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ask after

ask for news about

back down

stop demanding sth, stop saying that you will do sth

back out

decide not to do sth you agreed to do

bank on

depend on sth happening

break down

stop working (for a machine, etc)

break out

escape (from prison)

break out

start suddenly (for a war, fire, etc)

bring forward

change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier

bring in

introduce a new law or system

bring on

cause (illness, etc)

bring out

produce and start to sell a new product

bring up

look after a child until he/she becomes an adult

bring up

start discussing a subject

call for

require, need

call for

demand

call off

cancel

carry on

continue

carry out

perform an experiment, etc

catch on

become popular or fashionable

catch on

understand

catch up with

reach the same point/level as

chase after

follow sb/sth quickly in order to catch them

check in

check out

leave a hotel

check out

investigate

clear up

become brighter and better (for weather)

close down

stop operating (for companies)

come (a)round

happen again (for regular events)

come (a)round (to)

be persuaded to change your mind (about)

come across

find sth or meet sb by chance

come by

get sth, especially sth that is hard to get

come down with

start to suffer from a minor illness

come forward

offer help or information

come into

inherit

come off

succeed

come on

develop or make progress

come on

start to be broadcast

come out

be published

come round/to

become conscious

come up with

think of (an idea, plan, etc)

count on

rely on, trust

cross out

draw a line through sth written

cut down (on)

do less of (smoking, etc)

cut down (on)

reduce an amount of

cut off

make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with

cut off

stop the supply of sth

cut off

disconnect

dawn on

if something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time

deal with

handle, cope with

die down

become less noisy, powerful or active

do away with

get rid of

do up

repair, paint or improve

do without

live without (sth you can't afford)

draw up

create (plans, etc)

dress up

put on a fancy or unusual clothes

drop in (on)

visit unexpectedly

drop off

let someone get out of a vehicle

drop off

fall asleep

drop out (of)

leave school, etc before you have finished a course

drown out

prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise

face up to

accept sth and try to deal with it

fall for

fall in love with

fall for

believe (a lie/trick/joke, etc)

fall out (with)

have an argument with and stop being friends

feel up to

feel well enough to do

fill in

add information in the spaces on a document

find out

discover information, etc

flick through

turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quickly

get (sb) down

make sb feel bad or lose hope

get along (with)

have a good relationship (with)

get at

get away with

escape punishment for

get back

return from a place

get by

manage to survive (financially)

get on (with)

have a good relationship (with)

get on for

be almost a particulate time, number, age, etc

get on with

continue doing

get over

recover from (an illness, etc)

get round to

start (after planning to do sth for a long time)

get through

use all of, finish

get up to

do; do sth you should not do

give away

give free of charge

give away

reveal sth you are trying to hide

give in

stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult

give off

produce sth such as heat or a smell

give up

stop doing sth you do regularly

go away

go on holiday

go down (as)

be remembered for having done sth

go in for

enter (a competition, etc)

go in for

go into

deal with sth in detail

go off

be no longer fresh

go off

explode; be fired (for a gun, usually accidentally)

go off

stop liking

go on

continue happening or doing sth

go on

do sth after doing sth else

go over

repeat or think about it again in order to understand completely

go/come round

go/come to sb’s house to visit them

grow on

if sth starts to grow on you, you start to like it more

grow out of

develop from

grow out of

become too big for

grow up

become older

hand down

give sth valuable to your children or grandchildren, usually when you die

hand in

give to a person in authority

hand out

give things to people in a group

hold up

rob while threatening violence

hold up

delay

join in

participate, take part

keep on

continue doing sth

keep up with

stay at the same pint/level as

knock out

defeat and remove from a competition

knock out

make unconscious

leave out

not include

let down

disappoint

let off

give little or no punishment

let off

make a bomb, etc explode

line up

get/put into lines

live on

use as a source of money

look after

take care of

look down on

think that you are better than

look into

investigate

look out

be careful

look round

examine (a place)

look up to

admire and respect

look up

try to find information in a book or list, etc

make off

escape

make out

pretend that sth is true

make out

see, hear or understand sb with difficulty

make out

write all the necessary information on a cheque, etc