Break down – to fall apart; to have a physical or mental
collapse; to itemize; to
decompose.
Bring about – to make something happen.
Bring back – to return; to return to consciousness.
Bring in – to yield as profit or income; to present (for
consideration) formally; to
submit. (Also literal.)
Bring up – to mention a person or thing; to raise a child; to
vomit; to (cause to) stop
quickly.
Come back –to (have) return(ed) to one’s origin/previous
location; to retort; a
return success
Come down- to drop; to descend to someone through inheritance;
to attack/scold
vigorously. (Also literal.)
Come in – to receive or acquire something. (Also literal.)
Come on – to hurry up; to follow; to flirt aggressively
Come out – to become; to turn out; to be presented/released to
the public. (Also
literal.)
Come up – to happen unexpectedly. (Also literal.)
Carry on – to continue with something; to make a great fuss
over sby or sth; to cry
and become out of control about sby or sth.
Carry out – to perform a task or an assignment.
Get back – to return; to repay one for a bad deed; to continue
communicating with
someone at a later time.
Get on – to make progress; to agree or be friendly; to
advance in age. (Also literal.)
Get out – to get free/away; to produce or complete.
Get up – to arise; to ascend
Give up – to quit; to surrender; to abandon hope
Go in – to take part in something; to make an approach, as before an attack.
(Also
literal.)
Go off – to explode; to leave; to happen (as planned).
Go back – to return to one’s origin/previous location; to
break a promise
Go down – to be accepted; to happen. (Also literal.)
Go on – continue
Go out – to try out for something (usually sports); to go out
of fashion; to go out
with someone for entertainment; to date someone. (Also
literal.)
Go up – to increase; happening; to be in the process of construction. (Also
literal).
Find out - discover; learn of; to discover facts about someone
or something; to learn
a fact
Hold up –to rob someone; to offer; to expose; to support; to
hinder; to wait. (Also
literal.)
Look back – to review past events; to return in thought. (Also
literal.)
Look down – to regard with disdain or scorn; have contempt for.
(Also literal.)
Look up – to search for information; to become more prosperous. (Also literal.)
Make up – to put makeup on oneself; to repay or redo
something; to create a story
Pick up – to clean/to learn/obtain/ to go faster
Point out – to select or indicate someone or something (from a
group).
Put down- to write down, record; to attribute; to mercifully
kill an animal.
Put out – irritated, bothered; to extinguish; to publish; to
exert/apply.
Put up – to provide lodging for someone; to display or show;
to offer something; to
build/erect something.
Set off – to cause to be ignited/exploded; to anger someone;
to begin.
Set out – to begin a journey or course; to define/describe; to
design/plan; to
undertake/attempt.
Set up – to organize
Sit down – to encamp or besiege. (Also literal.)
Take on – to undertake/assume; to employ; to acquire; to show
great emotion.
Take out – to take someone on a date; something made to be
taken away (as in
food)/a restaurant that performs this service. (Also
literal.)
Take over –to take charge; to assume control
Take off – to leave the ground and begin to fly; to become
popular and successful; to
begin to chase something; to take a break from
something; to withdraw or remove
from; to deduct.
Take back – to withdraw or cancel one’s statements; to regain
ownership; to cause
to remember. (Also literal.)
Take up – to accept someone’s offer; to begin to deal with an
issue; to shorten a
skirt, dress or pants.
Turn out – to end satisfactorily; to send someone out of
somewhere; to
manufacture/produce something; to be present/attend;
to turn off/extinguish
Turn up – to appear; to search for and find something; to
intensify or increase; to
happen/occur.
Work out – to settle/solve a
problem; to turn out/to happen. (Also literal).
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