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11 Cards in this Set
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get away with (something) |
To not get caught or punished for doing something wrong |
Linda often cheats on exams, but she often gets away with it. |
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get (someone) down |
To make someone depressed or unhappy |
The miserable weather in winter really gets me down. |
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get over (someone/something) |
To recover from |
It took him years to get over the shock of his wife's death. |
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go at (someone/something) |
To attack someone/something |
The two boys were going at each other like animals. |
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go on about (someone/something) |
To talk in an annoying way about someone/something |
All through dinner, Peter went on about his favorite subject- himself! |
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hand (something) down |
To pass knowledge or skills from one generation to the next |
For hundreds of years, the family members had been handing down their secret method of winemaking. |
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leave (someone) out |
To not include someone or something |
She feels left out because the other girls don't play with her. |
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lie down (somewhere) |
To lie on a flat surface and rest |
He laid down on the sofa and tried to relax. |
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make off with (something) |
To escape with something stolen |
The chairman made off with millions of dollars he'd stolen from his company. |
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max out (something) |
To reach the maximum limit of something |
My friend is a shopaholic. She's already maxed out 6 credit cards this year. |
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mess around |
To waste time |
The manager told him to stop messing around and get on with his work. |