Verb
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Meaning
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Example
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blow up
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explode
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The
terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.
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bring up
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mention a topic
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My
mother brought up that little matter of my prison record
again.
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bring up
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raise children
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It
isn't easy to bring up children nowadays.
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call off
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cancel
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They called
off this afternoon's meeting
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do over
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repeat a job
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Do this homework over.
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fill out
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complete a form
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Fill
out this application form and mail it in.
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fill up
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fill to capacity
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She filled
up the grocery cart with free food.
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find out
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discover
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My
sister found out that her husband had been planning a
surprise party for her.
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give away
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give
something to someone else for free
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The
filling station was giving away free gas.
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give back
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return an object
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My
brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not about to give it back.
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hand in
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submit something (assignment)
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The
students handed in their papers and left the room.
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hang up
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put
something on hook or receiver
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She hung
up the phone before she hung up her clothes.
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hold up
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delay
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I
hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the
bathroom.
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hold up (2)
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rob
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Three
masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon.
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leave out
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omit
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You left
out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue.
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look over
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examine, check
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The
lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning
the witness. (They looked them over carefully.)
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look up
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search in a list
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You've
misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up.
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make up
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invent
a story or lie
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She
knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going
to the movies with her friends.
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make out
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hear, understand
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He
was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was
saying.
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pick out
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choose
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There
were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she
thought had stolen her purse.
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pick up
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lift
something off something else
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The
crane picked up the entire house. (Watch
them pick itup.)
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point out
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call attention to
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As
we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical
sites.
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put away
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save or store
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We put
away money for our retirement. She put away the
cereal boxes.
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put off
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postpone
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We
asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow.
(Please put it off for another day.)
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put on
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put
clothing on the body
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I put
on a sweater and a jacket. (I put them on quickly.)
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put out
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extinguish
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The
firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread.
(They put it out quickly.)
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read over
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peruse
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I read
over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it.
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set up
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to arrange, begin
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My
wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up.
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take down
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make a written note
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These
are your instructions. Write them down before
you forget.
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take off
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remove clothing
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It
was so hot that I had to take off my shirt.
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talk over
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discuss
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We
have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like
adults.
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throw away
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discard
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That's
a lot of money! Don't just throw it away.
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try on
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put
clothing on to see if it fits
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She tried
on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked.
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try out
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test
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I tried
out four cars before I could find one that pleased me.
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turn down
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lower volume
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Your
radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down.
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turn down (2)
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reject
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He
applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both
times.
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turn up
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raise the volume
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Grandpa
couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid.
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turn off
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switch off electricity
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We turned
off the lights before anyone could see us.
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turn off (2)
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repulse
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It
was a disgusting movie. It really turned me off.
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turn on
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switch on the electricity
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Turn
on the CD player so we can dance.
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use up
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exhaust, use completely
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The
gang members used up all the money and went out to rob some
more banks.
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