Phrasal Verb |
Meaning (Most Common) |
Total Number of Definitions |
Aim At |
To point a weapon at someone or something. |
3 |
Ask For |
To request something. |
2 |
Ask Out |
When you ask someone to go with you to a certain place or for a special occasion, to spend time together and have fun. If one or both parties involved are interested in a romantic way, then it is considered a date. |
1 |
Back Down |
To withdraw your position in a fight, argument, plan, etc. |
1 |
Back Off |
When you leave an emotional situation, or to allow someone to handle something alone. |
1 |
Back Up |
To walk or drive a vehicle backwards. |
4 |
Beat Up |
When someone punches, kicks, or hits someone repeatedly using fists or with an object. |
2 |
Beef Up |
To make changes or an improvement. |
1 |
Believe In |
To feel confident about something or someone. |
2 |
Bite Off |
To use your teeth to bite a piece of something. |
2 |
Blow Away |
When the wind moves an object or person from where it was. |
4 |
Blow Off |
When the wind removes something from its place. |
3 |
Blow Out |
To extinguish or make a flame stop burning. |
3 |
Blow Up |
To make something explode. |
6 |
Boil Down To |
To have determined or analyzed the solution or reason for something. |
1 |
Break Down |
When someone loses self-control and is emotionally and/or mentally agitated. This meaning has a noun form for a situation where someone loses self-control. |
6 |
Break In |
To enter a place illegally and with the use of force. |
3 |
Break Off |
To remove a part of something with force. |
4 |
Break Out |
To escape from a place, situation or way of life. |
3 |
Break Through |
To make a way through a barrier or a surface. |
2 |
Break Up |
To stop a fight. |
4 |
Bring Back |
To return something you’ve borrowed. |
4 |
Bring Over |
To bring someone or something from one place or area to another. |
1 |
Bring Up |
To bring something from a lower level/place to a higher level/place. |
3 |
Brush Off |
To remove something(dust particle, insect, etc) with your hand. |
2 |
Brush Up |
To practice and review your knowledge or a skill that you haven’t used in a while. |
2 |
Build In/Into |
To add a fixture or component to a certain area or place through construction. |
1 |
Bump Into |
When you meet people by accident or unexpectedly. |
2 |
Burn Down |
When someone uses fire to destroy a structure. |
2 |
Burn Out |
When a candle stops burning because there is nothing left to burn. |
3 |
Burn Up |
To destroy something with heat or fire. |
4 |
Burst Out |
To suddenly do or say something. |
2 |
Butt In |
To interrupt a conversation or activity. |
1 |
Call Back |
To call someone again. |
2 |
Call In |
To request that someone come and help. |
3 |
Call Off |
To cancel an event that has been previously planned. |
2 |
Call Up |
To be chosen to take part in a military mission. |
2 |
Calm Down |
To become less violent, nervous, excited or angry. |
1 |
Care For |
To nurture or take care of someone or something. |
2 |
Carry Away |
To do something out of the ordinary due to strong emotions. |
2 |
Carry On |
To continue doing something or to continue on in life despite an obstacle. |
3 |
Carry Out |
To move something or someone from one place to another using your arms or an object. |
5 |
Catch On |
To understand or realize something. |
2 |
Catch Up |
To move faster to reach someone or something that is ahead of you. |
2 |
Cheat On |
When you are emotionally and/or sexually unfaithful to your girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse. |
2 |
Check In |
To register at a hotel or airport upon arrival. |
2 |
Check Out |
To leave a hotel or other form of an accommodation after your stay there. |
5 |
Chicken Out |
To refrain from doing something because of fear. |
1 |
Chop Up |
To cut something into pieces with a knife. |
2 |
Clean Out |
To clean or clear the inside of something thoroughly. |
3 |
Clear Out |
To remove things completely from an area or place. |
2 |
Clear Up |
To do something to solve a problem or a misunderstanding. |
3 |
Clog Up |
When something in a drain or valve prevents the flow of water or other liquids |
1 |
Close Down |
When the activities or services of a business permanently end. |
3 |
Close Off |
To block an entrance or pathway. |
2 |
Come About |
When something happens or occurs. |
1 |
Come Across |
The way other people perceive something or someone. |
3 |
Come Apart |
When something breaks or separates piece by piece. |
1 |
Come Back |
To return to a place. |
3 |
Come Down |
To move from a higher to a lower position or from north to south. |
2 |
Come Down To |
When a situation is reduced to a certain outcome. |
1 |
Come Down With |
When you start to experience the symptoms of a disease or illness. |
1 |
Come In |
When someone or something enters a place, building, or room. |
7 |
Come Off |
When something is removed or breaks off from where it was originally attached to. |
4 |
Come On |
To appear on television or be heard on the radio. |
5 |
Come Out |
To leave a place. |
8 |
