Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
(201 cards)
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Aim At
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To point at a specific target
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Back Down
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To surrender your claim or position
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Beef Up
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To make better or bigger
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Blow Off
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When the wind moves something from its original place
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Blow Out
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To put out a flame
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Boil Down To
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To determine a specific conclusion or reasoning
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Break Down
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When someone is mentally exhausted or frustrated
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Break Through
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To create a path through
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Break Up
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To stop something from happening
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Bring Up
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To carry or take something low to a higher place
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Brush Off
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To get rid of with your hand
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Brush Up
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To review a particular skill or piece of knowledge you haven’t used in awhile
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Build In/Into
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To construct something in a certain place
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Burn Down
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When fire is used to destroy something
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Burn Up
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To be destroyed with fire
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Burst Out
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To say something suddenly or out of the blue
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Butt In
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To insert yourself into a conversation or event
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Call Back
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To call again
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Call In
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To request someone’s presence
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Care For
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To be responsible for someone’s wellbeing
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Carry Away
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To act on emotions when doing something
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Carry On
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To continue
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Carry Out
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To move from one place to another
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Catch On
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To eventually realize something
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Catch Up
To get closer to something that became far away
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Chicken Out
To get too scared to do something
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Clear Up
To solve a misunderstanding or issue
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Clog Up
To prevent something from coming through
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Close Off
To block something
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Come About
To happen or occur
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Come Across
The way something is perceived; to move sides
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Come Apart
To break into pieces
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Come Down To
To narrow down a situation
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Come Down With
To become ill or experience symptoms of an illness
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Come Off
When something is removed; how something is perceived
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Come Through
To arrive expectedly; to cause a result
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Come Up With
To think of something
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Con Into
To deceptively convince someone to do something
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Con Out Of
To convince someone to give you something by lying
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Cross Off
To mark as complete
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Cut Back
To reduce
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Cut Down
To lessen something
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Do Away With
To get rid of something
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Do Over
To do again in a better way
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Do Without
To be fine without
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Doze Off
To fall asleep on accident
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Dress Up
To look good or more formal
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Drop In
To come by unexpectedly
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Dry Out
To take away all water or liquid
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Eat Up
To consume all of
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Empty Out
To remove all items from
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End Up
The way something finishes
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Fall Behind
To progress slower than the rest
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Fall Out
To drop down
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Fall Through
To be cancelled; to fail
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Feel Up To
To feel well enough to participate
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Fill Out
To complete or finish
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Flip Out
To get uncontrollably angry
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Follow Up
To do more investigating
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Get Along
To be able to do; to interact well with others
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Get Back
To return somewhere
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Get Back To
To return an answer or fulfill a request
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Get Behind
To support; to be slower than others
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Get By
To survive; to pass
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Get Over
To stop being upset about; to clear an obstacle
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Get Through
To understand; to finish; to endure
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Get Together
To meet up for a specific reason; to gather
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Give In
To accept defeat
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Give Out
To produce or distribute
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Go About
To act normally; to follow the correct process to get something done
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Go After
To follow even if it’s difficult
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Go Along With
To agree with in order to avoid conflict
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Go Beyond
To do more than what is expected of you
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Go Off
To express your anger verbally; to leave without warning; to leave the normal path
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Go With
To join; to combine; to match
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Gross Out
To feel disgusted by something
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Hand Back
To return something after borrowing it
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Hang Around
To be in a specific place for a period of time
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Hold Against
To refuse forgiving someone
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Hold Off
To delay or pr
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Hurry Up
To quickly do something
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Keep At
To continue trying
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Keep Down
To minimize noise
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Keep Up
To continue taking care of or doing something
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Kick Back
To hang out; to relax
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Knock Off
To cause something to fall or stop
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Knock Out
To hit someone hard enough that they are unconscious; to be surprised
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Lay Off
To cut an employee’s job; to stop doing
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Lead Up To
When a series of certain events cause something to happen or occur
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Leave Off
To not include something
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Leave Out
To purposefully exclude
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Let Down
To disappoint; to make lower or longer
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Let In
To allow; to invite
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Let On
To allude to
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Let Up
To ease up
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Lighten Up
To make less serious
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Line Up
To create a row; to organize
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Lock In
To secure; to save; to keep at a specific level
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Lock Up
To shut the doors or windows
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Look Down On
