GET DOWN
get sth down - to write something, especially something that someone has said
get sth down sb - to succeed in swallowing something although it is difficult
get down to sth - to start to direct your efforts and attention towards something
get sb down - If something gets you down, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed
TRY OUT
try sth out - to use something to discover if it works or if you like it
try out for sth - to compete for a position in a sports team or a part in a play
BRING UP
bring sb up - to care for a child until it is an adult, often giving it particular beliefs
bring sth up - to start to talk about a particular subject
bring sth up - UK informal to vomit something
TAKE DOWN
take sth down - to write something that another person has just said
take sth down - to remove something that is on a wall or something that is temporary, or to remove a structure by separating its different parts
PUT UP
put sth up - to fix an object to a vertical surface
put sth up - mainly UK to increase the price or value of something. To provide or lend an amount of money for a particular purpose
put up sth - to show or express a particular type of opposition to something eg. We're not going to let them build a road here without putting up a fight.
put sth/sb up - to suggest an idea, or to make a person available, to be considered
put sb up - to provide someone with a place to stay temporarily
put up with sb/sth - to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly
put sb up to sth - to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong
CALL OFF
call sth off - to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible
call sb/sth off - to order a dog, or sometimes a person, to stop attacking someone or something
SEE OFF
see sb off - to send away an attacker or unwanted person, usually forcefully
see sb off - to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them
see sb/sth off - to defeat someone or something, or to deal with them effectively so that they can no longer cause harm
RUN DOWN
run sb/sth down - informal to criticize someone or something, often unfairly
run sb/sth down - to hit and injure a person or animal with a vehicle, especially intentionally
rub sb/sth down - to find someone or something after following or searching for them for a long time
run (sth)down - If a machine or device such as a clock or battery runs down, it loses power, or if you run it down, you cause this to happen
run sth down - If a large ship runs down a smaller one, it hits it.
run yourself down - to make yourself tired and ill
RULE OUT
rule sth or sb out - to decide or state that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable
rule sth out - to prevent something from happening
BEAR OUT
bear sb/sth out - to support the truth of something
PUT FORWARD
put sb/sth forward - to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan or person, for other people to consider
put sth forward - to change a clock or watch to make it show a later time, especially an hour later
MAKE UP
make sth up - to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive
make sth up - to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together
make sth up - to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost
make (sb/sth) up - to put make-up on your face, or on another person's face, to improve or change its appearance
make up sth - to form a particular thing, amount or number as a whole
make up (also make it up) - to forgive someone and be friendly with them again after an argument or disagreement
make up for sth - to take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good
make up to sb - to be too friendly to someone or to praise them in order to get advantages
make it up to sb - to do something good for someone you have upset, in order to become friends with them again
PUT OFF
put sth off - to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
put sb off - to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or stop them from doing something, until a later time
put sb off (sth) - to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing
put sb off (sth/sb) - to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something (zniechęcać, odrzucać)
LET DOWN
let sb down - to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do
LEAVE OUT
leave sb/sth out - to not include someone or something
GIVE AWAY
give sth away - to give something to someone without asking for payment
give sth away - to tell people something secret, often without intending to
give sb away - to show someone's secret feelings
give sb away - [M] formal in a marriage ceremony, to formally bring a woman who is getting married to the front of the church so that she is standing at the side of her future husband, and then to give permission for her to marry
LOOK UP
look up - to become better
look sth up - to try to find a piece of information by looking in a book or on a computer
look sb up - to visit someone who you have not seen for a long time when you are visiting the place where they live
look up to sb - to admire and respect someone
DO UP
do (sth) up - to fasten something or become fastened
do sth up - to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive
do sth up - to wrap something in paper
TURN AWAY
turn away - to move your face so you are not looking at something
turn sb away - to not allow someone to enter a place (odprawić z kwitkiem)
turn away from sth - to stop being involved in something
PULL DOWN
pull sth down - to destroy a building
pull sb down - If an illness or a difficult situation or experience pulls you down, it makes you feel unhappy or physically weak
TURN OUT
turn out - to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one / to be known or discovered finally and surprisingly
turn out - If people turn out for an event, they go to be there or to watch
turn sth out - to produce or make something, often quickly or in large amounts
turn sth out - If you turn out a container or the things in it, you empty it completely
turn sb out - to force someone to leave
TAKE TO
take to sb/sth - to start to like someone or something
take to sth - to start doing something often
COME INTO
come into sth - If someone comes into money, property or a title, they receive it as a result of the death of a relation
come into sth - If a particular emotion or quality comes into a situation, it influences that situation
STAND FOR
stand for sth - If you will not stand for something, you will not accept a situation or a particular type of behaviour
stand for sth- to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas
stand for - If one or more letters stand for a word or name, they are the first letter or letters of that word or name and they represent it
GET ROUND
get round (somewhere) - If news or information gets round, a lot of people hear about it
get round sb - to persuade someone to allow you something by using your charm
get round sth - to succeed in avoiding or solving a problem
get round to sth - to do something that you have intended to do for a long time
GET OVER
get over sth/sb - to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or someone has made you unhappy
get sth over with - to do or finish an unpleasant but necessary piece of work or duty so that you do not have to worry about it in the future
RUN INTO
run (sth) into sb/sth - to drive a vehicle into an object or a person in another vehicle by accident
run into sb - to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to
run into sth - If you run into problems, you begin to experience them
ACOUNT FOR
account (to sb) for sth - to explain the reason for something or the cause of something
account for sth - to form the total of something eg. Students account for the vast majority of our customers.
