tidy,
clean
|
Please clean
up your bedroom before you go outside.
|
come
across something
|
find
unexpectedly
|
I came
across these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
|
come
apart
|
separate
|
The
top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough.
|
come
down with something
|
become
sick
|
My
nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend.
|
come
forward
|
volunteer
for a task or to give evidence
|
The
woman came forward with her husband's finger prints.
|
come
from somewhere
|
originate
in
|
The
art of origami comes from
|
count
on someone/something
|
rely
on
|
I
am counting on you to make dinner while I am out.
|
cross something
out
|
draw
a line through
|
Please cross
out your old address and write your new one.
|
cut
back on something
|
consume
less
|
My
doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods.
|
cut something
down
|
make
something fall to the ground
|
We
had to cut the old tree in our yard down after
the storm.
|
cut
in
|
interrupt
|
Your
father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle.
|
cut in
|
pull
in too closely in front of another vehicle
|
The
bus driver got angry when that car cut in.
|
cut
in
|
start
operating (of an engine or electrical device)
|
The
air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to
|
cut something off
|
remove
with something sharp
|
The
doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured.
|
cut something off
|
stop
providing
|
The
phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the
bill.
|
cut someone off
|
take
out of a will
|
My
grandparents cut my father off when he remarried.
|
cut something out
|
remove
part of something (usually with scissors and paper)
|
I cut this
ad out of the newspaper.
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