1. Phrasal Verbs
Andrew Ernest Ritz
May 8, 2011
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2. ask out
verb –. (1) ask out, invite out, take out – (make a date; ”Has he
asked you out yet?”)
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3. add up
verb –1. (4) come, add up, amount – (develop into; ”This idea will
never amount to anything”; ”nothing came of his grandiose plans”)
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4. back up
verb –1. (3) support, back up – (give moral or psychological support,
aid, or courage to; ”She supported him during the illness”; ”Her
children always backed her up”)
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5. blow up
verb –1. (4) explode, detonate, blow up, set off – (cause to burst
with a violent release of energy; ”We exploded the nuclear bomb”)
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6. break down
verb –1. (3) break down, crush – (make ineffective; ”Martin Luther
King tried to break down racial discrimination”)
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7. break in
verb –1. (2) break in, break – (enter someone’s (virtual or real)
property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal
or commit a violent act; ”Someone broke in while I was on vacation”;
”They broke into my car and stole my radio!”; ”who broke into my
account last night?”)
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8. break up
verb –1. (5) disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter – (to cause
to separate and go in different directions; ”She waved her hand and
scattered the crowds”)
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9. break out
verb –1. (4) erupt, break out – (start abruptly; ”After 1989, peace
broke out in the former East Bloc”)
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10. bring down
verb –1. (3) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down –
(move something or somebody to a lower position; ”take down the
vase from the shelf”)
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11. bring up
verb –1. (3) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down,
arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth – (summon into action or
bring into existence, often as if by magic; ”raise the specter of
unemployment”; ”he conjured wild birds in the air”; ”call down the
spirits from the mountain”)
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12. call back
verb –1. (1) recall, call in, call back, withdraw – (cause to be
returned; ”recall the defective auto tires”; ”The manufacturer tried to
call back the spoilt yoghurt”)
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13. call off
verb –1. (1) cancel, call off, scratch, scrub – (postpone indefinitely or
annul something that was scheduled; ”Call off the engagement”;
”cancel the dinner party”; ”we had to scrub our vacation plans”;
”scratch that meeting–the chair is ill”)
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14. call on
verb –. (8) call on, turn – (have recourse to or make an appeal or
request for help or information to; ”She called on her Representative
to help her”; ”She turned to her relatives for help”)
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15. call up
verb –1. (2) call up, bring forward – (bring forward for consideration;
”The case was called up in court”)
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16. calm down
verb –1. (4) calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle
down, cool it – (become quiet or calm, especially after a state of
agitation; ”After the fight both men need to cool off.”; ”It took a
while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.”)
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17. catch up
verb –1. (2) catch up – (reach the point where one should be after a
delay; ”I caught up on my homework”)
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18. check in
verb –. (3) check in, sign in – (announce one’s arrival, e.g. at hotels
or airports)
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19. check out
verb –1. (6) check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check
over, go over, check into – (examine so as to determine accuracy,
quality, or condition; ”check the brakes”; ”Check out the engine”)
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20. cheer up
verb –1. cheer, cheer up, jolly along, jolly up – (cause (somebody) to
feel happier or more cheerful; ”She tried to cheer up the disappointed
child when he failed to win the spelling bee”)
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21. chip in
verb –. contribute, give, chip in, kick in – (contribute to some cause;
”I gave at the office”)
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22. clean up
verb –1. (8) tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten
out, square away – (put (things or places) in order; ”Tidy up your
room!”)
