english pv Flashcards
pv: to dress a dress
put it on
pv: to become more cheerful
cheer up
pv: to dress a hat
put it on
pv: to make a casual acquaintance with a woman or girl
pick her up
pv: to stir a liquid by shaking a bottle
shake it up
pv: to be a guide for sb on his first visit to some place
show sb round
pv: to cut off with a chop
chop off
pv: to become acquainted with a person of opposite sex by using one’s conversation gifts
chat sb up
pv: to appear suddenly
crop up
pv: to fill in the form
fill it out
pv: to refresh by studying again (e.g. one’s English)
brush up
pv: to go to sleep in order to forget sth unpleasant
sleep it off
pv: to rust and disappear gradually (e.g. about a wreck)
rust away
pv: to use one’s fists to punish sb
beat sb up
pv: to go about idly in search of pleasure (e.g. from disco to a pub and back)
gad about
pv: to quickly run out (e.g. from a burning apartment)
rush out
pv: to come together in a big pile (e.g. cars in a superhighway accident)
pile up
pv: to start one’s journey
set out
pv: to connect sb with another person by phone (about an operator)
put sb through
pv: to begin one’s professional career
start out
pv: to settle somewhere comfortably (e.g. in bed)
nestle down
pv: to stop sb and ask to drive to the side of the road (e.g. about the police)
pull sb over
pv: to increase in height in a short time
shoot/spring up
pv: to grasp sth, pull, and rip away (e.g. sb’s ear)
tear it off
pv: to send out of the throat by coughing
cough up
pv: to move quickly to a surface (e.g. a ball in water)
bob up
pv: to move aimlessly in all directions (e.g. about ducks in a room)
flap about
pv: to stop shining (about a lamp)
go out
pv: to signal a driver to stop by waving one’s arm
flag sb down
pv: to reduce the amount of salt eaten in foods (about a person)
cut down on salt
pv: to make a pillow comfortable by shaking
shake it up / plump it up
pv: to move away from sb to give him more space
back off
pv: to get rid of illness by sweating
sweat it out
tech: pv: to start the journey into the space (about a space vehicle)
lift on / blast off
pv: to buckle the seat belt
belt up
pv: to put a shoe on one’s foot
put it on
pv: to report one’s arrival at work
check in
pv: to fasten sth to a notice-board with a pin
pin it up
pv: to force oneself into a queue of people
cut in
pv: to look in the backward direction
look back
pv: to become less hot
cool down
pv: Open the door!
Open up!
pv: to refuse to speak
clam up
pv: to become lazy and ineffective
slack off
pv: to recover from fright
cool down
pv: to take sth up with a spoon (e.g. a cherry)
spoon it up
pv: to let sth loose (e.g. gunfire)
loose it off
pv: to cause a horse to stop by pulling the reins
rein it back
pv: to put one’s thumb up in approval
thumb up
pv: to supply sth with more material to burn
stoke it up
pv: to give sb over to the police
turn sb in
pv: to make a pile of grass or leaves by means of a rake
rake it up
pv: In old SuperMemo databases, progress is hard to …
come by
pv: Let your head down over mine! (e.g. so that I could whisper to your ear)
Lean over!
pv: to become inedible in time (about perishable food)
go off
pv: to become invisible because of identical appearance as that of the background
blend in
pv: to use laces to fasten one’s shoes
lace up (one’s shoes)
pv: to say sth suddenly without thinking (e.g. because of nervousness)
blurt (it) out
pv: to change the orientation of a sheet in order to read the reverse side
turn it over
pv: to educate, feed and care for a child
bring it up
pv: to make a radio less loud
turn it down
pv: to force sth out with a gouge (e.g. a stone from a horseshoe)
gouge it out
pv: to fall off in flakes (e.g. paint from the wall)
flake off
pv: Don’t go! (I may need you later)
Stick around!
pv: to learn sth unintentionally while doing sth else (e.g. British accent while working in the UK)
pick it up
pv: to stop the water flowing from a faucet
turn it off
pv: to stand up with fore legs in the air (about a horse)
rear up
pv: to make sth less hot
cool it (down)
pv: to start a journey
set off
pv: to remove by cutting
cut off
pv: to start sth with a crank
crank it up
pv: to place oneself on the starting line (e.g. about cars)
line up
pv: to complete all entries of an application form
fill it out
pv: to give out for free (e.g. pushcards)
hand out
pv: Listen to me!