Come Over |
To make a visit. |
3 |
Come Through |
When someone or something expected arrives. |
3 |
Come Up |
When something appears or happens, either expected or unexpected. |
6 |
Come Up With |
When you think of a solution, idea, plan, or excuse. |
1 |
Con Into |
To persuade someone to do something through lies and deception. |
1 |
Con Out Of |
To persuade someone to give or do something through lies and deception. |
1 |
Cool Off |
To lose temperature. |
2 |
Count On |
To rely on someone for support when you need it most. |
2 |
Count Up |
To count all of something or people in a group. |
1 |
Cover Up |
To use something to conceal something else. |
2 |
Crack Down |
To take more action than usual against wrongdoing. |
1 |
Cross Off |
To remove or delete someone or something from a list. |
1 |
Cut Back |
When you spend less money on something. |
4 |
Cut Down |
To do less of something or to use something in smaller amounts. |
3 |
Cut Off |
To completely remove or separate a part of something by cutting it with something sharp like a knife or a pair of scissors, etc. |
6 |
Cut Out |
To remove something using a knife or a pair of scissors. |
5 |
Cut Up |
When you use a knife or scissors to cut something into several pieces. |
2 |
Deal With |
When you do everything you must do to solve a problem or complete. |
2 |
Do Away With |
To dispose of something. |
2 |
Do Over |
To do something again in order to improve or correct mistakes. |
2 |
Do With |
To make a connection between two or more things. |
1 |
Do Without |
To manage well without something or someone. |
1 |
Doze Off |
To go to sleep unintentionally. |
1 |
Dress Up |
To wear formal clothes, or a costume for a special occasion. |
1 |
Drop In |
To visit someone unexpectedly or without making arrangements first. |
2 |
Drop Off |
To gradually decline/become less. |
2 |
Drop Out |
To quit a school program or training course. |
1 |
Dry Off |
To dry something or a surface quickly. |
1 |
Dry Out |
To remove water or other liquid from a container. |
3 |
Dry Up |
When all the liquid and/or moisture evaporates. |
2 |
Eat Up |
When someone consumes all their food. |
3 |
Empty Out |
To remove everyone or everything from a space. |
1 |
End Up |
The end result of something planned or unplanned. |
1 |
Fall Apart |
When something breaks all at once or piece by piece. |
3 |
Fall Behind |
To move slower than others. |
2 |
Fall Down |
To fall to the ground. |
1 |
Fall For |
When you have an intense attraction to something or someone. |
2 |
Fall Off |
When something drops to a lower level. |
2 |
Fall Out |
To fall from or through something. |
3 |
Fall Over |
When someone or something falls from an upright position to the ground. |
2 |
Fall Through |
If things do not go as planned, or if a plan, deal or agreement fails. |
2 |
Feel Up To |
When you have/don’t have the energy and confidence to do something. |
1 |
Fight Back |
When you defend yourself/resist an attack, or make an effort against an opponent in a competition. |
2 |
Figure On |
To expect or plan for something. |
1 |
Fill In |
To add personal information in the blank spaces of an official document. |
3 |
Fill Out |
To complete a form. |
2 |
Fill Up |
To fill something completely. |
3 |
Find Out |
To become aware of something or someone. |
1 |
Fix Up |
To make plans or arrangements with someone or for others. |
4 |
Flip Out |
To become very mad or lose control over your emotions. |
1 |
Float Around |
When an object or a person is near, but you cannot pinpoint the exact location. |
2 |
Follow Up |
To find out more about something, or take further action in regards to it. |
1 |
Fool Around |
To waste time doing unimportant or silly things. |
4 |
Freak Out |
When someone becomes irrationally upset or angry, sometimes to the point of confusion. |
1 |
Get Ahead |
To become successful in the professional environment or make consistent progress in life. |
3 |
Get Along |
To have good interactions with others. |
2 |
Get Around To |
To do something that needed to get done at an earlier time. |
1 |
Get Away |
To escape from something. |
2 |
Get Back |
To return to a place. |
4 |
Get Back At |
To get revenge. |
1 |
Get Back To |
When you talk to someone at a later time either because you are busy or you have obtained additional or new information. |
2 |
Get Behind |
To learn, work, or progress more slowly than others. |
4 |
Get By |
To pass someone or something. |
3 |
Get Down |
To move to a lower place or level. |
4 |
Get In |
To arrive or enter a place, room, building, etc. |
5 |
Get Off |
To leave a form of transportation, except a car. |
6 |
Get Off On |
To be excited or to truly enjoy doing something. |
2 |
Get On |
When you move your body and either stand, sit, lie, kneel, etc. towards something (non-separable). |
6 |
Get Out |
To leave or escape. |
6 |
Get Out Of |
To receive a benefit and/or satisfaction from doing something. |
4 |
Get Over |
To move past an obstacle to the other side. |
3 |
Get Over With |
To finish something that needs to get done. |
