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back down retreat from a position in an argument |
back out desert; fail to keep a promise |
back up move backwards |
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bear up endure |
blow in drop in to visit unexpectedly |
blow over pass without doing harm |
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blow up explode; lose one's temper |
call up telephone |
calm down become calm |
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carry on continue as before; misbehave |
catch on understand |
catch up cover the distance between oneself and a moving goal |
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check up investigate |
check out leave; pay one's bill |
cheer up become cheerful |
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clear out leave |
clear up become clear |
close down close permanently |
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close up close temporarily |
came about happen |
come along accompany; make progress |
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come back return |
come by visit someone in his home |
come out appear; make a social debut |
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come over come to someone's house, to where someone is |
come through succeed |
come to regain consciousness |
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cut in interrupt |
die away fade; diminish |
die down fade; diminish |
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die off/out disappear; become extinct |
dress up don fancy or unusual clothes |
drive back return by car |
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drop in visit someone casually without planning |
drop out abandon some organized activity; leave; quit |
drop over visit someone casually |
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fall behind not progress at required pace |
fall off decrease; lose weight
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fall through fail; not be accomplished |
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fill in substitute |
find out learn |
fly back return by air |
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fly over fly to where someone is |
get ahead make progress |
get along have a friendly relationship |
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get around circulate; move about |
get away escape |
get by manage; either just barely or with a minimum of effort |
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get in enter |
get off descend from leave |
get on enter (a vehicle); mount (a horse, etc.) |
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get on/along progress; be compatible |
get up rise |
get through finish |
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give out become exhausted |
give up surrender; fail to finish |
go back return |
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go off explode |
go on happen; continue |
go out stop burning; leave one's residence |
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go over go; succeed |
grow up mature |
hang around remain idly; dawdle |
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hang up replace a telephone receive on its hook |
hold on grasp tightly; persevere; wait while telephoning |
hold out continue to resist; persevere; persist |
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keep on continue |
keep up maintain the required pace or standard; continue |
let up diminish in intensity |
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lie down recline |
look on be a spectator |
make out progress; succeed |
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make up become reconciled |
move over move to the side |
pan out turn out well; be successful |
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pass out become unconscious |
pass on die |
pick up grow; increase |
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pull in arrive |
pull out deport |
pull through survive (barely) |
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ride over ride to where someone is |
run away escape; leave; leave quickly without permission |
run down slowly lose power so as to stop functioning |
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run off depart running; drain |
sell out sell the ownership or responsibility |
settle up pay one's bills or debts |
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show off boast by words or actions |
show up arrive; appear unexpectedly |
shut up stop talking |
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slow up reduce speed |
stand by wait; be prepared to assist |
stand up stand; rise from sitting; last; endure |
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stay over remain at someone's house overnight or longer |
step aside move to one side |
take off leave the ground |
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take over assume command |
talk back answer impolitely |
throw up vomit |
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turn around turn so that one is facing another direction |
turn in go to bed |
turn out succeed; come; appear, as at a public meeting |
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turn up arrive; be found unexpectedly |
wait up remain awake in anticipation |
wake up awaken |
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walk back return on foot to where one was |
walk over walk to where someone is |
wash out fade or disappear from washing |
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watch out be careful |
wear off fade; disappear through use or time |
wear out become unusable through use; become used up |
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work out be successful |
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