To believe you are better than someone or something
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Look Forward To
To anticipate with excitement
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Look Into
To investigate further
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Look Out
To stay alert; to do a favor for someone
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Look Over
To examine
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Look Up To
To respect or revere someone
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Luck Out
To unexpectedly experience luck
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Make Up
To create a story; to do something that is better than what you missed out on
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Mess Up
To be unorganized; to ruin
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Mix Up
To combine; to confuse; to upgrade or change
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Monkey Around With
To mess around; to be silly
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Narrow Down
To reduce your options
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Pay Back
To return money that you owe; to reciprocate
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Pay Up
To give all the money you owe
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Pay Off
To repay; to give money in exchange for secrecy; to be rewarded for hard work
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Pick On
To tease or bully
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Pile Up
To place or be in a pile
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Piss Off
To make someone angry
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Plan On
To have the intention of doing
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Plug In
To connect to electricity
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Point Out
To bring attention to
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Print Out
To create a paper copy
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Pull Off
To do successfully
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Pull Over
To drive onto the side of the road and stop
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Pull Through
To recover; to continue through difficulty
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Punch In
To record time
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Put Away
To hide something in a specific place
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Put Back
To return to its original place; to postpone
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Put In
To place inside; to install; to contribute money
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Put Together
To assemble; to plan; to position close together
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Put Up With
To tolerate something that you don’t necessarily like
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Ring Up
To call on the phone; to add up the total cost at a register
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Rip Off
To be asked to pay too much for something; to remove something from where it was using force
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Rip Up
To tear into pieces; to remove something off of a specific surface
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Rule Out
To eliminate as possible
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Run Across
To move from one side to another
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Run Around
To go from place to place quickly; to play while running
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Run Down
To gradually get worse; to explain a plan; to quickly get lower
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Run Into
When two objects accidentally hit each other; to see someone you know unexpectedly; to have unexpected issues; to go inside quickly
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Run Over
To be injured by a car; to practice all the way through; to continue past the allotted time; to explain again; to have too much liquid inside
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Screw On
To seal a container’s lid; to connect parts with a screw
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Screw Up
To make a mess of something
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See About
To look into doing something
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Sell Out
To be rid of all available inventory; to give up your morals when doing something
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Settle Down
To start living routinely with more stability; to relax
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Shake Up
Shaking to mix something; to upset someone
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Show Off
To display something in a large way
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Shut Up
To not talk
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Sign In
To write your name down with the time and date you arrived; to input a username and password online
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Sign Out
To signify your departure by signing your name and the date; to exit online
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Sit Down
To start sitting; to assist someone in sitting
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Slow Down
To start being slower
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Sneak In/Into
To go inside somewhere without being detected
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Sneak Out
Let’s sneak out tonight and go to the club
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Sort Out
To resolve a misunderstanding; to place things into specific groups
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Space Out
To gravitate your attention elsewhere; to not focus on what’s around you
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Stand Around
To gather in one area instead of doing what you need to
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Stand For
To back up or support
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Start Off
To begin; to have intentions to do something
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Start Up
To begin something; to make it work
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Stay Out
To leave your home; to not go inside; to remain uninvolved
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Stay Up
To be above level ground; to be awake longer than usual
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Step On
To move quickly; to place your foot
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Stick Around
To remain in one place for a while
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Stick Out
To extend outward; to be recognized; to persevere
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Stick Up
To put something where it can be seen more easily; to stand out from the group
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Stick With
To continue; to stay loyal; to endure an uncomfortable situation or person
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Stop Over
To visit for a moment; to stop quickly
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Straighten Out
To make straight; to fix an issue; to make someone’s attitude or behavior better
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Switch Off
To turn something previously on to be off
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Switch On
To turn something previously off to be on
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Take Apart
To disassemble or separate
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Take Out
To remove; to withdraw money; to pay for a dinner
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Take Up On
To accept an invitation or offer
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Talk Down To
To talk to someone as if you are better and/or smarter than them
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Talk Into
To convince
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Talk Out Of
To convince someone against something
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Talk To
To converse with someone
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Tear Down
To destroy physical or mentally
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Tear Off
To remove forcefully
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Tell Apart
To differentiate
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Tell On
To inform someone of something that happened but was not supposed to
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Think About
To ponder something before it happens; to have on your mind
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Think Ahead
To plan for the future
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Think Up
To come up with an idea using your imagination
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Throw Away
To get rid of
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Track Down
To seek out and find
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Trade In
To exchange an old item for something new
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Trick Into
To persuade using dishonesty
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Try On
To see how something fits on your body before buying it
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Try Out
To demonstrate a specific skill; to test something
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Turn Down
To refuse an offer; to decrease something
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Turn Off
To stop from being on; to offend or cause someone to lose interest
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Turn On
To stop from being off; to entice or cause attraction; to suddenly become against someone
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Turn Over
To flip to the other side; to pass on authority duties; to replace continuously
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Turn Up
To increase volume; to be found; to learn though research
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Use Up
To exhaust the resources of something
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Wake Up
To finish sleeping; to become aware
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Wash Off
To clean using water
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Wash Up
To clean yourself; to be carried ashore by water; to no longer be of any use
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Watch Out
To be cautious of something happening
