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act up
- Cause pain or annoyance by functioning badly
- i.e.Dad's poor knee is acting up again.
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advise against
- Recommend not doing something
- i.e.The doctor advised him against carrying heavy loads.
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angle at
- Show from a particular point of view.
- i.e.The documentary was angled at young
- viewers.
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angle for
- Try to obtain something by hinting
- i.e.I suspect Tom's angling for a free ticket.
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back away
- Move backwards, in fear or
- dislike
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back down
- Withdraw; concede defeat.
- i.e.Local authorities backed down on their plans
- to demolish the cinema.
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bank on
- Base your hopes on something/someone.
- i.e.Don't forget the date. I'm banking on your
- help.
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beef up
- Improve or make more substantial
- i.e.He beefed up his presentation with
- diagrams and statistics.
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boil down to
Be summarized as
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break off
1) Stop, discontinue
2) Stop speaking
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clamp down on
Act strictly to prevent something.
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come up against
- Be faced with or opposed by.
- i.e.The project came up against a lot of
- criticism.
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drag out
1) Make something longer than necessary.
- 2) Make someone reveal or give information
- unwillingly.
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draw up
Write (contract, agreement, document).
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drown out
- Be louder in order to cover another sound.
- i.e.She turned up the music to drown out
- the noise of the children outside.
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even out
1) Eliminate differences of opinion.
- 2) Become level or regular
- i.e
- 1)
- After a long discussion they managed to even out their differences.
- 2) The road was evened out to make it safer.
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fizzle out
- Gradually end
- i.e.Over the years their friendship fizzled out.
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frown on/upon
- Disapprove
- i.e.My parents always frowned on smoking.
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fuss over
Pay excessive attention to
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