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1 Account for:
3 To attend:
give a good reason for some action or
expenditure
I cannot account for his foolish behavior in the
marriage party.
2 Agree to:
to look after
I have a-good doctor attending on me.
4 Back out:
to say that one will do or allow something
withdraw from an engagement or contract
He agreed\to our request.
He backed out of the contract at the last
moment.
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5 Back up:
7 Blind in:
to support, to sustain
Unable to see
He is always ready to back up his friends,
I am blind in one eye.
8 Boil over:
6 Beat back:
to push back
The Army beat back the terrorist in 1965.
If a liquid boils over, it flows over the side of
container.
Keep an eye on the milk, do not let it boil over.
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9 Bridge over:
to reconcile two parties that have mutual
differences.
Let India and Pakistan bridge over their
differences about Kashmir.
11. To brush aside:
to refuse to pay attention
The principal brushed aside my application.
12. Buy of:
10. Brood on,
to bribe some
Muse on
Let us brood over the cause of our failure in
the examination.
It is not difficult to buy politician off.
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13 Clean up:
15 Clear up:
to make the place clean
The painters always clean up when they finish
painting.
to become fine after the clouds or rain.
14 Clear away:
16 Catch up:
to remove articles, usually in order to make
space
To snatch or take up suddenly
I hope, the sky will soon clear up.
Please catch up your friend in his studies.
Please clear away these papers to make this
place beautiful.
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17 Catch at:
19 Close up:
to lay hold of
to come nearer together.
A drowning man catches at a straw.
Please close-up a little, so that there may be
room for the rest to sit in.
18 Close down:
shut permanently
National Bank closed-down some of its
branches in the village.
20 Concede to:
to yield, to grant
Better concede to all his needs.
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21 Conform to:
in agreement
23 Cope with:
Our college conforms to its old traditions.
To manage
I cannot cope with my recent problems.
22 Confide in, to :
to share a thing or secret with a persons
24 Crop up:
to appear or arrive unexpectedly.
Do not confide your secrets to manage to
A new difficulty cropped up and we delayed
everyone.
our journey to Lahore.
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25 count on, upon:
27 Cry down:
to trust
to make a little of
I cannot count on your help in time of trial.
The success of our cricket team was cried
down by its enemies.
26 crow over:
28 Cry for
to exult over a vanished adversary, to boast.
He crowed over me because he had a car and I
had none.
to cry with the object of getting a thing
The child is crying for his toys.
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29 Cry out against:
31 Deal out
to protest
to distribute
People cry out against the high rates of
electricity.
30 Cry out:
to shout
She cried out with pain as she was shot at in
the leg.
A judge should deal out equal justice to all.
32 Deal with:
to treat ill or well.
He deals w il with his customers.
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33 Die out/Die off
35 Die down:
All is talks about war will die out in the long
run.
to become gradually
The riot in the city soon died down.
34 Die away
36 Die out:
to become gradually fainter.
to become extinct of some custom, race or
species of animals
The cries of wounded soldiers died away.
The evil customs will die out soon
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39 Draw up:
37 Do in:
to make a written plan or agreement
to kill somebody or oneself
My lawyer drew up the agreement and we
signed it.
They were professional killers who did in
Saleem.
40 Draw-back:
38 Do out:
to recite, to recoil
She did the room out completely.
It' difficult to draw back now; the plans are all
made.
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41 Draw out:
45 Drop out:
to elicit opinion of a person.
to retire from a plan.
The police managed to draw him out in the
I wanted to take the examination this year but
end.
later on dropped it out due to illness $6.
44 Drop in:
Pay a short unnoticed visit
He dropped-in at my house to enquire after my
health.
46 Drop off:
to decrease in number
His attendance dropped off in the class.
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47 Egg on:
47 Egg on:
to instigate, to urge on
to instigate, to urge on
Who egged you on to quarrel with your old
friend?
Who egged you on to quarrel with your old
friend?
48. Fall across :
48. Fall across :
to lower in prices
to lower in prices
Prices of cotton have fallen across the market. Prices of cotton have fallen across the market.