Listen up!
pv: to fart
blow off
pv: to make a photograph smaller
scale it down
pv: to come to normal state after an intensive physical exercise (e.g. jogging)
cool down
pv: to divide and send out branches
branch out
pv: to fell a tree
cut it down
pv: to avoid responsibility by a clever trick (e.g. Saddam in the Gulf War 1990-1991)
wriggle out
pv: to become covered with ice
ice over
pv: to enter sb’s house illegally (e.g. to rob it)
break into it
pv: to fill sth completely (e.g. a glass)
fill it up
pv: to direct air from the mouth on sth in order to cool it down (e.g. hot oatmeal)
blow on it
pv: to become a new owner of sth (e.g. of an enterprise)
take (it) over
pv: to mop up a liquid with a sponge
sponge it up
pv: to pierce sb’s eyeball with nails or claws
scratch it out
pv: to lose outer layers (e.g. about the skin in vit. B deficit)
peel off
pv: to separate sth by building a wall
wall it off
pv: to turn one’s eyes downwards (e.g. out of modesty, shame, etc.)
cast them down
pv: to have friendly sex with sb
make out with sb
pv: to slowly move up (e.g. value of the dollar)
inch up
pv: to become less cloudy (about weather)
clear up
pv: to die one by one (e.g. about members of the KMT government of Taiwan)
die off
pv: to change the side on which one lies in bed
turn over
pv: to swim determinedly in a direction
strike out
pv: to remove sth in stages (e.g. a new tax)
phase it out
pv: to distribute in space or time esp. with empty spaces between (e.g. plants on a patch)
spread/space out
pv: to mix a liquid energetically
stir it up
pv: to injure sb with a car, tram, etc.
run sb down
pv: to help sb to get out of sth (e.g. out of a swimming pool)
help sb out (of sth)
pv: to give sb a tip/hint
tip sb off
pv: to drive into a space between cars in a dangerous way
cut in
pv: such that is placed in a given environment (about a movie, e.g. in a jungle)
set in (a jungle)
pv: to become easier to learn because of the previously learned knowledge (e.g. about items in SuperMemo)
slot in
pv: to waste one’s time on trifles
fiddle about
pv: to walk outside for a short time (e.g. from one’s office)
step out
pv: to get tenuous/rarefied
thin out
pv: to leave one’s bed by lazy rolling
roll out (of one’s bed)
pv: to pass a river in a raft
raft it over
pv: to add an originally unplanned item to a commercial product at the cost of its quality
tack it on
pv: to move quickly toward sth (e.g. to switch on the TV)
make for it
pv: to close sth in a space sutured with seams
suture it up (in sth)
pv: to add sth that was not originally planned to the end of a speech or book
tack it on
pv: to return sb’s call (e.g. after receiving a message on the answering machine)
call sb back
pv: to tear a page out of a book
rip it out
pv: to boil for long and vaporize (e.g. about soup)
boil down
pv: to dress oneself prettily
doll oneself up
pv: to lower sth slowly (e.g. rope into a pit)
let it down
pv: to reduce the intensity of the flame in a gas cooker
turn it down
pv: to become useless as a result of burning the filament (about a bulb)
burn out
pv: to walk sb to his place of departure (e.g. to the railway station)
see sb off
pv: to slip off the target (about a bullet)
glance off
pv: to drink sth hurriedly at one go, without taking a breath
gulp it down
pv: to continue harping the same string (talking about the same thing)
harp on
pv: to rotate the reel of a fishing rod to draw the fish out of water
reel it in
pv: to hook to sth in order to be towed (e.g. to a truck)
hitch on to it
pv: to make sb stumble or do a false step
trip sb up
pv: to lose by unfair treatment
lose out
pv: to put down hurriedly (e.g. notes)
jot down
pv: to press a key, and keep it for a moment (e.g. in a computer)
hold it down
pv: to throw the horseman off the saddle (about a horse)
buck off
pv: to leave the railway station (about a train)
pull out
pv: to avoid difficulties cowardly
scuttle off/away
pv: to record a score (e.g. socialism could … its new achievements)