1 |
Get Through |
When a message, meaning, or idea is understood or accepted. |
6 |
Get To |
To arrive to or assist someone to a place. |
5 |
Get Together |
To meet and spend time together. |
3 |
Get Up |
To move to a higher level/position. |
4 |
Give Away |
To give something for free or without expecting anything in return. |
4 |
Give In |
To surrender to something. |
2 |
Give Out |
To distribute something. |
4 |
Give Up |
To stop doing something without completing it. |
4 |
Go About |
To take the necessary steps to get something done. |
2 |
Go After |
When you do your best to get something no matter how difficult it is. |
4 |
Go Ahead |
To proceed to do something that you were hesitant about. |
2 |
Go Along With |
to accept or agree with a decision, rule, opinion, etc. |
2 |
Go Around |
To follow a circular path. |
6 |
Go Away |
To move or travel from one place to another place. |
3 |
Go Back |
To return to a place, time, activity, or a person. |
2 |
Go Back On |
When you fail to fulfill a promise you made to someone. |
1 |
Go Beyond |
To be more than or better than what is normal or expected. |
1 |
Go By |
To pass someone or something quickly. |
4 |
Go Down |
To move to a lower position, place, price, level, etc. |
7 |
Go For |
To try to obtain. |
5 |
Go In |
To enter a place, building, room, etc. |
3 |
Go In For |
To enter a place or area for a specific reason. |
2 |
Go In/Into |
To enter a place, room, building, etc. usually through a door. |
4 |
Go Off |
To leave unannounced. |
5 |
Go On |
When something takes place. |
3 |
Go Out |
To leave a place or area you’re in. |
5 |
Go Over |
To review something. |
4 |
Go Through With |
When you make a decision to do something, and actually do it. |
1 |
Go Up |
To move or extend to a higher level or farther North. |
3 |
Go With |
To accompany someone to a place. |
6 |
Goof Around |
To waste time doing silly or unimportant things. |
1 |
Gross Out |
To be disgusted with someone or something. |
1 |
Grow Out Of |
To become too big or too tall for your clothes. |
3 |
Grow Up |
When you physically change from a child to an adult. |
2 |
Hand Back |
When you return something to the person who owns it after the person has given it to you |
1 |
Hand In |
To give something to a person of authority. |
1 |
Hand Out |
To distribute something free to other people. |
1 |
Hand Over |
To give upon request or demand. |
2 |
Hang Around |
To spend time in a place or an area. |
1 |
Hang On |
When you hold something, often for support of comfort. |
3 |
Hang Out |
To hang something, usually wet clothes, to dry. |
3 |
Hang Up |
To hang clothes or an object on a hook, hanger or rod. |
3 |
Have On |
To wear clothing, cosmetics, perfume, etc. |
2 |
Head Back |
To go to a place where you’ve been before or where you started from. |
1 |
Head For |
When a situation becomes more likely. |
2 |
Head Toward |
To move in the direction where someone or something is. |
2 |
Hear About |
When you learn details about something or someone. |
1 |
Hear Of |
When you learn about something or someone. |
2 |
Heat Up |
To make something warmer or cause a rise in temperature. |
2 |
Help Out |
To assist people with something. |
1 |
Hit On |
To suddenly have a solution to a problem or an interesting idea. |
2 |
Hold Against |
When you don’t forgive or have little respect for someone because of something they did. |
2 |
Hold Off |
To delay something. |
2 |
Hold On |
When you wait for a short time. |
3 |
Hold Out |
To extend your hand or an object in front of you. |
3 |
Hold Up |
To hold someone or something up in the air. |
4 |
Hook Up |
When you connect two electrical devices together. |
3 |
Hurry Up |
To do something quickly. |
2 |
Keep At |
To continue doing an activity even though it may be difficult. |
1 |
Keep Away |
To avoid getting close to someone or something. |
2 |
Keep Down |
To make sound, music and noise minimal. |
3 |
Keep From |
To stop yourself or other people from doing something. |
1 |
Keep Off |
To avoid discussing a particular subject or topic. |
2 |
Keep On |
To continue doing something. |
2 |
Keep To |
When you don’t share information. |
2 |
Keep Up |
To continue to do something. |
4 |
Kick Back |
To illegally pay extra money to someone as part of the price. |
2 |
Kick Out |
To force someone to leave an organization or place. |
1 |
Knock Off |
To use force to cause someone or something to fall from its place, whether intentionally or accidentally. |
6 |
Knock Out |
When someone is struck hard enough to cause them to lose consciousness. |
6 |
Knock Over |
To make contact with something or someone in such a way it or they fall. |
1 |
Know About |
To have knowledge of or be familiar with something. |
1 |
Lay Down |
To place something on a surface or an object. |
3 |
Lay Off |
When a company or business ends a worker’s employment. |
2 |
Lead Up To |
When a period of time or a series of events cause an event, situation or conversation to happen. |
1 |
Leave Behind |
