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Question		Answer
Give away start learning		(betray) His false identity papers gave him away.
Give off start learning		(send off a smell - liquid or gas) The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell.
Give out start learning		(be exhausted) When our money gave out we had to borrow some.
Give over start learning		(abandon, devote) The rest of the time was given over to playing cards. (stop - colloquial) Why don't you give over! You're getting on my nerves.
Go back on start learning		(break a promise) The management has gone back on its promise.
Go in for start learning		(make a habit of) I don't go in for that kind of thing. (enter competition) Are you thinking ofgoing in for the race?
Go off start learning		(become bad - food)
Go on start learning		(happen - usually negative) Something funny is going on.
Go round start learning		(be enough) There weren't enough life-jacketsto go round.
Go through with start learning		(complete a promise or plan - usually unwillingly) When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn't go through with it.
Grow on start learning		(become more liked - colloquial) This new record is growing on me.
Hang onto start learning		(keep - colloquial) I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
Have it in for start learning		(be deliberately unkind to someone - also as have got) My teacher has (got) it in for me.
Have it out with start learning		(express feelings so as to settle a problem) I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with her.
Have someone on start learning		(deceive - colloquial) I don't believe you. You're having me on.
Hit it off start learning		(get on well with - colloquial) Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.
Hit upon/on start learning		(discover by chance - often an idea) They hit upon the solution quite by chance.
Hold out start learning		(offer - especially with hope) We don't hold out much hope that the price will fall.
Hold up start learning		(delay) Sorry I'm late, I was held up in the traffic. (use as an example - i.e. a model ofgood behaviour) Jack was always held up as an example to me.
Hold with start learning		(agree with - an idea) I don't hold with the idea of using force.
Keep up start learning		(continue) Well done! Keep up the good work!
Lay down start learning		(state a rule - especially lay down the law) The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
Let down start learning		(disappoint, break a promise) Sony to let youdown, but I can't give you a lift today.
Let in on start learning		(allow to be part of a secret) We haven't let Tina in on the plans yet.
Let off start learning		(excuse from punishment) As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.
Let on start learning		(inform about a secret - colloquial) We're planning a surprise for Helen, but don't let on.
Live down start learning		(suffer a loss of reputation) If City lose, they'll never live itdown.
Live up to start learning		(reach an expected standard) The play quite lived up to my expectations.
Look into start learning		(investigate) The police have promised to look into the problem.
Look on start learning		(consider) We look on this town as our real home.
Look someone up start learning		(visit when in the area) If you're passing through Athens, look me up.
Make for start learning		(result in) The power steering makes for easier parking.
Make off with start learning		(run away with) The thief made off with a valuable necklace.
Make out start learning		(pretend) Tim made out that he hadn't seen the No Smoking sign. (manage to see or understand) I couldn't quitemake out what the notice said.
Make someone out start learning		(understand someone's behaviour) Janet is really odd. I can't make her out.
Make up start learning		(invent) I think you made up the whole story!
Make up for start learning		(compensate for) Our success makes up for all the hard times.
Miss out start learning		(fail to include) You have missed out a word here. (lose a chance - colloquial) Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
Own up start learning		(confess - colloquial) None of the children would own up to breaking the window.
Pack in start learning		(stop an activity - colloquial) John has packed in his job.
Pay back start learning		(take revenge - colloquial) She paid him back for all his insults.
Pick up start learning		(improve - colloquial) The weather seems to be picking up.
Pin someone down start learning		(force to give a clear statement) I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn't pin him down.
Play up start learning		(behave or work badly) The car is playing up again. It won't start.
Point out start learning		(draw attention to a fact) I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.
Pull off start learning		(manage to succeed) It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.
Push on start learning		(continue with some effort - colloquial) Let's push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
Put across start learning		(communicate ideas) Harry is clever but he can't put his ideas across.
Put down to start learning		(explain the cause of) Diane's poor performance was put down to nerves.
Put in for start learning		(apply for a job) Sue has put in for a teaching job.
Put oneself out start learning		(take trouble - to help someone) Please don't put yourself out making a meal. A sandwich will do.
Put off start learning		(discourage, upset) The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.
Put up start learning		(offer accommodation) We can put you up for a few days.
