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40 Cards in this Set
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Act up |
Cause problems |
She acted up badly at dinner |
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Blow up |
Explode |
The place blowed up randomly. |
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Break down |
Stop working (a machine) |
It broke down before it finished printing my paper. |
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Break out |
Happen suddenly |
He broke out of prison last night. |
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Burn down |
Burn completely |
The house burned down during the wildfires. |
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Call back |
Return a phone call |
He told he would call back in a while. |
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Catch on |
Become popular. Understand. |
Did she catch on with her friends at brunch? |
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Cheer up |
Make happier |
My friend is always trying to cheer up other people. |
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Clean up |
Clean completely |
She cleaned up the place after the party. |
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Clear up |
Become clear |
It all got cleared up after he explained to the police what happened. |
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Close down |
Stop operating |
He closed down the store after big flood. |
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Come about |
Happen |
Something will come about tomorrow in the afternoon. |
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Come along |
Come with, accompany |
Can you come along with me to Australia. |
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Come around |
Happen |
It will come around after sunset, watch out! |
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Come back |
Return |
She came back from Canada last summer. |
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Come down |
Become less (price) |
The price of the Samsung came down after the new iPhone was released. |
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Come in |
Enter |
Please come in, we've been waiting for you. |
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Come off |
Become unattached |
It came off because he didn't apply enough glue. |
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Come out |
Appear |
He came out of nowhere, it was creepy. |
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Come up |
Arise |
It raised from the soil, someone must had left it there. |
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Dress up |
Wear special clothes |
She dressed up to attend some charity event. She dressed up which was weird, she's always wearing sweatpants. |
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Drop in |
Visit by surprise |
He dropped in on the weekend, it was not nice of him to do that. |
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Drop out |
Quit |
He dropped out of college in the second year. |
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Eat out |
Eat in a restaurant |
They ate out because they didn't have any food at home, they just moved in. |
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Empty out |
Empty completely |
She will empty out the trash can as soon as she finishes cleaning her room. |
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End up |
Do something unexpected or unintended. Reach a final place or condition. |
She ended up marrying the guy everybody hated. |
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Fall off |
Become detached |
The mirror fell off during the earthquake. |
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Find out |
Learn information |
He found out something he didn't want to. |
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Follow through |
Complete |
You should follow through your life goals. |
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Fool around |
Act playful |
She always fools around in every formal event. |
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Get ahead |
Make progress, succeed |
She got ahead of everyone in the last minute. |
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Get along |
Have a good relationship |
We get along because we hate the same things. |
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Get back |
Return |
He got back in his private jet. |
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Get by |
Survive |
She got by only eating junk food. |
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Get off |
Leave (a bus, the Internet). End a phone conversation. |
He got off the train in the last stop. |
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Get on |
Enter, board (a bus, a train) |
She got on a plane and never returned. |
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Get through |
Finish |
The got through all that and still survived. |
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Get together |
Meet |
They got together after their best friend convinced them. |
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Get up |
Rise from bed, arise |
I got up with my hair made a mess. |
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Give up |
Quit |
She gave up her investigation on Mars. |