When you don’t take something or someone with you when you leave. |
4 |
Leave Off |
To accidentally or intentionally not include a person or thing on a list. |
2 |
Leave Out |
To not include someone or something. |
3 |
Leave Over |
When you have a portion that still remains from something after you have used or eaten the rest of it. |
2 |
Let Down |
To disappoint someone. |
2 |
Let In |
To allow someone or something to enter a place. |
2 |
Let Off |
To allow someone to leave a car, bus, train etc. |
3 |
Let On |
To tell something that is a secret or private. |
1 |
Let Out |
When you give permission for someone to leave or be released from a place. |
3 |
Let Up |
When someone or something becomes less intense or strong. |
1 |
Lie Around |
To be lazy or to not do anything. |
2 |
Lift Up |
To raise someone or something to a higher level. |
2 |
Light Up |
To illuminate something. |
2 |
Lighten Up |
When a conversation is changed or a person changes to become less serious. |
1 |
Line Up |
To form in a row one after another or side-by-side. |
3 |
Live With |
To share the same residence. |
2 |
Lock In |
To secure people or things behind a closed door. |
3 |
Lock Out |
When you don’t have the key or passcode to enter a secured place. |
2 |
Lock Up |
When you shut the windows and doors of a place or building. |
2 |
Look Around |
To turn your head to see what or who is around you. |
3 |
Look At |
To divert your eyes to someone or something. |
4 |
Look Down On |
When you consider someone or something as unimportant or with little to no value. The opposite of yesterday’s phrasal verb. |
1 |
Look Forward To |
To anticipate a future event because it either makes you happy and/or you benefit from it. |
1 |
Look Into |
To investigate or get more facts about something. |
1 |
Look Out |
To remain alert. |
2 |
Look Over |
To examine or inspect something or someone. |
1 |
Look Up |
When a situation becomes better. |
3 |
Look Up To |
This particular phrasal verb is used to say you view someone with respect and/or admiration. |
1 |
Luck Out |
To have exceptionally good luck. |
1 |
Make For |
To go in a certain direction, typically in a hurry. |
2 |
Make Of |
To understand the meaning of something. |
1 |
Make Up |
To invent a story. |
7 |
Mess Up |
When something is dirty or unorganized. |
2 |
Mix Up |
To put or combine different things together so they’ll merge successfully. |
3 |
Monkey Around With |
To try to play with or repair a device that you have no true knowledge about. |
2 |
Move In |
When you bring your personal belongings and stuff to a new place where you will live. Yesterday’s phrasal verb, Move Out, has the opposite meaning. |
3 |
Move Out |
When you permanently remove all your belongings and personal items from a place where you live or stay. |
3 |
Narrow Down |
To reduce the number of options or possibilities. |
1 |
Pay Back |
When you return money that you owe someone. |
2 |
Pay For |
To purchase merchandise. |
2 |
Pay Off |
To repay money that is owed to a person or entity. |
3 |
Pay Up |
To pay all the money that is owed or asked for. |
1 |
Pick On |
To tease and/or criticize someone over a period of time. |
1 |
Pick Out |
When you are able to recognize something or someone from a group. |
2 |
Pick Up |
To get someone or something from somewhere. |
8 |
Pile Up |
To put things in a pile or heap. |
2 |
Piss Off |
[Informal] To be angry about something. |
1 |
Plan Ahead |
To prepare for a future event or situation. |
1 |
Plan For |
To prepare for a big event or expectation in the future. |
1 |
Plan On |
When you have the intention to do something. |
1 |
Plug In |
To connect an electrical device to an electrical outlet. |
2 |
Plug In/Into |
To connect an electrical appliance/machine to another piece of equipment or to a power source. |
1 |
Plug Up |
To block a narrow passage such as a hole, drain, or pipe so that nothing can flow through. |
2 |
Point Out |
To make someone aware of something. |
1 |
Point To |
When you aim at something or someone using your finger or hand. |
2 |
Print Out |
To produce a hard copy of a computer document. |
1 |
Pull Off |
To succeed in doing something difficult or tricky. |
2 |
Pull Out |
When something or someone leaves a place. |
7 |
Pull Over |
To drive your vehicle to the side of the road to stop. |
1 |
Pull Through |
To recover from an injury or illness. |
2 |
Punch In |
To enter data or record time on a device. |
1 |
Punch Out |
To record the time you leave the workplace using a special clock. |
2 |
Put Away |
To place something where it cannot be seen or isn’t in the way of other things. |
4 |
Put Back |
When something is causing a project to slow down. |
4 |
Put Down |
To place something on a surface or an object. |
6 |
Put In |
When you invest or make a deposit. In this example, the amount almost always separates the verb. |
7 |
Put Off |
To become offended by someone or something. |
2 |
Put Out |
To extend a part of your body. |
6 |
Put Past |
To not be surprised by a person’s actions. [Always used with the negative] |
