- add up.- add
- back up.- cause to move backwards; support
- blow up .-cause to explode; destroy by explosives
- break down.- analyze; list the parts of separately
- bring about .-cause to happen
- bring back.- to return (from somewhere, with something)
- bring off.- accomplish
- bring on.- cause
- bring out.-publish; emphasize
- bring over.- bring
- bring to.- revive
- bring up.- raise; care for from childhood
- brush out.- brush the inside of
- burn down.- destroy by burning
- burn up.- consume by fire
- buy out.- by the other person's share of a business
- buy up.- buy the whole supply of
- call off.- cancel
- call up.- telephone; summon for military service
- calm down.- become calm
- carry on.- continue
- carry out.- fulfill; complete; accomplish; perform
- carry over.- carry; continue at another time or place
- cheer up.- cause to become cheerful
- chew up.- chew thoroughly
- chop up.- chop into small pieces
- clean off.- clear the surface of
- clean out.- clean the inside of
- clean up.- tidy
- clear out.- clear the inside of
- clear up.- clarify
- close down.- close permanently
- close up.- close temporarily
- count in.- include
- count out.- exclude
- count up.- calculate; count; add to a total
- cross out.- eliminate
- cut off.- interrupt; sever; amputate
- cut out.- eliminate; delete
- cut down.- reduce in quantity
- do over.- to attack someone violently; to do it again
- draw up.- write; compose (a document)
- dress up.- put clothes on; adorn
- drop off.-leave someone somewhere, to fall asleep
- dust out.- dust the inside of
- eat up.- eat completely
- figure out.- interpret; understand
- figure up.- compute
- fill in/out.- complete (a printed form)
- fill up.- fill completely (a container)
- find out.- discover
- fix up.- repair; arrange in a suitable manner
- get across.- cause to be understood
- give back.- return
- give out.- distribute
- give up.- surrender something
- hand down.- deliver; pronounce formally; leave as an inheritance
- hand in.- to give something to someone in a position of authority
- hand over.-yield control of
- hang up.- suspend; finish a telephone call
- have on.- be dressed in
- have over.- entertain someone informally at one's hom
- hold off.- delay; restrain
- hold up.- delay; rob; threaten with a weapon
- hook up.- a connection between two or more things, places or people using electronic equipment
- keep up.- continue; keep the same pace
- leave out.- omit
- let down.- disappoint
- let out.- release from confinement; make larger (in sewing)
- light up.- light; illuminate thoroughly
- live down.- live in such a way as to cause something to be forgotten
- look up.- search, to become better
- make over.- remake
- move over.- move to the side
- pass out.- distribute
- pass up.- not take advantage of (as an opportunity
- pass on.- transmit
- pay back.- repay
- pay off.- discharge a debt completely; give someone his final pay
- pick out.- to choose, find or recognize something in a group
- pick up.- come to meet an escort; lift with hands or fingers; learn casually; initiate an association publicly
- play down.- minimize
- play up.- emphasize
- point out.- indicate
- pull down.- pull in a downward direction
- push across.- cause to be understood or accepted
- put away.- to store things where that are usually stored; to put someone into a prison, mental hospital, or a home for old people.
- put off.- postpone
- put on.- dress in; deceive or fool
- put up.- preserve (food); receive as an overnight guest
- quiet down.- be quiet
- ring up.- the telephone
- rinse off.- rinse the surface of
- rinse out.- rinse the inside of
- rule out.- eliminate
- run down.- trace; hit with a vehicle
- run off.- cause to depart; reproduce mechanically
- save up.- accumulate
- see through.- complete; in spite of difficulties
- see off.- accompany someone to the beginning of a trip
- send back.- send to a place where formerly located
- send over.- send to where someone is
- set up.- arrange
- show off.- exhibit ostentatiously
- shut off- cause to cease functioning
- slow up.- cause to move more slowly
- spell out.- enumerate; state in detail
- stand up.- fail to keep an appointment with
- sweep out.- sweep the inside of
- take back.- return; retract a statement
- take down.- remove from a high position; write from dictation
- take in.- understood; fool; deceive; make smaller (in sewing)
- take off.- to be absent; to become popular
- take out.- to arrange to obtain something from a company, bank; to invite someone; to get rid of; to make someone suffer
- take over.- take; assume command of
- tear down.- destroy
- tear up.- tear into small pieces
- tell off.- scold; reprimand
- think over.- consider
- think through.- consider from beginning to end
- think up.- create; invent
- throw away.- discard
- throw out.- get rid of; to force someone to leave a place
- throw over.- reject
- tie up.- tie securely or tight
- tire out.- cause to be exhausted
- touch up.- repair
- try on.- put on a garment to verify the fit
- try out.- test
- turn down.- refuse; lower the volume
- turn off.- to switch off; to cause someone to lose interest
- turn on.-. to depend on, to attack or critize suddenly, to switch on
- turn out.- produce; force into exile, extinguish (a light)
- use up.- to consume
- wake up.- to emerge from a state of sleep
- wash off.- wash the surface of
- wash out.- wash the inside of
- wear out.- use until no longer usable
- wind up.- finish, tighten the spring of a watch or machine
- wipe off.- wipe the surface of
- wipe out.- wipe the inside of
- work out.- solve
- write down.- record
- write out.- write down every detail; spell out
- write up.- compose; prepare (a document)
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