chalk up
pv: to force sb out with smoke
smoke sb out
pv: to send a fax quickly (e.g. in an angry response)
fire it off
pv: to win the loyalty of sb
win sb over
pv: to move in a swirling way down the plughole (e.g. about water in the tub)
swirl down
pv: to fail badly after a good start
fizzle out
pv: to leave a group in flight by turning to one side (about a aircraft)
peel off
pv: to wind up gradually (e.g. business in Iraq during the Gulf War 1990-1991)
wind down
pv: to admire sb and follow him/her as an example
look up to sb
pv: to read sth slowly with great difficulty (e.g. a German text)
spell it out
pv: to stop climbing or falling and continue at the same altitude (about a plane)
level out/off
pv: to make sth more neat and nice (e.g. Statue of Liberty)
spruce it up
pv: to remind sb some long-forgotten, unpleasant facts
rake sth up
pv: to move down in a spiral movement (e.g. about a shot aircraft)
spiral down
pv: to stop hiding one’s homosexual inclinations
come out (of the closet)
pv: to deposit scale (about a kettle)
fur up
pv: to say sth suddenly without thinking
blurt it out
pv: to put sth off for a moment (e.g. a book when a telephone rings)
put it by/aside
pv: to remove weeds from sth
weed it out
pv: to stop gas flowing (e.g. in the kitchen)
turn it off
pv: to report one’s arrival in a hotel
check in
pv: to say sth in an unfortunate way
blurt it out
pv: to stop a romantic relationship (about two people)
split/break up
pv: to prepare sb for action by psychological encouragement
psych sb up
pv: to become painful again
act up
pv: to unsaddle sb (about a horse)
buck sb off
pv: to anticipate sb’s intentions by intuition
psych sb out
vulg: pv: to have sex with many people here and there
hump around
pv: to draw and blow smoke from a pipe
puff on it
pv: to make a radio or a TV set play louder
turn it up
pv: to finish one’s drink
drink it up
pv: to reduce the size of sth by cutting away small slices (e.g. sharpening a wooden stick)
whittle it down
pv: to reach the answer
make/work/figure it out
pv: to remove dust from sth (e.g. shelf)
dust it off
pv: to work together in a gang (esp. against sb)
gang up (against sb)
pv: to move sth out of the cover by pulling (e.g. a trump card from a sleeve)
pull it out
pv: to sit down on one’s heels
hunker down
pv: to visit sb
drop in on sb
pv: to fall a tree by striking it with an axe
cut/chop it down
pv: to use a hose to wash sth (e.g. a car)
hose it (down/off)
pv: to compensate for sth
make up for it
pv: to make one’s life quieter and easier
settle down
pv: to become completely dry
dry out
pv: to come to understand sth by thinking
figure it out
pv: to change the side on which one is lying
turn over
pv: to stop broadcasting (e.g. about Voice of America)
sign off
pv: to sign one’s name when joining an organization (e.g. communist party)
sign up (for it)
tech: pv: to become less noisy and more smooth in action after long use (about a mechanical device)
wear in
pv: to make sb busy for a period of time (e.g. for a week)
tie sb up (for a week)
pv: to replace the usual person for a time
stand in (for sb)
pv: to put sth on in order to see if it fits (about a garment)
try it on
pv: to enter a train
get on it
pv: to order a dog to stop attacking a person
call it off
pv: to destroy sth with an explosion
blow it up
pv: to put oneself in a state of anxious expectation (e.g. about buying a new computer)
gear oneself up
pv: to encounter sb by chance
chance on/upon sb
pv: to shrug one’s arms and refuse to do sth for sb
shrug sb off
pv: to remove sth off one’s clothes by repeated beating (e.g. with a hand)
shake it off
pv: to throw sb out of an organization because of misconduct
pitch sb out
pv: to eat greedily food that was prepared for other people
gobble it up
pv: to spill over the brim (e.g. about a glass of milk)
brim over
pv: to pay sb to be silent about a wrongdoing
pay sb off
pv: to allow sb to enter a business, game, etc.
