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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

1
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look up

You should look it up on the internet

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find information about, improve

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get through

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to successfully make contact with someone (usually by telephone)

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make out

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to understand

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bring back

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cause to recall

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ring back

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return a phonecall

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drop off

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to stop a vehicle and let someone get out; to take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there

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send off

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to send a letter, document or parcel by post

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turn up, show up

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appear suddenly, to arrive

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come across

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find by chance

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ask around

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ask many people the same question

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take down

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to write down

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play up

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behave or work badly

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break down

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stop working

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mess about/around

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spend time doing things in a relaxed way; behave in a silly way

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bring up

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to mention / raise a child

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sort out

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find the solution

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put off

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to postpone

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call off

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to cancel

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look down on

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to think that someone (or something) is inferior, low or worthless; to disapprove of (someone or something).

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come up against

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have to deal with a problem

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do away with, shake off

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to get rid of

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get away with

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to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught)

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get on / get along

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have a good relationship

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put up with

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to tolerate

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give in

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to stop resisting; to surrender, to hand in

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come around

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recover consciousness, come to someone’s house

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brush aside / brush off

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to ignore

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fall for

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believe that a trick or joke is true

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chase up

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to ask sb to do what they were supposed to

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leave out

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not include, omit

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sleep on it

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to think it over

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27
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do without

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live without

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be up to your neck (in something)

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very busy with sth/ be in a difficult situation

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go thought

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to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation

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30
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make it up

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to become friends again

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drop out

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to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social roup, a school, a university, a job, etc.).

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make up

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to invent

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32
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be over someone

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To no longer have strong emotions about someone

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32
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turn down

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to refuse

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33
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back off

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tell someone to mind their own business or to stop doing something

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stop by / swing by

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to make a short visit somewhere

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35
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drop by

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visit without appointment

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36
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take off

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leave the ground, remove clothes

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37
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fill up

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become full

38
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light up

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fill with happiness (of a face), to illuminate

39
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fill in

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to complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.)

40
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add up

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to make sense

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fall apart

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to start having problems that you cannot deal with, break into pieces

40
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back down

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stop demanding sth, stop saying that you will do sth

41
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tear away

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Stop someone doing something unwillingly.

42
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blow up

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to explode

43
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bring forward

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change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier

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set off / set out

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to start a journey

44
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bring in

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introduce a new law or system

45
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put up

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provide temporary accommodation

46
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get over

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to recover from (an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock / etc.)

47
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run away

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escape from the control of

48
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point out

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to draw attention to something or someone

49
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take on

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to accept a particular job or responsibility, to hire

50
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lift up

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to raise

51
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give.a lift / to pick up

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to give a ride, to collect

52
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hand out

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to distribute to a group of people.

53
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go off

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to explode (bombs); to fire (guns); to ring suddenly (alarms or alarm clocks)

54
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keep up with

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continue to be informed

55
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cut out

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remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)

56
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run over

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hit with a car

57
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cut down on

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to reduce

58
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knock off

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Stop working, usually at the end of a day

58
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catch out

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to trick someone into making a mistake

59
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stop over

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to stay at a place for one night or a few nights on the way to somewhere else or before returning home

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pass up

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decline an opportunity

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pass out

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to faint

60
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read through

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to read quickly beginning to the end

61
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turn around

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change to the opposite direction

61
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keep down

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to stop the number, level, or size of something from increasing

61
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move up

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to advance, improve position

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pass away

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to die

62
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get into

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to become interested in

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go along

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to go to a place or event, usually without much planning, to make progress

63
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set up

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establish/start a business

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come along with

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to go somewhere with sb

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look over

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to examine (someone or something) carefully and completely

64
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make out with

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kiss the person very passionately

65
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to get on with sth

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to continue doing sth, especially work

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shot off

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to move quickly or suddenly

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act up

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to misbehave

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to knock over

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make something fall over

69
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catch up

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get to the same point as someone else

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whip up

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to quickly make a meal or something to eat

71
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dust off

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reuse sth forgotten

72
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tell off

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to speak very angrily to someone who has done something wrong (usually used when a person is simply expressing his/her anger rather than trying to help the other person improve)

73
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faff about

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to waste time

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go by

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to pass (about time)

75
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rub off (on/onto somebody)

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to have a positive influence on someone

76
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let down

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to disappoint

77
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pay off

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a positive result brought about by hard work

78
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to come up with sth

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to think of a plan, an idea, or a solution to a problem

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insist on

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

80
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take back

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admit that sth you said was wrong

81
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turn into

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to become, transform

82
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grow on

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become more liked

83
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run into

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to meet by chance

84
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to get up to

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do; do sth you should not do, to be involved in

85
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to warm to

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become more enthusiastic about an idea

86
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cut off

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to disconnect, interrupt, or discontinue something or someone

87
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to tag along with

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to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you to go with them

88
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rush out

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leave a room or building quickly

89
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fill sb in on sth

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to tell sb about sth that has happened

90
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throw out

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to force sb to leave a place, to get rid of sth you do not want

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