Multi-word verb bank C1

Question 1

to make a copy of information that is stored separately

Answer 1

to back up sth

Question 2

to start to be successful again after a difficult period

Answer 2

to bounce back

Question 3

to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten

Answer 3

to brush up (on) sth

Question 4

to increase or develop

Answer 4

to build sth up

Question 5

to meet someone you know when you have not planned to meet them

Answer 5

to bump into sb

Question 6

to decide to stop an activity

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to call sth off

Question 7

to ask someone in a formal way to do something

Answer 7

to call on sb to do sth

Question 8

to become popular

Answer 8

to catch on

Question 9

to reach the same level or quality as someone or something else

Answer 9

to catch up (with sth)

Question 10

to provide what is wanted or needed by a particular group of people

Answer 10

to cater for sb/sth

Question 11

to give people exactly what they want, often something unusual or something that people think is wrong

Answer 11

to cater to sb/sth

Question 12

to try to discover how something is progressing or whether someone is doing what they should be doing

Answer 12

to check (up) on sth

Question 13

to examine something or get more information about it in order to be certain that it is true, safe, or suitable / to go to a place in order to see what it is like

Answer 13

to check sth out

Question 14

to make a person or place clean and tidy

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to clean sb/sth up

Question 15

to make a place tidy by removing things from it, or putting them where they should be

Answer 15

to clear sth away

Question 16

to put something across the entrance to a place in order to stop people entering it

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to close sth off

Question 17

to seem to be a particular type of person or thing

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to come across

Question 18

to happen successfully

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to come off

Question 19

to start to happen or work

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to come on

Question 20

to become conscious again after an accident or medical operation

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to come round

Question 21

to be in a particular part of a book, list, etc.

Answer 21

to come under sth

Question 22

If a iob or opportunity comes up, it becomes available.

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to come up

Question 23

to have to deal with a problem or difficulty

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to come up against sth

Question 24

to put something over something else, in order to protect or hide it

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to cover sth up

Question 25

If a problem or subject cuts across different groups of people, all of those groups are affected by it or interested in it.

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to cut across sth

Question 26

to remove something or form a shape by cutting, usually something made of paper or cloth / to stop eating or drinking something, usually to improve your health

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to cut sth out

Question 27

to come from or be developed from something

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to derive sth from sth

Question 28

to spend all your time or energy doing something that you think is important

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to devote yourself to sth

Question 29

to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away

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to dispose of sth

Question 30

to get rid of something or stop using something

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to do away with sth

Question 31

to use information or your knowledge or experience of something to help you do something

Answer 31

to draw on sth

Question 32

to prepare something, usually a plan, list, or an official agreement, by writing it

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to draw sth up

Question 33

to appear underneath in a list form

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to drop down

Question 34

to keep thinking or talking about something, especially something bad or unpleasant

Answer 34

to dwell on/upon sth

Question 35

to select or remove a type of information from something

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to filter out

Question 36

to complete the last part of something that you are doing

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to finish sth off

Question 37

to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them

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to fit in

Question 38

If something fits in with a situation, idea, method, etc., it is suitable and works successfully as part of it.

Answer 38

to fit in with sth

Question 39

to arrange a meeting, date, event, etc.

Answer 39

to fix sth up

Question 40

to suggest or express something in a way that is not clear

Answer 40

to get at sth

Question 41

to escape from or leave a place, or to help someone do this

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to get sb/sth out

Question 42

to go out to different places and meet people in order to enjoy yourself

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to get out

Question 43

to talk to someone, usually on the telephone, to give them some information they have asked for or because you were not able to speak to them before

Answer 43

to get back to sb

Question 44

to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity

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to get into sth

Question 45

to succeed in making someone understand or believe something

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to get through to sb

Question 46

to stop working

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to go down

Question 47

to start to do a particular type of work

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to go into sth

Question 48

If an amount of time, money, or effort goes into a product or activity, it is used or spent creating that product or doing that activity.

Answer 48

to go into sth

Question 49

If a bomb or a gun goes off, it explodes or fires.