TAKE AFTER
take after sb - to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or charakter
BE UP TO
be up to sb - to be the responsibility of someone
be up to sth - to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly
LOOK DOWN ON
look down on sb - to think that someone is less important than sou
DO AWAY WITH
do away with sth - to get rid of something or stop using something
do away with sb - to murder someone
CATCH UP WITH
catch up with sb - If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you
catch up with sb - If someone in authority catches up with you, they discover that you have been doing something wrong and often punish you for it
catch up with sth - to do something you did not have time to do earlier
GO BACK ON
go back on sth - to fail to keep a promise, or to change a decision or agrement
BREAK UP
brek sth up - to divide into many pieces, or to divide something into many pieces
break up - If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up, their marriage or their relationship ends
break up - UK When schools and colleges, or the teachers and students who go to them break up, their classes stop and the holidays start
TURN IN
turn in - to go to bed
turn sb in - to take a criminal to the police, or to go to them yourself to admit a crime
turn sth in - to return something to an organization or a person in authority
turn sth in - to produce results, usually good results
GO OFF
go off - If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working
go off - If a bomb goes off, it explodes / If a gun goes off, it fires
go off - UK If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old
go off - If a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud nosie
go off - to leave a place and go somewhere else
go off - to happen in a particular way
go off - UK to become worse in quality
go off with sb - to leave a wife, husband or partner in order to have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone else
go off with sth - to take something without getting permission from the owner first
COME OUT
come out - UK to go somewhere with someone for a social event
come out - If a book, record, film, etc. comes out, it becomes available for people to buy or see
come out - When the sun, moon or stars come out, they appear in the sky
come out - If something comes out, it becomes known publicly after it has been kept secret / If information or results come out, they are given to people / to tell people that you are homosexual, often after a period of secrecy
come out - If dirt or a mark comes out, it disappears from something when it is cleaned
come out - If a photo or part of a photo comes out, the picture can be seen clearly
come out - If something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how you say it
come out - UK If workers come out, they stop working because of a disagreement
come out - When flowers come out, they open
come out - If you come out in something, such as spots, they appear on your skin
come out of sth - If something comes out of a process or event, it is one of the results
come out with sth - to say something suddenly and unexpectedly
TURN UP
turn up (somewhere) - to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned
turn up - informal If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned
turn up - If something that you have been looking for turns up, you find it unexpectedly
BRAEK OUT
break out - If something dangerous or unpleasant breaks out, it suddenly starts eg. break out in a rash/spots/sweat
break out - to escape from prison
FALL THROUGH
fall through - to fail to happen
GO DOWN
go down (sth) - to move down to a lower level or place
go down (sth) - to reach or go as far as
go down - When the sun goes down, it moves down in the sky until it cannot be seen any more
go down - to be reduced in price, value, amount, quality, level or size
go down - to be remembered or recorded in a particular way
go down - to lose or be defeated
go down - If a computer system goes down, it stops working
go down with sth (also come down with sth) - to start to suffer from an infectious disease
FALL OUT
fall out - If a tooth or your hair falls out, it becomes loose and separates from your mouth or head
fall out with sb - informal to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
fall out - If soldiers fall out, they move out of a line
DROP OFF
drop off - to start to sleep
drop off - If the amount, number or quality of something drops off, it becomes less
DROP IN
drop by/in - to visit someone
BREAK DOWN
break down - If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working
break down - to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry
break down - If a system, relationship or discussion breaks down, it fails because there is a problem or disagreement.
FALL OFF
fall off - If the amount, rate or quality of something falls off, it becomes smaller or lower
COME UP
come up - to move towards someone
come up - to be mentioned or talked about in conversation
come up - When the sun or moon comes up, it rises. / If information comes up on a computer screen, it appears there.
come up - If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available
come up - to happen, usually unexpectedly
come up against sth - to have to deal with a problem
come up to sth - to reach the usual or necessary standard
come up with sth - to suggest or think of an idea or plan
HOLD ON
hold on - informal to wait for a short time
hold on - to hold something or someone firmly with your hands or arms
hold on to sth - to keep something you have