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23. come across
verb –1. (3) fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon,
come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover – (find
unexpectedly; ”the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb”; ”she
struck a goldmine”; ”The hikers finally struck the main path to the
lake”)
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24. come apart
verb –. break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart – (become
separated into pieces or fragments; ”The figurine broke”; ”The freshly
baked loaf fell apart”)
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25. come down
verb –1. (14) descend, fall, go down, come down – (move downward
and lower, but not necessarily all the way; ”The temperature is going
down”; ”The barometer is falling”; ”The curtain fell on the diva”;
”Her hand went up and then fell again”)
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26. come forward
verb –. (1) come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up,
step to the fore, come out – (make oneself visible; take action;
”Young people should step to the fore and help their peers”)
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27. count on
verb –. (1) calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast –
(judge to be probable)
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28. cross out
verb –. cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark – (remove
from a list; ”Cross the name of the dead person off the list”)
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29. cut back
verb –1. (1) cut back, flash back – (return in time; ”the film cut
back to an earlier event in the story”)
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30. cut down
verb –1. (8) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back,
cut, bring down – (cut down on; make a reduction in; ”reduce your
daily fat intake”; ”The employer wants to cut back health benefits”)
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31. cut in
verb –1. cut in – (allow someone to have a share or profit)
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32. cut off
verb –1. (8) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off – (make a break in;
”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)
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33. cut out
verb –1. (2) cut out – (delete or remove; ”Cut out the extra text”;
”cut out the newspaper article”)
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34. do up
verb –1. do up – (wrap for decorative purposes; ”The gift was done
up in pretty red paper”)
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35. dress up
verb –1. (5) overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up,
fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out,
tog up, tog out – (put on special clothes to appear particularly
appealing and attractive; ”She never dresses up, even when she goes
to the opera”; ”The young girls were all fancied up for the party”)
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36. drop back
verb –1. (1) drop back – (take position in the rear, as in a military
formation or in the line of scrimmage in football; ”The defender
dropped back behind his teammate”)
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37. drop in
verb –. (1) drop by, drop in, come by – (visit informally and
spontaneously; ”We frequently drop by the neighbors’ house for a cup
of coffee”)
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38. drop off
verb –1. (1) drop off – (fall or diminish; ”The number of students in
this course dropped off after the first test”)
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39. drop out
verb –1. (2) drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the
wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge –
(give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; ”In the
second round, the challenger gave up”)
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40. eat out
verb –. eat out, dine out – (eat at a restaurant or at somebody else’s
home)
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41. end up
verb –. (3) finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish –
(finally be or do something; ”He ended up marrying his high school
sweetheart”; ”he wound up being unemployed and living at home
again”)
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42. fall apart
verb –1. fall apart, go to pieces – (lose one’s emotional or mental
composure; ”She fell apart when her only child died”)
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43. fall down
verb –. fall, fall down – (lose an upright position suddenly; ”The vase
fell over and the water spilled onto the table”; ”Her hair fell across
her forehead”)
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44. fall out
verb –1. (1) fall out – (have a breach in relations; ”We fell out over a
trivial question”)
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45. figure out
verb –. (6) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work – (find
the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;
”did you solve the problem?”; ”Work out your problems with the
boss”; ”this unpleasant situation isn’t going to work itself out”; ”did
you get it?”; ”Did you get my meaning?”; ”He could not work the
math problem”)
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46. fill in
verb –1. (4) fill in – (supply with information on a specific topic; ”He
filled me in on the latest developments”)
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47. fill out
verb –1. (5) complete, fill out, fill in, make out – (write all the
required information onto a form; ”fill out this questionnaire ,
please!”; ”make out a form”)
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48. fill up
verb –1. (2) fill, fill up, make full – (make full, also in a metaphorical
sense; ”fill a container”; ”fill the child with pride”)
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49. find out
verb –1. (33) determine, find, find out, ascertain – (establish after a
calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; ”find the
product of two numbers”; ”The physicist who found the elusive
particle won the Nobel Prize”)
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50. get across
verb –1. (1) get across, put over – (communicate successfully; ”I
