Prepositional idiom Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
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back down
A
retreat
2
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act up
A
to behave badly
3
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angle for
A
try to gain
4
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answer for
A
be responsible for
5
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bear away
A
carry away
6
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blow over
A
pass over
(of trouble) fade away without serious consequences.
“if he would simply cool off, the whole matter would soon blow over”
7
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carry away
A
cause to lose self - control
8
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come about
A
happen
9
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cry out against
A
oppose
10
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do away with
A
remove
11
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give in
A
submit
12
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go into
A
investigate
13
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go through
A
udnergo
14
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hand over
A
to yield control of
15
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jump at
A
accept eagerly
16
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jump on ( someone)
A
rebuke
17
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kick up
A
make a fuss
18
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knock down
A
bring price down
19
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lay about
A
attack
20
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lay out
A
invest / design
21
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make up
A
reconcile
22
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mess about
A
play about
23
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pass through
A
undergo
24
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put across
A
successfully convey
25
play down
make less serious
26
pull together
cooperate
27
reckon up
form an opinion
28
run down
discredit : To criticize, deprecate, or belittle someone or something
29
sit up
take sudden notice
30
sponge on
live on others
31
stick to
do faithfully
32
take it lying down / take something lying down
be submissive
to accept (something bad, such as an insult or unfair treatment) without trying to fight against it
He vowed that he would not take the court's decision lying down
I should feel ashamed if I let myself be struck like that, and took it lying down
33
talk into
persuade by talking
34
tide over
help
35
touch off
start
36
win over
gain support
37
work off
To get rid of something through effort or work: I started to run two miles a day in order to work off some weight.
OR give vent to
to express (a strong emotion, such as anger) in a forceful and open way He gave vent to his annoyance. She didn't want to give full vent to her feelings.
38
wrapped up in
be absorbed / be interested in
39
write off
cancel
40
harping on
to talk about (a subject) constantly or repeatedly in an annoying way
41
knocked around
to spend time in (a place) without having a goal or purpose : to wander around (a place) He spent the summer knocking around (in) Europe.
42
PASS SOMEONE/SOMETHING OFF AS SOMETHING
to try to make others believe that someone or something is something other than what the person or thing is: Maurice is trying to pass himself off as a journalist to get admitted to the press conference.
43
stagger out
To walk or shuffle out (of some place) in an swerving, unsteady manner.
The man staggered out of the room clutching his chest, and I knew immediately he was having a heart attack.
We spent about four hours in the pub before staggering out in a drunken haze.