cut sb in
pv: to found a new institution and start its activities (e.g. Pasteur … his own clinic)
set it up / establish it
pv: to remove sth by peeling (e.g. a tab from the protective notch of a disk)
peel it off
pv: to stop supplying sth (e.g. electricity)
cut it off
pv: to pass one another in a sliding movement (e.g. about myofilaments)
slide past
pv: to fill up the tank of a vehicle
tank (it) up
pv: to say sth sharply and loudly (e.g. military order)
rap it out
pv: to be left unattended (about a child, book, etc.)
knock about
pv: to find sth in a reference book
look it up
pv: to aim a gun at an object
zero in
pv: to be seen through sth (e.g. woman’s body through a petticoat)
show through
pv: to play in water (about children)
splash about
pv: to study printed matters for hours (e.g. in an archive)
pore over it
pv: to express admiration too strongly, without a true feeling (e.g. extolling a newborn baby)
gush/drool over sth
pv: to take disciplinary action against sth (e.g. smoking at school)
crack down (on it)
pv: to overcharge sb dishonestly when selling sth
rip sb off
pv: to continue speaking in low and monotonous voice
drone on
pv: to begin to learn sth (e.g. playing the guitar)
take it up
pv: to settle one’s accounts with sb
square up with sb
pv: to say sth in a rough voice (about a very tired person)
grind it out
pv: to work hard at sth, esp. with a hammer (e.g. breaking the Berlin wall)
hammer away (at sth)
pv: to make sth soft appear larger by shaking (e.g. bird’s feathers)
fluff it (up)
pv: to give sb a place to sleep for a night
put sb up
pv: to repeat some words quickly from memory (e.g. elements of the periodic table)
rattle them off
pv: to bring oneself out of low spirit by an effort of will
snap out (of sth)
pv: to develop successfully (about a photograph)
come out (well)
pv: to appear unexpectedly with a new idea
come up with it
pv: to force one’s way into sth without invitation (e.g. into successful business)
horn/muscle in on it
pv: to use a battery until it becomes useless
run it down
pv: to stop lighting (about light)
go out/off
pv: to make sth get stuck (e.g. negotiations)
bog it down
pv: to leave a place secretly
sneak/stalk away
pv: to separate sth from sth else to make it better seen (e.g. red-ink headline)
set it off
pv: to angrily hang up the phone (with a lot of noise)
slam down the phone
pv: to go to bed/sleep
turn in
pv: to remove sth with a quick movement (e.g. dust from the table)
flick/whisk it off
pv: to settle accounts
square up
pv: to make sb run on a side-space (in jogging)
push sb aside
pv: to immobilize sth with the use of a pin
pin it down
pv: to keep sth in secret and hide it from sb (e.g. that one has a new girlfriend)
hold (it) out on sb
pv: to remove spilt liquid with a rag
mop it up
pv: to look at sth with selfish delight (e.g. ruin of one’s adversary)
gloat over it
pv: to mark the borders of an area with wooden posts
stake it out
pv: to habitually talk half-serious stories
kid around
pv: to put off the telephone receiver after a phone talk
hang up (the phone)
pv: to choose not to take part in sth
opt out
pv: to pull sb out from his shelter
winkle sb out
pv: to put the button into the buttonhole
do it up
pv: to surround an area with ropes so that people do not enter
rope it off
pv: to change the position of one’s body so that to face the other direction
turn round/around
pv: to pack sth forcefully into the schedule (e.g. last-minute meeting)
squeeze it in
vulg: pv: US: to masturbate
pv: to shake off the fluff from sth (e.g. from a pillow)
fluff it off
tech: pv: to raise a car with a jack (e.g. before changing a wheel)
jack it up
pv: to join the queue
line/queue up
pv: to make sb lose his tooth by a blow
put it out
pv: to intimidate sb using the power of one’s mind (e.g. about a boxer and his threatening gaze)
psych sb out
sport: pv: to force the ball down with one’s chest (about a footballer)
chest it down
sport: pv: to fasten to each other with the ropes (about mountaineers)
rope up
pv: to end and no longer seem important (e.g. about a short- lived crash)
blow over
pv: to undress a garment (e.g. a shirt)
take it off
pv: to start one’s work in serious
