Ask around	Ask many people the same question	I asked around but nobody has seen my walletad up to
Add up to sth	Total	Your purchases add up to $202
Back sth up	Reverse; confirm a fact or argument; support	You'll have to back up your car
Add up to sth	Total	Your purchases add up to $202
Blow up	Explode; add air
Break in	Force entry to a building; interrupt
Call off	Cancel
Call on sby	Ask for an answer or opinion; visit somebody
Call up	Phone
Check out	Look at carefully, investigate; look at informal
Chip in	Help
Clean up	Tidy, clean
Come across	Find unexpectedly
Come apart	Separate; fall to pieces
Come down with sthg	Become sick
Come foward	Volunteer for a task or to give evidence; go to police
Break into	Enter forcibly; start suddenly smile, sing, run, field of work (iniciarse)
Break sth in	Wear sth a few times so that it doesn't look / feel new	I need to break these shoes in
Break up	Start laughing (informal
Break out	Escape
Break out in sth	Develop a skin condition	I broke out in a rash
Bring sby down	Make unhappy; cause demise
Bring sby up	Raise a child
Bring sth up	Vomit; start talking about a subject
Call around	Phone many different places/ people
cross sthg out	draw a line through	Please cross out your old address and write your new one.
Cut back on sthg	consume less	My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods.
cut sthg down	make sthg fall to the ground	We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm.
cut in	interrupt; pull in too closely in front of another vehicle; start operating (of an engine or electrical device)	Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C.
cut sthg off	remove with sthg sharp; sby: take out of a will	The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured. / My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried.
do sby/ sthg over	beat up, ransack (BrE, informal)	He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang.
do away with sthg	discard	It's time to do away with all of these old tax records.
do sthg up	fasten, close	Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing!
drop back	move back in a position/group	Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike.
drop in/ by/ over	come without an appointment	I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime this week.
drop sby/ sthg off	take sby/ sthg somewhere and leave them/it there	I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over.
drop out	quit a class, school etc	I dropped out of Science because it was too difficult.
end up	eventually reach/do/decide	We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.
fall apart	break into pieces	My new dress fell apart in the washing machine.
fall down	fall to the ground	The picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.
fall out	separate from an interior	The money must have fallen out of my pocket.
fill sthg in	to write information in blanks, as on a form (BrE); informal substitute ; figurative, informal (person: update)	Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number. I'm filling in for my boss at the board meeting next week.
fill sthg up	fill to the top	I always fill the water jug up when it is empty.
get sthg across/ over	communicate, make understandable	I tried to get my point across/over to the judge but she wouldn't listen.
get around	have mobility	My grandfather can get around fine in his new wheelchair.
get away	go on a vacation, UK, slang (disbelief)	We worked so hard this year that we had to get away for a week.
get back at sby	retaliate, take revenge	My sister got back at me for stealing her shoes. She stole my favourite hat.
get round to sthg	finally find time to do (AmE: get around to sthg)	I don't know when I am going to get round to writing the thank you cards.
get together	meet (usually for social reasons)	\|Let's get together for a BBQ this weekend.
give sby away	reveal hidden information about sby ; ruin a secret; give sthg to sby for free	His wife gave him away to the police. My little sister gave the surprise party away by accident. The library was giving away old books on Friday.
give sthg out	give to many people (usually at no cost)	They were giving out free perfume samples at the department store.
go after sby go after sthg	follow sby try to achieve sthg	My brother tried to go after the thief in his car. I went after my dream and now I am a published writer.
go against sby	compete, oppose	We are going against the best soccer team in the city tonight.
go over sthg go over	review visit sby nearby	Please go over your answers before you submit your test. I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I think I'll go over for an hour or two.
go without sthg	suffer lack or deprivation	When I was young, we went without winter boots.
grow apart	stop being friends over time	My best friend and I grew apart after she changed schools.
grow back	regrow	My roses grew back this summer.
grow into sthg	grow big enough to fit	This bike is too big for him now, but he should grow into it by next year.
grow out of sthg	get too big for	Elizabeth needs a new pair of shoes because she has grown out of her old ones.
hand sthg down	give sthg used to sby else	I handed my old comic books down to my little cousin.
hand sthg in	submit	I have to hand in my essay by Friday.
hand sthg out	to distribute to a group of people	We will hand out the invitations at the door.
hand sthg over	give (usually unwillingly)	give (usually unwillingly)
hang in	stay positive (informal)	Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a job very soon.
hang on	wait a short time (informal)	Hang on while I grab my coat and shoes!
hold sby/ sthg back hold sthg back	prevent from doing/going hide an emotion	I had to hold my dog back because there was a cat in the park. Jamie held back his tears at his grandfather's funeral.
hold onto sby/ sthg	hold firmly using your hands or arms	Hold onto your hat because it's very windy outside.

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