1 |
Put To |
To cause someone or something to be in a certain state or to do something extra. |
2 |
Put Together |
To assemble or connect the parts of something. |
3 |
Put Up |
To move an object to a higher level. |
6 |
Put Up To |
To encourage or persuade someone to do something. |
2 |
Put Up With |
To tolerate or accept something that you’d rather not. |
1 |
Ring Up |
To call someone on the phone. |
2 |
Rip Off |
When someone asks for a price for something that is too high, when someone cheats or steals. |
3 |
Rip Up |
To tear something (i.e. paper, cloth, etc.) into pieces. |
2 |
Rule Out |
When someone or something is excluded as a possibility. |
1 |
Run Across |
To move or run from one side to the other. |
2 |
Run Around |
To go from one place to another in a hurry. |
3 |
Run Down |
To hit someone or something with a vehicle. |
4 |
Run Into |
When something collides with another object by accident. |
4 |
Run Out |
When people exit a place very quickly. Run In/ Run Into is the opposite of this meaning. |
2 |
Run Over |
When someone is injured or killed by a vehicle. |
5 |
Run Up |
To run from a lower elevation or level to a higher elevation or level. |
5 |
Screw On |
To ensure the top of a container/bottle is sealed. |
2 |
Screw Out Of |
To cheat or deceive someone. |
1 |
Screw Up |
To make a mistake or do something really bad. |
1 |
See About |
To seriously think about doing something. |
1 |
Sell Out |
When all the inventory of a particular product has been purchased. |
2 |
Set Up |
To organize or plan for an activity/event to happen. |
6 |
Settle Down |
To begin living a stable and routine life. |
2 |
Settle For |
To accept something even though it’s not what you want or need. |
1 |
Shake Up |
To mix something in a container by shaking it. |
3 |
Show Off |
To overly display your skills or what you have. |
1 |
Shut Off |
To stop the operation of an electrical or mechanical device. |
1 |
Shut Up |
To stop talking. |
1 |
Sign In |
To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time you arrived at a certain place. |
2 |
Sign Out |
To write your name on a list to indicate the day and time of your departure. |
2 |
Sit Down |
To change from a standing to a sitting position. |
2 |
Slow Down |
To do something slower. |
1 |
Sneak In/Into |
To enter a place quietly to avoid being seen or heard. |
1 |
Sneak Out |
To leave a place without being noticed. |
1 |
Sort Out |
To arrange or separate things into groups according to similarities. |
2 |
Space Out |
When someone’s attention is not in the present moment. [Adj.] {spaced out} To describe a person whose attention isn’t in the present moment. |
1 |
Stand Around |
To stand in one place or area when you should be doing something. |
2 |
Stand For |
To support or represent an idea, belief, etc. |
1 |
Stand Up |
To rise from sitting or lying down to a vertical position. |
3 |
Start Off |
The beginning of an event, activity or time period. |
4 |
Start Out |
To begin a trip or venture to some place. |
3 |
Start Up |
To start something. |
2 |
Stay Off |
To avoid discussing a certain subject or topic. |
4 |
Stay Out |
To spend time out of your own home. |
3 |
Stay Up |
To remain in a place that is higher than ground level. |
2 |
Step On |
To place your foot on something or someone. |
2 |
Stick Around |
To stay in a place or with someone for any period of time. |
1 |
Stick Out |
To extend something outward. |
4 |
Stick To |
When something is attached to another by some form of adhesive. |
2 |
Stick Up |
To use a weapon, especially a gun, to rob someone. |
4 |
Stick With |
To continue to use or do something. |
3 |
Stop Off |
To make a quick stop on your way to a destination. |
1 |
Stop Over |
To visit someone for a short period of time. |
2 |
Straighten Out |
To make something straight. |
3 |
Stress Out |
To feel very worried, nervous or anxious. |
1 |
Switch Off |
When you move something from the ‘on’ state to the ‘off’ state. Synonymous with “Turn Off.” Yesterday’s “Switch On” is the opposite. |
1 |
Switch On |
When you move something from the ‘off’ state to the ‘on’ state. Synonymous with “Turn On,” while “Switch Off” is the opposite. |
1 |
Take Apart |
To disconnect or separate the parts of an object. |
1 |
Take Back |
To return something or someone. |
5 |
Take In |
To be successfully tricked or deceived by someone. |
5 |
Take Out |
To remove an object from an area, place or container. |
4 |
Take Out On |
To direct your anger towards someone or something when you’re really upset about someone or something else. |
1 |
Take Up On |
When you accept an invitation or offer from someone. |
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Talk Down To |
To talk to someone as if they are less intelligent than you by conveying a tone of voice or attitude that says so. |
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Talk Into |
To convince someone to do something. |
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Talk Out Of |
To convince someone not to do something. |