get down to business/work
pv: to lie on a sofa like a vegetable (e.g. while watching TV)
veg out
pv: to become less dangerous (about a hot situation)
heat off
pv: to push sth from place to place in an aimless manner (e.g. child among orphanages)
knock it around/about
pv: to hang sth up on a hook
hook it up
sl: pv: to fail (e.g. about a hard disk)
blow up
pv: to continue typing in for hours
tap away
pv: to continually annoy or bully sb (e.g. a weaker boy in the class)
pick on sb
pv: to lock sth in a safe place
lock it up/away
pv: to allow a debt to increase fast
run it up
pv: to decrease gradually in intensity
tail off
pv: to pass sth to sb’s hands
hand it over (to sb)
pv: to drink by taking up with a tongue (e.g. about a dog)
lap up
pv: to become thinner (e.g. about hair)
thin out/down
pv: to stand one after another forming a queue
line up / queue up
pv: to remove phlegm from the throat with a “hem” sound
hem/hawk it up
pv: to make sth seem more important than it is
play it up
pv: to repeat self-encouraging phrases in order to gain mental strength (e.g. before an exam)
psych oneself up
pv: to make people forget one’s previous, foolish behavior
live it down
pv: to straighten sth carefully and patiently with fingers (e.g. knots in one’s hair)
tease it out
pv: to move a vehicle aside so that other vehicles can pass (cars, boats, etc.)
pull it over
pv: to give out money in small amounts to applicants
dole it out
pv: to fasten sth with ropes
rope it up
pv: to become dry and cracked (about earth)
crack up
pv: to increase the speed of a machine (increase its RPMs)
rev it up
pv: to make sb homeless by bombing
bomb sb out
pv: to make sb determined to attack
set sb on
pv: to turn upside down (e.g. about a dying fish)
flip over
pv: to play in water (with plonking sounds)
splash about
pv: to think about sth in order to reconsider one’s opinion
think it over
pv: to let or dismiss sb to retire
pension sb off
pv: to come together to one point (e.g. students to listen to the teacher)
huddle up
pv: to remove undesirable elements from sth (e.g. unqualified graduates from the course)
weed it out
pv: to slowly lose vital powers (about an old person)
fade away
pv: to improve one’s abilities (e.g. in using computers)
shape up
pv: to begin to grow clear in sb’s mind (about an idea)
dawn upon sb
euph: pv: to put the penis into a vagina
fill her up
pv: to pull sth under the surface of water (about a whirlpool)
suck it down
pv: to win all money from a person in gambling
clean sb out/off
pv: to put sth in a cage
cage it in
pv: to move sth away by a special towing truck (e.g. an improperly parked car)
tow it away
pv: to form a successful relationship with sb
hit it off (with sb)
pv: to cut sth from a piece of paper (e.g. the shape of a bantam)
cut it out
pv: to leave the main route and take a minor one (of a car)
branch off
pv: to move forward with full power of engines (about a ship)
steam out
pv: to disappear completely (e.g. about pain)
go away
pv: to miss a phrase when talking (like in stammering)
trip it over
pv: to dress oneself very warmly
wrap oneself (up)
sport: pv: to kick the ball towards the goal field from a flank
cross it in
pv: to get closer to sb, esp. in order to attack
close in on sb
pv: to study secretly (e.g. military maps)
spy out
pv: to show sth to advantage by providing a better background (e.g. black cloth can nicely … jewels)
set (it) off
pv: to limit the freedoms of sb (esp. by closing him somewhere)
coop sb up
pv: to fall on the floor from sth (e.g. from a stool in a drink bar)
fall/drop off (the stool)
bus: pv: to invest money and gain more after some time
turn over (the investment)
pv: to brim over when boiling (e.g. about milk)
boil over
pv: to obtain information through a strenuous search (e.g. from a voluminous software manual)
dig it out
pv: to wrap a parcel in paper and tie it up
wrap it up
pv: to help sb get accustomed to sth (e.g. to a military school)
break sb in
pv: to make an actor leave the stage by hissing
hiss sb off
pv: to withdraw from a position (e.g. as a chairman)
bow out
pv: to separate a branch from a larger business
hive it off
pv: Let me enter! (room or car)
Let me in!
