Come expressing an idea of movement or change of state

Question 1

To calculate the sum of several numbers or amounts.

Answer 1

Add up
Please add these figures up.
Add up something
Add something up

Question 2

To make sense, to seem correct or true.

Answer 2

Add up

The facts seem to add up, yet still it´s difficult to believe.

Question 3

To be equal or have the same effect as something else.

Answer 3

Amount to

He lived under what amounted to house arrest.

Question 4

To reply impolitely or disrespectfully.

Answer 4

Answer back

I was about to answer him back, but I resisted and went out instead.

Question 5

To ask many people the same question.

Answer 5

Ask around

I asked around but nobody wanted to look after our puppy.

Question 6

To invite on a date.

Answer 6

Ask out

Many guys have asked her out, but she never accepted.

Question 7

To accept that you are wrong or have been defeated.

Answer 7

Back down

Eventually, Jose backed down and apologized.

Question 8

To withdraw, to stop being involved in a situation, often in order to allow others to deal with it.

Answer 8

Back off

I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.

Question 9

To make a copy of a computer data and store it safely.

Answer 9

Back up

You should back up your data more often.

Question 10

To provide help or support for something or someone.

Answer 10

Back up

All the evidence backs up her story.

Question 11

To stop being involved, often because there are difficulties.

Answer 11

Bail out

After many years in business, the company is bailing out.

Question 12

To help a person or organization to get out of financial trouble.

Answer 12

Bail out

He had many debts but his friends bailed him out.

Question 13

To use facts, ideas, etc, in order to decide or produce something.

Answer 13

Base on

The film is based on a true story.

Question 14

To attack and hurt somebody, by hitting or kicking.

Answer 14

Beat up

He was beaten up so badly that he spent two weeks in a hospital.

Question 15

To suddenly become unconscious.

Answer 15

Black out

He said he was not feeling well and then he blacked out.

Question 16

To start appearing similar to other things or people around.

Answer 16

Blend in

Despite trying hard, he couldn´t blend in with the natives.

Question 17

To make a flame or fire stop burning, as if by a gust of air.

Answer 17

Blow out

The child blew out the candles on the birthday cake.

Question 18

To explode, to get very angry or to fill something with air.

Answer 18

Blow up

The enemy is closing fast, we have to blow up the bridge.

Question 19

When something is a crucial part of the problem and the problem can be reduce to it.

Answer 19

Boil down

In the end of our debate everything boiled down to money.

Question 20

When there are no more tickets or seats available.

Answer 20

Book up

The hotel is always booked up during the high season.

Question 21

To make a computer system start working.

Answer 21

Boot up

The screen stays black and the system doesn´t boot up.

Question 22

To bend forward from your waist, usually in order to show respect.

Answer 22

Bow down

The faithful bowed down before the statue of Buddha.

Question 23

To succumb to a more powerful entity and to be ready to take orders from it.

Answer 23

Bow down

The prime minister refused to bow down to the labor unions.

Question 24

To start doing something different from what you usually do in your business or job.

Answer 24

Branch out

Edgar wanted to leave the company and branch out on his own.

Question 25

To stop following ideas or being part of a group, often because of disagreement.

Answer 25

Break away

The faction couldn´t accept the new policy and broke away from the party.

Question 26

When some machinery stops working because there´s something wrong with it.

Answer 26

Break down

The computer doesn´t turn on, I think it broke down again.

Question 27

To enter some building, vehicle or other property illegally, especially in order to steal something.

Answer 27

Break in

While she was shopping somebody broke in and stole everything from her car.

Question 28

When a war, fire, disease, etc. starts suddenly.

Answer 28

Break out

The second world war broke out in 1939.

Question 29

To manage to overcome some obstacle or pass to the other side of some barrier.

Answer 29

Break through

The firefighters broke through the wall and managed to rescue a few people.

Question 30

To divide something into smaller parts.

Answer 30

Break up

The polar ice caps are starting to break up.

Question 31

To end a relationship

Answer 31

Break up

His marriage broke up just few weeks ago.

Question 32

To make something happen, often a change or improvement.

Answer 32

Bring about

The new government doesn´t seem to bring about any change.

Question 33

To reduce something, remove a government or shoot down a flying object.

Answer 33

Bring down

We need to bring unemployment down.

Question 34

To produce something new, make it more available or noticeable.

Answer 34

Bring out

Being a father seems to have brought out a better side of his character.

Question 35

To take care of a kid until he or she is grown up.

Answer 35

Bring up

She brought up three kids on her own.

Question 36

To mention a subject or start talking about it.

Answer 36

Bring up

It was Johnny who brought up this subject.

Question 37

To quickly improve your skills or knowledge of something, usually in order to be prepared.

Answer 37

Brush up

Brushing up your computer skills could help you finding a job.

Question 38

Used to tell someone impolitely to go away and stop annoying you.

Answer 38

Bug off

If that´s that guy again, tell him to bug off.

Question 39

To meet someone by chance

Answer 39

Bump into

Yesterday I bumped into Roger at the shopping mall.

Question 40

To destroy by fire, usually some building.

Answer 40

Burn down

Our house burned down and we had nowhere to go.

Question 41

To work too hard for a prolonged time, so that in the end you are too tired to continue.

Answer 41

Burn out

After two years of work for the company, he was burned out.

Question 42

To completely believe in some idea and allow it to influence you.

Answer 42

Buy into

I can´t believe you bought into multi-level marketing.