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Ask out
Ask someone to go on a date
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Bring up
- 1) rear children 2) mention or introduce a topic
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Call back
Return a telephone call
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Call in
- Ask to come to an official place for a special reason
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Call on*
1) visit 2) ask a student a question in class
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Call up
Call on the telephone
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Catch up (with)*
- Reach the same position or level as someone
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Check in*
Register at a hotel
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Check out
1) borrow a book from a library 2) investigate
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Cheer up
Make (someone) feel happier
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Clean up
Make clean and orderly
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Come across*
Find by chance
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Cross out
Draw a line through
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Cut out
Stop an annoying activity
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Drop by*
Visit informally
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Drop in (on)*
Visit informally
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Drop off
Leave something/someone somewhere
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Drop out (of)*
Stop going to school or class
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Figure out
Find the answer by logic
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Find out
Discover information
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Get along (with)*
To have a good relationship with
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Get back (from)
1) return from somewhere 2) receive again
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Get in, get into*
1) enter a car 2) arrive
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Get off*
Leave any vehicle
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Get on*
Enter any vehicle
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Get out of*
1) leave a car 2) avoid some unpleasant activity
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Get over*
Recover from an illness
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Get up*
Arise from bed, a chair etc.
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Give back
Return something to someone
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Give up
Stop doing something
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Hand in
Submit an assignment
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Hang up
1) Stop a telephone conversation 2) put up clothes on a line or a hook
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Keep up (with)*
Stay at the same position or level
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Kick out (of)
Force (someone) to leave
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Look out (for)*
Be careful
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Look over
Review or check
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Look up
Look for information in a reference book
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Make up
1) invent 2) do past work
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Name after
Give a baby the name of someone else
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Pass out
1) distribute 2) lose consciousness
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Pick up
1) go to get someone 2) take in one's hand
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Point out
Call someone's attention to
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Put away
Remove to an appropriate place
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Put back
Return to original position
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Put out
Extinguish a cigarette, fire
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Run across
Find by chance
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Run out (of)
Finish a supply of something
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Shut off
Stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
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Take off
- 1) remove clothing 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the
- ground (aeroplane)
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Take out
1) take someone on a date 2) remove
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Take up
Begin a new activity
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Tear down
Demolish, reduce to nothing
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Tear up
Tear into many little pieces
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Throw away
Discard; get rid of
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Throw out
Discard; get rid of
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Try on
Put on clothing to see if it fits
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Turn down
Decrease volume
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Turn in
1) submit classwork 2) go to bed
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Turn off
Stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
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Turn on
Start a machine, equipment, light etc.
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Turn out
Extinguish a light
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Turn up
Increase volume or intensity
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