couldn’t get across the message”; ”He put over the idea very well”)
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51. get along
verb –1. (4) do, fare, make out, come, get along – (proceed or get
along; ”How is she doing in her new job?”; ”How are you making out
in graduate school?”; ”He’s come a long way”)
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52. get around
verb –1. (4) break, get out, get around – (be released or become
known; of news; ”News of her death broke in the morning”)
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53. get away
verb –1. (8) escape, get away, break loose – (run away from
confinement; ”The convicted murderer escaped from a high security
prison”)
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54. get back
verb –1. (4) win back, get back – (recover something or somebody
that appeared to be lost; ”We got back the money after we
threatened to sue the company”; ”He got back his son from the
kidnappers”)
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55. get on
verb –1. (2) get along with, get on with, get on, get along – (have
smooth relations; ”My boss and I get along very well”)
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56. get over
verb –1. (4) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get
across, cut through, cut across – (travel across or pass over; ”The
caravan covered almost 100 miles each day”)
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57. get together
verb –1. (1) assemble, gather, get together – (get people together;
”assemble your colleagues”; ”get together all those who are interested
in the project”; ”gather the close family members”)
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58. get up
verb –1. (15) arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up – (rise to one’s feet;
”The audience got up and applauded”)
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59. give away
verb –1. (3) give away – (make a gift of; ”She gave away her antique
furniture”)
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60. give back
verb –. refund, return, repay, give back – (pay back; ”Please refund
me my money”)
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61. give in
verb –1. (5) submit, bow, defer, accede, give in – (yield to another’s
wish or opinion; ”The government bowed to the military pressure”)
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62. give out
verb –1. (1) emit, give out, give off – (give off, send forth, or
discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; ”The ozone layer
blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits”)
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63. give up
verb –1. (9) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego –
(lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or
crime; ”you’ve forfeited your right to name your successor ”;
”forfeited property”)
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64. go after
verb –1. (7) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go
after, track – (go after with the intent to catch; ”The policeman
chased the mugger down the alley”; ”the dog chased the rabbit”)
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65. go against
verb –1. (2) violate, go against, break – (fail to agree with; be in
violation of; as of rules or patterns; ”This sentence violates the rules
of syntax”)
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66. go ahead
verb –. (6) go ahead, plow ahead – (proceed (with a plan of action);
”He went ahead with the project”)
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67. go back
verb –1. (4) go back, date back, date from – (belong to an earlier
time; ”This story dates back 200 years”)
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68. go out
verb –1. (21) exit, go out, get out, leave – (move out of or depart
from; ”leave the room”; ”the fugitive has left the country”)
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69. go over
verb –1. (5) review, go over, survey – (hold a review (of troops))
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70. grow up
verb –. (17) grow up – (become an adult)
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71. hand down
verb –. (1) hand down – (passed on, as by inheritance; ”This ring
was handed down through many generations”)
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72. hand out
verb –. (5) distribute, give out, hand out, pass out – (give to several
people; ”The teacher handed out the exams”)
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73. hand over
verb –. (5) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver,
render – (to surrender someone or something to another; ”the guard
delivered the criminal to the police”; ”render up the prisoners”;
”render the town to the enemy”; ”fork over the money”)
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74. hang in
verb –. (1) persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on – (be
persistent, refuse to stop; ”he persisted to call me every night”; ”The
child persisted and kept asking questions”)
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75. hang on
verb –1. (4) append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on – (fix to; attach;
”append a charm to the necklace”)
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76. hang out
verb –. hang out – (spend time in a certain location or with certain
people; ”She hangs out at the corner cafe”)
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77. hang up
verb –1. (8) hang up – (put a telephone receiver back in its cradle)
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78. hold back
verb –1. (4) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back –
(hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or
influence of; ”Arrest the downward trend”; ”Check the growth of
communism in South East Asia”; ”Contain the rebel movement”;
”Turn back the tide of communism”)
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79. hold on
verb –1. (5) grasp, hold on – (hold firmly)
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80. hold up
verb –1. (4) hold, support, sustain, hold up – (be the physical
support of; carry the weight of; ”The beam holds up the roof”; ”He
supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam”; ”What’s
holding that mirror?”)