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51. Fix up:
53 Hand on:
to arrange something for some one
to pass a thing on to another hand
I got the travel department to fix the trip up.
This packet of biscuits was not for me; I
handed it on to my friend.
52 Hand in:
54 Hand over:
to give a hand.
I handed in my resignation to my officer.
to surrender authority
I handed over the charge to the new
headmaster.
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55 Hand out:
57 Hand about/ around:
to bring out a thing from and put it forward
with the hand
to loiter or wait.
I handed out my book to the servant in the
morning.
56 Hand down:
to pass on (traditions/ information)
He hanged about/around the office of the
president to have a chance to speak to him.
58 Hang on:
to continue clinging to something
He will hang on to his old house till the last day
This legend (Jug) has been handed down from
of his life.
father to son.
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59 Hang over:
to suspend over
61 Knock off:
stop Work for the day.
The discussion of this case can easily hang over
English workmen usually knock off at 6 a.m.
to the next day.
60 Hush up:
62 Knock about:
to make someone quiet
to eat or drink excessively
Hush up the T.V in on.
He knocked about two bottles of milk in ten
minutes.
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63 Knock down:
65 Knock against:
to fall, to over-turn
to strike against
He knocked his opponent down in boxing.
The goods placed in the car knocked against
each other.
64 Knock out:
hit someone hard that he falls
In the boxing competition, he knocked out his
opponent.
66 Knock up:
to ensure by knocking.
Knock me up at ten in the morning.
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67 Let down.
67 Let down.
to lower
to lower
He let me down before the officer by his
insulting remarks.
He let me down before the officer by his
insulting remarks.
68 Let in
68 Let in
to allow to enter.
to allow to enter.
I didn’t let him in the meeting.
I didn’t let him in the meeting.
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71 To pass through:
73 Pick-up:
i-to raise or lift a person
To experience
ii- to learn without efforts.
He has learnt a lot after passing through the
hardships of life.
He picked up the child and carried him to his
house. OR
He picked up his lesson of English very soon.
72 Pay up:
to pay money owed in full.
74 Pick out:
He paid up the loan to the bank last month.
to choose, to select
Here are the books; pick out the one you like.
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77 Pry into:
to inspect closely
75 Play on,
Do not play on violin at the time of prayer.
Do not pry into secrets of others:
78 Push for:
76 Play with:
to engage in, to have fun with
Let me go and play with children.
make repeated and urgent requests for, demand
The workers are pushing for higher wages.
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82 Ring out:
79 Ring up:
make a sudden sharp
I shall ring the manager up tomorrow.
A sharp noise rang out.
80 Ring off:
83 Round up:
He rang off before I could ask his name.
drive or bring together
The police rounded up the criminals.
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84 Rub out:
86 To rule out:
to erase pencil or ink marks
to disallow, to leave out
Please rub out the wrong statement in your
letter.
We must not rule out the possibility of bad
weather.
85 Rub up:
87 See off:
to revise one's knowledge
Accompany an intending traveler to his
train/ plane.
I am going to England next month to rub up my
knowledge of English.
I went to the railway station to see my
brother off.
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88 See through:
to discover a hidden attempt to deceive
I saw through this new trick in the business
and refused to become his partner.
90 See over:
to go into every room, examine it often
with a view to buying or renting.
I may like to see your house over as soon
as possible.
89 See out:
91 See to:
accompany a departing guest to the door
of the house.
When the guests leave, he usually sees
them out.
to look after.
Please see to the food till I am away.
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92 Sell out:
sell out that you have
94 Shut up:
He sold out his property in his old age.
to confine or imprison.
The S.P has shut up the criminals for the night.
93 Show off:
to make a show-off
She has gone to the wedding party to show off
her new dress.
95 Sit down:
to place oneself in a seat
He sat down and told a long story.
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97 Sit down:
99 Stamp out:
to place oneself in a seat
root out
He sat down and told a long story.
Try to stamp out corruption from the country.
98 Sit out:
100. Stand out:
to sit till all is done
to be conspicuous
We saw out till the lecture ended.
This house stands out from others due to its red
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