Put up with start learning		(tolerate, bear) I can't put up with all this noise!
Rip off start learning		(charge too much - colloquial) You paid £50? They really ripped you off!
Run down start learning		(criticise) She's always running down her husband. (lose power, allow to decline) I think the batteries are running down.
Run into start learning		(meet) Guess who I ran into at the supermarket!
Run to start learning		(have enough money) I don't think we can run to a holiday abroad this year.
Run over start learning		(check - also run through) Let's run over the plan once more.
Run up start learning		(a bill - let a bill get longer without paying) I ran up a huge telephone bill at the hotel.
Run up against start learning		(encounter - usually a problem) We've run up against a slight problem.
See someone off start learning		(go to station, airport, etc to say goodbye to someone) I went to the station to see them off.
See through start learning		(realise the truth about) I saw through his intentions at once.
Send up start learning		(make fun of by imitating) Jean is always sending up the French teacher.
Set about start learning		(start working) We must set about re-organisingthe office.
Set in start learning		(establish itself - especially weather) I think this rain has set in for the day.
Set out start learning		(give in detail in writing) (arrange) (start an action) This document sets out all the Union demands; I've set out the refreshments in the hall.; Sue set out to write a biography but it became a novel.
Set up start learning		(establish) An inquiry into the accident has been set up.
Set (up) on start learning		(attack) We were set upon by a gang of hooligans.
Sink in start learning		(realise slowly - colloquial, intransitive) Slowly the realisation that I had won began to sink in.
Slip up start learning		(make a mistake - colloquial) Someone slipped up and my application was lost.
Sort out start learning		(find a solution - colloquial) Don't worry, Mary will sort out your problems.
Stand by start learning		(keep to an agreement) The company agreed to stand by its original commitment.
Stand for start learning		(represent - initials) (tolerate) E.g. stands for exempli gratia, it's Latin. I will notstand for this kind of behaviour in my house!
Stand in for start learning		(take the place of) Carol has kindly agreed to stand in for Graham at the monthly meeting.
Stand up to start learning		(resist, bear stress) The engine won't stand up to the strain.
Step down start learning		(resign - colloquial) The Chairman has stepped down after criticism from shareholders.
Step up start learning		(increase) Production at the Leeds plant has been stepped up.
Stick up for start learning		(defend - especially yourself, your rights - colloquial) You must learn to stick up for yourself.
Take in start learning		(deceive) zwieść Don't be taken in by her apparent shyness.
Take (it) out on start learning		(make someone else suffer because of one's own sufferings) I know you are unhappy, but don't take it out on me!
Take off start learning		(imitate - colloquial) Dave takes off the Prime Minister really well.
Take on start learning		acquire a new characteristic) (do something extra) My grandmother has taken on a new lease of life since her operation; She has taken on too much with afull-timejob as well.
Take out start learning		(insurance - sign an insurance agreement) Ann has taken out life insurance.
Take over start learning		(gain control of) The army tried to take over the country.
Take to someone start learning		(develop a liking for) You'll soon take to your new boss, I'm sure.
Take up start learning		(time - occupy time) The meeting took up a whole morning.
Talk out of or into start learning		(dissuade from, persuade into) Paul talked me into going skiing, against my better judgement.
Tell off start learning		(scold - colloquial) Our teacher told us off for being late.
Tie in with start learning		(be in agreement with) I'm afraid your party doesn't quite tie in with our arrangements.
Track down start learning		(trace the whereabouts of) The police tracked down the killer and arrested him.
Try out start learning		(test - a machine) Let's try out the new washing machine.
Turn down start learning		(reject an offer) Another company offered me a job but I turned them down.
Turn out start learning		(happen to be in the end) (come to a meeting or to form a crowd) He turned out to be an old friend ofHelen's; Thousands offans turned out to welcome the team.
Turn up start learning		(be discovered by chance) (arrive - often unexpectedly) Don't worry about that missing book, it's bound to turn up sooner or later; Not many people turned up for the lesson.
Wear off start learning		(lose effect - especially a drug) These painkillers wear off after about two hours.
Work out start learning		(calculate - also work out at for specific amounts) The hotel bill worked out at over £500.

Vince phrasal verbs 24, 25

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