- Fed up: disgusted with, annoyed, sick and tired ( binomial), tired, up to here.
- Comer over: visit someone, come by, drop by, drop in, pop in, run in, see, step in, stop by.
- IDIOM - I´ve had it: I had enough ( I am up to here with you ! )
- IDIOM - Go berserk: Go crazy, mad or violent. uncontrollably, violently, wildly. Very upset.
- IDIOM - I mean it - I´m warning you. Don´t push it !
- Ask out: ask someone to go on a date
- Bring about: cause
- Bring up: 1) rear children 2) mention or introduce a topic
- Call back: return a telephone call
- Call in: ask to come to an official place for a special reason
- Call off: cancel
- Call on: 1) visit 2) ask a student a question in class
- Call up: call on the telephone
- Catch up with reach the same position or level as someone
- Check in: register at a hotel
- Check into*: investigate
- Check out: 1) borrow a book from a library 2) investigate
- Cheer up: make (someone) feel happier
- Clean up: make clean and orderly
- Come across: find by chance
- Cross out: draw a line through
- Cut out: stop an annoying activity
- Do over: repeat
- Drop by: visit informally
- Drop in (on)*: visit informally
- Drop off: leave something/someone somewhere
- Drop out (of)*: stop going to school or class
- Figure out: find the answer by logic
- Fill out: complete a form
- Find out: discover information
- Get along (with): to have a good relationship with
- Get back (from): 1) return from somewhere 2) receive again
- Get in, get into: 1) enter a car 2) arrive
- Get off: leave any vehicle
- Get on: enter any vehicle
- Get out of*: 1) leave a car 2) avoid some unpleasant activity
- Get over*: recover from an illness
- Get through: finish
- Get up: arise from bed, a chair etc.
- Give back: return something to someone
- Give up: stop doing something
- Go over: review or check
- Grow up: become an adult
- Hand in: submit an assignment
- Hang up: 1) stop a telephone conversation 2) put up clothes on a line or a hook
- Have on: wear
- Keep out (of): not enter
- Keep up (with)*: stay at the same position or level
- Kick out (of): force (someone) to leave
- Look after*: take care of
- Look into: investigate
- Look out (for): be careful
- Look over: review or check
- Look up: look for information in a reference book
- Make up: 1) invent 2) do past work
- Name after: give a baby the name of someone else
- Pass away: die
- Pass out: 1) distribute 2) lose consciousness
- Pick out: select
- Pick up: 1) go to get someone 2) take in one’s hand
- Point out: call someone’s attention to
- Put away: remove to an appropriate place
- Put back: return to original position
- Put off: postpone
- Put on: dress
- Put out: extinguish a cigarette, fire
- Put up with*: tolerate
- Run into: meet by chance
- Run across: find by chance
- Run out (of): finish a supply of something
- Show up: appear, come to
- Shut off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
- Take after*: resemble
- Take off: 1) remove clothing 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the ground (aeroplane)
- Take out: 1) take someone on a date 2) remove
- Take over: take control
- Take up: begin a new activity
- Tear down: demolish, reduce to nothing
- Tear up: tear into many little pieces
- Think over: consider
- Throw away: discard; get rid of
- Throw out: discard; get rid of
- Throw up: vomit
- Try on: put on clothing to see if it fits
- Turn down: decrease volume
- Turn in: 1) submit classwork 2) go to bed
- Turn off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
- Turn on: start a machine, equipment, light etc.
- Turn out: extinguish a light
- Turn up: increase volume or intensity
- Go back: return, to originate ( "the links with France go back to the Norman Conquest" )
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