pv: to make sth seem unimportant
play it down
pv: to work less hard
let up
pv: to put sb temporarily on a list
pencil sb in
pv: to replace a competitor in love or business
cut him out
pv: to leave hurriedly as if escaping
make off
pv: to have one’s mouth water extremely because of lust (esp. for food)
drool over (sth)
pv: to oppose sb without fear (e.g. a bully)
stand up to/against sb
pv: to stop a candle burning
snuff it out
pv: to become boring because of long use (e.g. computers)
pall on
pv: to make sth enough by adding little portions (e.g. one’s livelihood by small services)
eke it out
pv: to fill sth completely (e.g. room with a smell)
fill it up
pv: to start burning suddenly (e.g. about a fire in a hotel)
break out
pv: to lose strength gradually (about voice)
trail off
pv: to mend a space in cloth with a needle and thread
sew it up
pv: Make some place! Do not block all the available space!
Move over! / Move up!
pv: to fasten sth down with strings (e.g. the lid of a container)
tie it down
pv: to cover a text with better ink to make it more readable
ink it over
pv: to make sth look less tired or old
freshen it up
pv: to cut across the movement of sth in order to stop it (car, train, etc.)
head it off
pv: to become thicker (i.e. to thicken)
thick up
pv: to become less strong (about sth unpleasant, e.g. anxiety)
wear off
pv: to write sth quickly without attention (e.g. a letter)
dash it off
pv: to record time when one leaves work (usu. on a special card)
clock out
pv: to become covered with steam (e.g. watch)
mist over
pv: to move loosely in a container (about liquid)
slop about/around
pv: to roll with the entire body tossed (e.g. in a downhill accident)
tumble over
pv: to dress up prettily
doll up
pv: to get rid of sb in a quick manner (e.g. about a clerk)
whisk/brush sb off
pv: to eliminate sb from competition (sport)
put sb out
pv: to start burning again (e.g. about fire that was thought to be out)
blaze up
pv: to prevent sth from happening (e.g. catastrophe)
ward it off
pv: to spread some news everywhere (e.g. rumor)
bruit it about
pv: to move a vehicle backward
back (it) out
pv: to quickly form an opinion about sth (e.g. about expected sales)
size it up
pv: to shoot people or animals one by one by taking careful aim
pick them off
pv: to extend one’s leg so that a person stumbles against it
trip sb up
pv: to move in streams down sb’s body (e.g. water from wet hair)
flow/stream down (upon sb)
pv: to clean sth of muck (e.g. a stable)
muck it out
pv: to prevent sb from going to bed (e.g. about an occupation)
keep sb up
pv: to put an animal to sleep out of mercy
put it down
pv: to starve sb to death
starve sb out
pv: to slow down and stop one’s car
pull up
pv: to end up in a particular way, esp. successfully (about a project)
pan out
pv: to cause a big gun to fire (e.g. with flaming wood)
touch it off
pv: not to like sb any more
go off sb
pv: to yield to sb’s argument in a discussion
back down/off
pv: to separate into single pieces of threads
ravel out
pv: to start a journey from the coast (about a boat)
cast off
pv: to keep oneself to oneself (away from people)
stand off
pv: to begin and be likely to persist (about weather or disease)
set in
pv: to lengthen by unfolding the ends or adding material (about trousers)
piece out
pv: to give sb fatty foods so that he puts on weight
fat sb up
pv: to suddenly fall into a nap
drop off
pv: to continue working until a very late hour
stay up late
pv: to befriend sb undesirable
take up with sb
pv: to discourage sb from liking one
put sb off
pv: to say sth while sobbing
sob it out
pv: to add one’s share of money in a collective effort
chip in
pv: to rewind a tape backward