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81. keep on
verb –. retain, continue, keep, keep on – (allow to remain in a place
or position or maintain a property or feature; ”We cannot continue
several servants any longer”; ”She retains a lawyer”; ”The family’s
fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff”; ”Our
grant has run out and we cannot keep you on”; ”We kept the work
going as long as we could”; ”She retained her composure” ; ”this
garment retains its shape even after many washings”)
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82. keep out
verb –1. (3) exclude, keep out, shut out, shut – (prevent from
entering; shut out; ”The trees were shutting out all sunlight”; ”This
policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the
country”)
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83. keep up
verb –1. (6) keep up – (maintain a required pace or level; ”He could
not keep up and dropped out of the race”)
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84. let down
verb –1. (7) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down –
(move something or somebody to a lower position; ”take down the
vase from the shelf”)
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85. let in
verb –1. (1) admit, let in, include – (allow participation in or the
right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, function s, and
responsibilities of; ”admit someone to the profession”; ”She was
admitted to the New Jersey Bar”)
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86. look after
verb –. (5) look after – (keep under careful scrutiny; ”Keep an eye on
this prisoner!”)
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87. look for
verb –1. (50) search, seek, look for – (try to locate or discover, or try
to establish the existence of; ”The police are searching for clues”;
”They are searching for the missing man in the entire county”)
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88. look forward
verb –. (7) look forward – (expect or hope for; ”I look to hear from
you soon”)
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89. look into
verb –1. (6) investigate, look into – (investigate scientificall y; ”Let’s
investigate the syntax of Chinese”)
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90. look out
verb –1. (7) watch, look out, watch out – (be vigilant, be on the
lookout or be careful; ”Watch out for pickpockets!”)
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91. look up
verb –. (8) consult, refer, look up – (seek information from; ”You
should consult the dictionary”; ”refer to your notes”)
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92. make up
verb –1. (19) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be – (form or
compose; ”This money is my only income”; ”The stone wall was the
backdrop for the performance”; ”These constitute my entire
belonging”; ”The children made up the chorus”; ”This sum represents
my entire income for a year”; ”These few men comprise his entire
army”)
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93. mix up
verb –1. jumble, confuse, mix up – (assemble without order or sense;
”She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence”)
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94. pass away
verb –1. (3) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass,
kick the bucket, cash in one’s chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the
ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it – (pass from physical
life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain
life; ”She died from cancer”; ”The children perished in the fire”; ”The
patient went peacefully”; ”The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102”)
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95. pass out
verb –1. (1) faint, conk, swoon, pass out – (pass out from weakness,
physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the
brain)
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96. pass up
verb –1. (1) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline – (refuse to
accept; ”He refused my offer of hospitality”)
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97. pay back
verb –1. reward, repay, pay back – (act or give recompense in
recognition of someone’s behavior or actions)
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98. pay for
verb –. invite, pay for – (have as a guest; ”I invited them to a
restaurant”)
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99. pick out
verb –1. (4) choose, take, select, pick out – (pick out, select, or
choose from a number of alternatives; ”Take any one of these cards”;
”Choose a good husband for your daughter”; ”She selected a pair of
shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her”)
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100. point out
verb –1. (42) comment, notice, remark, point out – (make or write a
comment on; ”he commented the paper of his colleague”)
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101. put down
verb –1. (6) set down, put down, place down – (cause to sit or seat
or be in a settled position or place; ”set down your bags here”)
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102. put off
verb –1. (1) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve,
set back, defer, remit, put off – (hold back to a later time; ”let’s
postpone the exam”)
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103. put out
verb –1. (2) trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommo de,
incommode, bother – (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
”Sorry to trouble you, but...”)
