Easy Pace Learning Grammar
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bring back: return She brought back her library books.
bring around: persuade We gradually brought her around to our point of view.
bring up: raise Bringing up children is never easy.
butter up: flatter We buttered him up, hoping that he would agree to our proposal.
call in: ask to assist I think it is time we called in an expert.
call off: cancel We called off the meeting.
call up: telephone Why don't you call him up?
cheer on: cheer, encourage I will be there to cheer you on.
chop down: fell They chopped down the dead tree.
clean up: tidy The mayor asked everyone to help clean up the city streets.
fend off: repel The goalie fended off every attack.
ferret out: find with difficulty We managed to ferret out the information.
figure out: solve, understand I can't figure out what happened.
fill in: complete Please fill in this form.
fill out: complete I filled out the form.
fill up: make full We filled up the glasses with water.
give back: return I gave back the bicycle I had borrowed.
give off: send out Skunk cabbage gives off an unpleasant odor.
hand down: give to someone younger The tradition was handed down from father to son.
hand in: give to person in authority The students handed their assignments in to the teacher.
hand on: give to another person I am not sorry to hand the responsibility on to you.
hand over: transfer We had to hand the evidence over to the police.
hang up: break a telephone connection After receiving a busy signal, I hung up the phone. hold back: restrain, delay He is so enthusiastic; it is hard to hold him back.
iron out: remove I am sure we can iron out every difficulty.
knock out: make unconscious Boxers are often knocked out.
lap up: accept eagerly The public lapped up the story.
lay off: put out of work The company laid off seventy workers.
leave behind: leave, not bring I accidentally left my umbrella behind.
leave out: omit Tell me what happened. Don't leave anything out!
let down: disappoint We will let him down if we don't arrive on time.
live down: live so that past faults are forgotten This will be hard to live down!
look up: find (information) We looked up the word in a dictionary.
make up: invent She likes to make up stories.
pass up: not take advantage I couldn't pass up such an opportunity.
pension off: dismiss with a pension He was pensioned off at the age of sixty.
phase in: introduce gradually The new program will be phased in over the next six months. pin down: get a commitment When the guest speaker is pinned down, we can set a date for the conference.
play down: de-emphasize He played down the importance of the news.
point out: draw attention to She pointed out the advantages of the proposal.
polish off: finish We polished off the rest of the apple pie.
pull down: demolish Many old buildings are pulled down to make way for new ones.
pull off: succeed Do you think she can pull off her plan?
put away: put in proper place It is time to put the toys away. put back: return to original location Please put the book back on the shelf.
put off: postpone We cannot put off the meeting again.
reel off: recite a long list She reeled off a long list of names.
rope in: persuade to help We roped in everyone we could to help with the work.
rub out: erase Be sure to rub out all the pencil marks.
rule out: remove from consideration None of the possibilities can be ruled out yet.
scale down: reduce Because of lack of funds, we had to scale down our plans.
sell off: dispose of by selling We sold off all the books and furniture.
set back: delay This could set back the project by several years.
shout down: stop from speaking by shouting The crowd shouted down the speaker.
shrug off: dismiss as unimportant He attempted to shrug off the mistake.
single out: select from others You have been singled out for special attention.
size up: assess I quickly sized up the situation.
sort out: organize It will take some time to sort out this mess.
sound out: talk with to learn the opinion of We attempted to sound him out.
stammer out: stammer They stammered out their apologies.
sum up: summarize He summed up the discussion in a few well-chosen words.
summon up: gather I attempted to summon up my courage.
take in: absorb We tried to take in the new information.
take out: invite to a restaurant May I take you out for supper?
take over: assume control They will take over at the beginning of June.
talk over: discuss Let us talk it over before we decide.
tear up: destroy by tearing She tore up the letter.
think over: consider I need some time to think it over.
think up: invent What will they think up next?
track down: search for and find We finally tracked him down at the bookstore.
trade in: give as part payment Why don't you trade in your old vacuum cleaner for a new one? try on: test clothes by putting them on I tried on the new suit, but it didn't fit me.
try out: test by using Would you like to try out my fountain pen?
turn away: refuse admission The event was so popular that many people had to be turned away.
turn back: reverse direction Every fall the clocks must be turned back by one hour.
turn off: deactivate by using a switch I turned off the radio.
turn on: activate by using a switch Please turn on the light.
water down: dilute The soup has been watered down.
wear out: gradually destroy by wearing or using My jacket is wearing out, although it is only a year old.
write down: make a note I wrote down the instructions.
write off: cancel, regard as They were forced to write off several irretrievable debts.
write up: compose in writing I used my notes to write up the report.
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