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DOWN Flashcards

1
Q

Break down

A

Stop functioning / get upset / in tears

Make a door/wall fall down

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2
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Back down

A

Withdraw your objections

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3
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Break s/th down

A

Divide into small parts

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4
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Bring s/o down

A

Make unhappy

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5
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Close down

A

Stop all work, cease trading

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6
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Calm down

A

Relax after being angry

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7
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Die down

A

Do sth less often / become quieter

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8
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Cut down

A

Make sth fall to the ground
Reduce an amount
Do less of something bad
Make something shorter

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9
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Lay down

A

Establish rules

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10
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Jot down

A

Make a note of

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11
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Live down

A

Make people forget a mistake about sg. embarrassing or silly that you have done

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12
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Fall down

A

Fall to the ground

If sg. such as an argument or system falls down, it fails because a particular part of it is weak or not correct

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13
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Hand down

A

Give sth used to s/o else
To give knowledge or skill to sb who is younger than you and will live after you
have died

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14
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Let down

A

Disappoint, not keep a promise
Let air out of tyre
Make clothing longer

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15
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Mark down

A

Give a lower price or mark

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16
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Settle down

A

Live a quiet routine life

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17
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Run down

A

Lose power
Injure/kill someone with a car
Business: become smaller

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18
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Play down

A

Make sth appear less important

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19
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Knock down

A

Cause to fall down
Refuse a suggestion
To hit sb. with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed
To deliberately destroy a building or wall
To reduce a price or amount

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20
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Put down

A

Pay a deposit / suppress a rebellion / euthanize an animal / criticize sb. publicly / write sg.

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21
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Bring down

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To reduce the rate, level, or amount of something / to cause a government or politician to lose power / land

22
Q

Come down

A

Lower / crash / support or oppose something

23
Q

Turn down

A

Refuse / reduce the level of

24
Q

Go down

A 
Be recorded or received / be ingested
Become less
Be remembered
To produce a particular reaction
Be defeated
Swallow food/drink
25
Q

Take down

A

Make a note / dismantle

26
Q

Put s/sth down

A

Place

27
Q

Put s/o down

A

Insult/ make s/o feel stupid

28
Q

Pour down

A

Come down heavily ( of rain )

29
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Shout down

A

Not allow s/o to speak or be heard

30
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Slow down

A

Go less fast

31
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Shoot down

A

Kill

32
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Stand down

A

Resign

33
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Wear down

A

Deteriorate through use

Make someone gradually lose their energy or confidence

34
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Come down to

A

Be in the end a matter of

To be the most important aspect of a situation or problem

35
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Come down on sb.

A

To criticize or punish someone severely

36
Q

Get down to

A

Begin to seriously deal with

37
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Narrow down

A

To reduce the number of possibilities or choices

38
Q

Pelt down

A

If rain or snow is pelting or is pelting down, it comes down quickly in large amounts

39
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Crack down

A

To start dealing with someone or something much more strictly

40
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Tie down

A

To stop someone from being free to do what they want

41
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Track down

A

To find someone or something after a long search

42
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Tumble down

A

If a building or other structure tumbles, it falls to the ground

43
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Water down

A

To make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful, or detailed

44
Q

Wave down

A

To make a vehicle stop by waving your arm or hand at the driver

45
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Climb down

A

To admit that you were wrong, especially after expressing an opinion or argument very firmly

46
Q

Hold down

A

Prevent someone from standing
Prevent something from rising
Keep prices/numbers low
Keep job

47
Q

Get down

A

To make someone feel sad or lose hope

To write something somewhere

48
Q

Wind down

A

To end, or to finish something gradually

To relax after a period of excitement or worry

49
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Keep down

A

Prevent from increasing
Control people
Make less noise

50
Q

Touch down

A

If an aircraft or space vehicle touches down, it lands

51
Q

Set down

A

To state officially how sg should be done

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