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104. put together
verb –. (4) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
– (create by putting components or members together; ”She pieced a
quilt”; ”He tacked together some verses”; ”They set up a
committee”)
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105. put up
verb –1. (4) post, put up – (place so as to be noticed; ”post a sign”;
”post a warning at the dump”)
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106. put on
verb –1. (18) wear, put on, get into, don, assume – (put clothing on
one’s body; ”What should I wear today?”; ”He put on his best suit
for the wedding”; ”The princess donned a long blue dress”; ”The
queen assumed the stately robes”; ”He got into his jeans”)
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107. run into
verb –1. (6) run into, encounter – (be beset by; ”The project ran
into numerous financial difficulties”)
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108. run over
verb –1. (3) run down, run over – (injure or kill by running over, as
with a vehicle)
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109. run away
verb –1. (12) scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it,
bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop,
break away – (flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run; ”If you see this
man, run!”; ”The burglars escaped before the police showed up”)
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110. run out
verb –1. (5) run out – (become used up; be exhausted; ”Our supplies
finally ran out”)
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111. send back
verb –. remit, remand, send back – (refer (a matter or legal case) to
another committee or authority or court for decision)
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112. set up
verb –1. (17) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;
”She set up a literacy program”)
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113. show off
verb –. (4) flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank – (display
proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; ”he showed off his new
sports car”)
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114. sleep over
verb –. sleep over, stay over – (stay overnight; ”The boy’s friends
were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party”)
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115. sort out
verb –1. (3) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate – (arrange
or order by classes or categories; ”How would you classify these
pottery shards–are they prehistoric?”)
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116. stick to
verb –1. (4) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to – (stick to
firmly; ”Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”)
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117. switch off
verb –. (2) switch off, cut, turn off, turn out – (cause to stop
operating by disengaging a switch; ”Turn off the stereo, please”; ”cut
the engine”; ”turn out the lights”)
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118. switch on
verb –. (5) switch on, turn on – (cause to operate by flipping a
switch; ”switch on the light”; ”turn on the stereo”)
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119. take after
verb –1. take after – (be similar to a relative; ”She takes after her
father!”)
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120. take apart
verb –1. (1) disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break
apart – (take apart into its constituent pieces)
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121. take back
verb –1. (5) return, take back, bring back – (bring back to the point
of departure)
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122. take off
verb –1. (15) depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out,
take off – (leave; ”The family took off for Florida”)
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123. take out
verb –1. (7) take out, move out, remove – (cause to leave; ”The
teacher took the children out of the classroom”)
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124. tear up
verb –. shred, tear up, rip up – (tear into shreds)
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125. think back
verb –. (2) remember, think back – (recapture the past; indulge in
memories; ”he remembered how he used to pick flowers”)
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126. think over
verb –. (3) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate –
(reflect deeply on a subject; ”I mulled over the events of the
afternoon”; ”philosophers have speculated on the question of God for
thousands of years”; ”The scientist must stop to observe and start to
excogitate”)
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127. throw away
verb –1. (5) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away –
(throw or cast away; ”Put away your worries”)
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128. turn down
verb –1. (5) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline – (refuse to
accept; ”He refused my offer of hospitality”)
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129. turn off
verb –1. (8) switch off, cut, turn off, turn out – (cause to stop
operating by disengaging a switch; ”Turn off the stereo, please”; ”cut
the engine”; ”turn out the lights”)
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130. turn on
verb –1. (12) switch on, turn on – (cause to operate by flipping a
switch; ”switch on the light”; ”turn on the stereo”)
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131. turn up
verb –1. (8) come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up – (appear
or become visible; make a showing; ”She turned up at the funeral”; ”I
hope the list key is going to surface again”)
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132. try on
verb –. (1) try on, try – (put on a garment in order to see whether it
fits and looks nice; ”Try on this sweater to see how it looks”)
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133. try out
verb –1. (8) test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay – (put to the
test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; ”This approach
has been tried with good results”; ”Test this recipe”)
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134. use up
verb –1. (3) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run
through, wipe out – (use up (resources or materials); ”this car
consumes a lot of gas”; ”We exhausted our savings”; ”They run
through 20 bottles of wine a week”)
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135. wake up
verb –1. (8) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse – (cause
to become awake or conscious; ”He was roused by the drunken men
in the street”; ”Please wake me at 6 AM.”)
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136. warm up
verb –1. (2) warm up – (run until the normal working temperature is
reached; ”We warmed up the car for a few minutes”)
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137. wear off
verb –1. (1) wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin –
(deteriorate through use or stress; ”The constant friction wore out the
cloth”)
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138. work out
verb –1. (16) work out, work up – (come up with; ”His colleagues
worked out his interesting idea”; ”We worked up an ad for our client”)
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