Phrases

Phrase

Bear away	Won
Bear down	Overpower
Bear with	Tolerate
Bear hard	Press heavily
Bear out	Confirm
Bear up	Keep up spirits
Break froth	Come out suddenly
Break through	Fail to keep
Break with	Cease to be friendly with
Call at	Visit
Call to	Address loudly
Call for	Demand for
Call up	Recollect
Call over	Recite in order
Called on	Paid a brief visit
Called out	challenge to fight
Called off	Divert attention
Take away	Remove
Take for	Misunderstand
Taken to	Resorted to
Take after	Resembles

Take up with	Be friendly with
Take down	Record
Taken in	Deceived
Take in	Comprehend
Take in	Admit
Taken with	Pleased with
Took on	Undertook
Struck dumb	Astonished
Struck work	Refused to work
Struck off	Erased
Strike up	Begin to play
Stand against	Withstand
Stood up	Oppose
Stand for	Present as candidate
Set in	Begun
Set out	Started on
Set off	Depart
Set upon	Attacked
Set about	Begin
Set down	Recorded
Set forth	Explain
Set on	Incited
Draw down	Attract
Draw in	Pull inside
Draw off	Divert
Draw up	Drafted
Hold with	Agree with
Hold back	Conceal, prevent the progress or development
Hold good	Applicable
Hear out	Listen until somebody has finished
Hush up	Hide , conceal (information about a situation especially something bad or shocking
Hold over	Postpone
hold out	Last , continues
Hold off	Away
Kept up	Maintained
Keep off	Ward off
Keep at	Continue doing

Keep to	Maintain
Keep from	Abstain from
Keep down	Prevent from rising
Let loose	Set free
Let in	Allowed to enter
Let down	lowered
Let out	To hire
Let off	Release , free
Put away	Discard
Put in	Presented
Put out	Extinguish
Put by	Lay aside for future use
Put down	Suppress
Put up at	Stayed in
Put up with	Endure
Put off	Postponed
Put forth	Exerted
Put up to	Incited
Brought about	Caused
Brought up	reared
Bring out	Highlight
Brought out	Published
Bring off	Rescue
Bring down	Humble
Bring round	Convert
Brought forward	Adduced
Bring over	Persuade to change side
Come off	Take place
Come about	Happen
Come by	Acquire
Come down	Descend
Come to	Amount to, arrived at
Come at	Get within reach
Come across	Meet accidently
Come up with	Overtake
Come round	Agreed , recover
Got off	Dismounted
Get off	Escape
Get out of	Free from

Get away	Escape
Get down	Came down
Get abroad	Become public
Getting on	Progressing
Get in	Revive
Getting along	Prospering
Get before	In forward position
Get about	Go about
Get at	Reach
Run down	Weak and tired
Stand up	Vindicate
Called name	Abuse
Held up	Detained
Square up	Settle
Cut out	Suitable
Pare down	Reduce indictment
Pass off	Pretend to be
Bid fair	Seems likely to be
Blown up	Exaggerated
Set down	To snub
Cut to quick	Hurt intensely
Die out	Disappear
Cry down	Depreciate
Over and above	In addition to
Work upon	Influence
Casting aspersions	Passing slanderous remarks
Look up	Visit
Fall out	Had a quarrel
On edge	Nervous
Worked upon	Influence
Carried off	Killed
Tore up	Ran up
At home	Comfortably
Put across	To convey
Cried up	Extolled /praised
Put out	Disturbed
Make away	Steal
Make away with	Get rid of, commit suicide
part with	Give up, give away, desert

Play at	To do something without any effort or real interest
Push off	Go leave
Put in for	Apply for
Send for	Summon , ask or order somebody / something to come
Make after	Chase , follow
Brought home	Emphasised
Hold over	Postponed
Fall in	Agree
Work up	Excite
Rake up	Revive
Hold out	Resisted
Put out	Irritate
Eaten away	Corroded
Taken aback	Surprised
Out and out	Thoroughly
Hard up	Not having enough money
Knocked about	Wandered about
Cine round	Recover
Went for	Attacked
Laid out	Invested
Standing off	Championing the cause off
Drawn off	To withdraw
Go over	Study carefully
Closed with	Denied
Bowled over	Overwhelmed
Fell upon	Attacked
Passed by	Overlooked
Dob away with	Abolish
Advise of	Acquainted with
Dashed off	Wrote
Act on /upon	Have and effect on/upon
Allow for	Including something when you are calculating something or planning something
Allow of	Make possible
Answer fro	Be responsible
Be off	Leave, go, especially in a hurry
Bear out	Support

Beat down	Persuade to reduce the price
Blow out	Extinguish
Blow up	Explode , be destroyed by and explosion
Bring off	Manage successfully
Burst in	Interrupt
Call down	Request for
Catch up	Overtake
Carry off	Win
Close with	Accept
Come in for	Get, obtain
Cut into	Interfere
Die away	Become gradually fainter till inaudible
Die off	Die one by one
Dispose of	Sell, finish
Do away with	Abolish, get rid of , eliminate
Do something in	Kill
Drag on	Progress very slowly
Drag up	Educate , train , etc, very badly
Draw in	Become shorter
Draw away	Spend time in a lazy way
Drink to	Wish somebody/something good luck , success or happiness , by raising your glass and then drinking
Dwell in	Think, talk or write about something for too long
Enter into	Start, open, begin to discuss or deal with some thing or sympathize with
Explain away	Show why one should not be blamed for a fault , mistake etc.
Fall on /upon	Attack violently
Feel for	Search with the hands
Get out	Circulate, spread, gradually
Get along	Manage
Get at	Reach
Get down	Swallow
Get in	Reach ,arrive
Get round	Persuade somebody , make contact with
Go for	Attacked
Go through	Pass through ,be approved , be passed

Leave off	Stop
Clear out	Go, away, leave