back it up
pv: to find sth by reasoning and calculation
figure/work it out
pv: to stay in bed because of illness
lay up
pv: to vent one’s anger on sb
take it out on sb
pv: to make a speaker unheard by speaking louder
shout him down
pv: to find sth by using the nose (about a dog)
sniff it out
pv: to aim exactly toward a place (e.g. about a fighter plane)
home in on it
pv: to pull a window-curtain to one side
draw/pull it off
pv: to return sth that is no longer needed (e.g. working outfit upon being fired)
turn it in
pv: to get rid of an imp impnate ex-lover (esp. mad female)
shake her off
pv: to make sth drop down from sth else (e.g. pot from a shelf)
knock it off
pv: to split one’s sides with laughing
crack up
pv: to move directly toward sth (about a road)
bear down on it
pv: to clean sth with a sponge
sponge it off/down
pv: to eulogize sth
crack it up
pv: to become popular (about fashion)
catch on
pv: to occlude sth
shut it out
pv: to cause sb to leave a vehicle (e.g. naughty boy)
put sb off
pv: to let others do some job for one
farm it out
pv: to make sth unheard by making noise
drown it out
US pv: to pull sb’s legs
put on sb
pv: to transfer sth to sb for free (e.g. one’s old TV set)
give it away
pv: to spend a night somewhere while on a journey
stop over
pv: to leave a ship in a boat
put off
pv: to begin to understand
catch on
pv: to fight or argue to the end
slug it out
sport: pv: to strike a ball up (e.g. in volleyball)
pop it up
pv: to hang an advertisement on a billboard
put/hang/pin it up
pv: to pull sb to an intimate location to talk
draw/pull sb aside
pv: to invent an untrue story
make/trump it up
pv: to pay money unwillingly (e.g. for expensive software)
shell it out
pv: to imitate sth
take after it
pv: to destroy sth a little at a time
chip away (at it)
pv: to become sth by changing (e.g. be … good scientist by hard work)
turn into it
pv: to begin to sing, speak or play
pipe up
pv: to set a boat free by untying a rope
cast it off
pv: to overcharge sb (e.g. in a shop)
rip sb off
pv: to put sb in a state of anxious expectation (e.g. about a pay rise)
gear sb up
pv: to avoid direct reference to sth
skirt (it) round
hum: pv: to rush out to meet the danger
sally out
pv: to let water flow out of the tub by pulling the plug
let it out
pv: to drive very fast (about a driver or car)
scorch along
pv: to poke and pry (id)
nose about
pv: to give sth to sb when no longer necessary (e.g. an air ticket)
give it over
pv: to remove by pulling rapidly (e.g. telephone wires)
tear/pull out
sport: pv: to throw the ball away by hitting it with fingertips (about a goalkeeper)
tip it away
pv: to prevent sb from reaching an unpleasant subject
head sb off
pv: to be thrown up on the coast by waves (e.g. about bodies of drowned sailors)
be washed up
pv: to make sth run away (e.g. flies from food)
drive it away
pv: to be reduced to some humble necessity
come down to it
pv: to clean sth by wiping (e.g. a container)
wipe out
pv: to tamp sth down with blows (e.g. snow, earth, etc.)
beat it down
pv: to consider an idea from different points of view, esp. unsuccessfully (e.g. about a committee)
toss it around
pv: to propose to discuss a given matter or issue
bring it up (also: raise it)
pv: to force oneself into the company of others
butt in
pv: to interrupt by speaking esp. to agree with sb
chime in
milit: pv: to prepare trenches (about troops)
dig in
milit: pv: to keep enemy forces at a distance
stand them off
pv: to fall heavily asleep
zonk out
pv: to run slowly with effort (about a jogger)
slog away/along
pv: coll: to intoxicate sb (esp. with hard drugs)
zonk sb out
pv: to admit one’s guilt to the police
cop out