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Talk To |
To have a conversation with someone. |
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Tear Down |
To deconstruct a building or home. |
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Tear Off |
To remove with force. |
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Tell Apart |
To be able to differentiate something or someone from something or someone else. |
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Tell On |
To inform an authoritative figure about what someone else did. |
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Think About |
To consider something prior to making a final decision. |
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Think Ahead |
To think and plan carefully for a future situation or event. |
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Think Up |
To use your imagination to create a plan, idea, or a solution. |
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Throw Away |
To dispose of something you no longer find useful in a waste bin, trash, etc. |
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Throw Out |
When you get rid of something by putting it in a trash can, bin, etc. |
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Throw Up |
To vomit or puke. |
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Track Down |
To locate someone or something after a long search |
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Trade In |
To exchange something old for something new. |
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Trick Into |
To convince or persuade someone to believe something untrue or to do something for you. |
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Try On |
To see how something fits or looks before purchasing. |
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Try Out |
To show that you are qualified to do something. |
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Turn Around |
When someone or something moves until it faces the opposite direction. |
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Turn Down |
To decrease the temperature, sound, etc. |
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Turn In |
To give someone or something to the police or someone of authority. |
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Turn Into |
To transform. |
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Turn Off |
To stop a device from functioning. |
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Turn On |
To cause someone to feel interested and/or attracted. |
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Turn Out |
To attend an event, meeting, etc. |
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Turn Over |
To move an object so that the part that is on top becomes the bottom and vice versa. |
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Turn Up |
To increase the controls of an electronic or mechanical device. |
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Use Up |
To completely consume or use all of a supply. |
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Wake Up |
When you are finished sleeping. |
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Wash Off |
To remove dirt or unwanted markings with soap and water. |
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Wash Up |
To clean your face, hands, body, etc. |
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Watch Out |
To be aware of someone or something. |
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Wear Down |
To make the surface or top of something disappear due to friction. |
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Wear Off |
To decrease or disappear gradually. |
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Wear Out |
When something is damaged or weakened from use and age. |
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Wind Up |
To operate a mechanical device by turning its handle. |
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Wipe Off |
To completely remove or clean something from a surface or location. |
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Wipe Out |
To clean the inside of something. |
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Wipe Up |
To remove liquid from a surface using a sponge, towel or cloth, etc. |
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Work In |
To make time in a busy schedule for a person or an activity. |
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Work Out |
When a situation, event, plan, or idea is successful. |
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Work Up |
To gradually improve at or make progress in something. |
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Wrap Up |
To cover something with some kind of special paper. |
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Zip Up |
To close an item that has a zipper. |
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