Answer 49

to go off

Question 50

to access someone else’s computer system without permission

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to hack into

Question 51

to not tell everything you know about something

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to hold sth back

Question 52

to prevent someone or something from moving forward

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to hold sb/sth back

Question 53

to keep doing something, even if it annoys other people or people think it is not good for you

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to insist on sth

Question 54

to prevent someone or something from doing something

Answer 54

to insist on sth

Question 55

to start to be effective or to happen

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to keep sb/sth from doing sth

Question 56

When a football match or other event kicks off, it starts.

Answer 56

to kick in

Question 57

to force someone to leave a place or organization

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to kick off

Question 58

to stop employing someone, usually because there is no work for them to do

Answer 58

to kick sb out

Question 59

to explain something clearly, usually in writing

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to lay sb off

Question 60

If an event or situation that will cause problems lies ahead, it will happen in the future.

Answer 60

to lie ahead

Question 61

to plan for something to happen

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to line sb/sth up

Question 62

to prevent somebody from having something or taking part in an activity

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to lock out

Question 63

to connect to a computer or system

Answer 63

to log on (to)

Question 64

to consider someone or something in a particular way

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to look on/upon sb/sth as sth

Question 65

to become better

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to look UP

Question 66

to spend time playing and doing things with no particular purpose, to waste time

Answer 66

to mess about/around

Question 67

to start doing a new activity, to start speaking about a new topic

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to move on

Question 68

to choose to be part of an activity or arrangement

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to opt in

Question 69

to appear or happen suddenly, often without warning

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to pop up

Question 70

to produce writing or images on paper or other material with a machine

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to print out

Question 71

to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan, so that it can be considered or discussed

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to put sth forward

Question 72

to prepare a piece of work by collecting several ideas and suggestions and organising them

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to put sth together

Question 73

to install a device somewhere and make it ready to operate

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to put in

Question 74

to read a lot about a particular subject in order to learn about it

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to read up on sth

Question 75

If writing or information refers to someone or something, it relates to that person or thing.

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to refer to sb/sth

Question 76

to understand how someone feels

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to relate to sb

Question 77

to criticize someone or something, often unfairly

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to run sb/sth down

Question 78

If a machine runs on a supply of power, it uses that power to work.

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to run on sth

Question 79

to start doing something without thinking about it enough first

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to rush into something

Question 80

to make someone worried about doing something or going somewhere so that they decide not to do it or go there

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to scare sb away/off

Question 81

to make a person or on animal so frightened that they go away

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to scare sb/sth owoy/off

Question 82

to move text or picture on o computer screen to view different parts of a page

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to scroll up/down

Question 83

to make something happen more slowly or later than it should

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to set sb/sth back

Question 84

to start living in a place where you intend to stay for o long time, usually with your partner

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to settle down

Question 85

to begin to feel relaxed and happy in a new home or job

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to settle in

Question 86

to cause large changes in something

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to shake sth up

Question 87

to enter your details into a website in order to use it

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to sign in

Question 88

to go or happen slower, or to cause something to happen slower

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to slow down

Question 89

to go or happen faster, or to cause something to happen faster

Answer 89

to speed up

Question 90

to defend yourself against a powerful person or organization when they treat you unfairly

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to stand up to sb/sth

Question 91

to begin your life, or the part of your life when you work, in a particular way

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to start out

Question 92

to avoid becoming involved in something that will have a bad effect on you

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to stay away from sth

Question 93

to continue to be in a place, job or school after other people have left

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to stay on

Question 94

to develop as the result of something

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to stem from sth

Question 95

to remember things, usually so that you can tell people about them later

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to store up sth

Question 96

to stop or start a device powered by electricity

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to switch on/off sth

Question 97

to accept a particular job or responsibility

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to take sth on

Question 98

to start to like someone or something

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to take to sb/sth

Question 99

to tear paper into a lot of small pieces

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to tear sth up

Question 100

to start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm and energy

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to throw yourself into sth