Chapter 9 Flashcards
bog … down …
be slowed, be hindered, become stuck
Also: The plans bogged down
Build … up …
Make strong or large or successful, create slowly, develop, cause to increase
do … over …
Do again, repeat (an action or a series of actions), repeat in a better way
Drop … off
Become less, be reduced (prices, sales, etc.)
Fix … up …
Repair, pu into working order, improve the appearance of
give … up …
stop (doing something), abandon, relinquish
go into …
Enter, begin ,start (a business, an activity or a condition)
help out
assist, provide help
Hold out for
Insist on getting before coming to an agreement
inch along
Move very slowly, move a small distance in time
lay … off …
drop (someone) from employment for a while
Live on …
Exist on; have enough food, etc. to survive
pay … off
pay all that ones owes
plan on …
make plans or preparations for (usually followed by an -ing word)
save … up
save a small amount at a time
send for …
ask (someone) to come or bring
Set … up …
Start, establish (set up shop = start a small business)
Sign up
Write one’s name on a paper agreeing to do something
slacken off
become less (as sales, business, profits, etc.), become slower. (Slack off is also used)
Sleep on
Delay or postpone (a decision) unit the next morning (often in the phrase sleep on it)
Take … over …
- Become responsible for, take charge of, become the owner of
Tune … up…
Adjust properly, cause to operate smoothly and correctly (usually a machine or a musical instrument)
Work out
- Proceed satisfactorily, be or become acceptable or successful
- Do physical exercise, run or lift weights, etc., to exercise the body
work … out …
develop with someone else (an arrangement, etc.), make adjustments in a plan, etc.
Work … up …
Develop (a plan, a business, etc.) (often=build up or work out)
Talk over
Consider what to do about, make an analysis of, discuss seriously and in detail
