Phrasals

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Stated publicly that you opposed the issue
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come out against / in favour of
Support a person in an argument
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side with
Agree to something you were against before cuz of persuasion
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cave in
accept a plan of an idea
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go with
encouraged to do sth, often dangerous or wrong
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egged on to do sth
Believe sth is effective
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swears by
Iris swears by her yoga
supported and made successful
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buoyed up
write or draw the outline of an idea
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rough out
have a good idea
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hit on the idea of doing sth
tell someone about an idea to see what they think about it
we _ our ideas _ each other
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to bounce off
to talk about sth in order to make a decision
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to thrash out
to stop from falling or slipping by placing sth under or against it
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prop up
be used in or play another role
that could double up as a camera support
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double up
deal with sth or arrange to be done
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see about
to see about an extra table
find a gather together a group of people or animals
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round up
remove sth from a larger group of things
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separate off
examine a large collection to discover sth important
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sift through
(informal) arrange
to fix up a meeting
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to fix up
fasten sth, wrap or tie sth up
she did up her jacket
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do up
decrease in amount
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tail off / thin out / slim down
Becoming more similar
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levelling off / out
Failed to happen
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fell through
easily pass
sail through the exams
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to sail through
manage to do a lot of activities in a short period of time
to _ _ a huge amount in their spare time
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pack in
succeed in dealing with a difficult situation or to help smb to do it
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pull me/smb through it
begin to associate with someone, especially in a way disapproved of by the speaker.
"he soon ... a rough crowd and began to drink, smoke, and gamble"
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take up with
To escape hastily
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scuttle away
Skim over a topic, neglect it because it's unconvenient
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gloss over
to criticize smb for sth
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pull sb up on sth
to narrowly win
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he edged him out
to depend on something for success.
I ... his behaviour
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to ride on sth
to do what one is expected to do (for someone), especially under difficult conditions
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to come through for someone
Ask Ben to bring the ice—he'll come through. Any time I call my mom, she comes through for me with love and support.
(of people) be becoming old: I'm ... a bit now and I can't walk as well as I used to. 2 (of the time) be becoming late: It's ..., so I'd better be off home.
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getting on
to be determined to harm or criticize someone:
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to have it in for smb
criticize someone in an abusive and insulting manner.
she was always _ him _
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slag off
Literally, to hang or dangle from something. Also to delay doing something
you should _ _ on booking a hotel until...
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hang off
Check items on the list, _ smb _ - speak angrily to smb, be _ _ - be annoyed
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tick off
it really ticks me off the way people drive in the bus lane, when they clearly aren't supposed to!
to say (something) quickly or easily from memory
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to rattle off
She rattled off the names of all 50 states.
to get someone excited and angry
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to rile smb up
to get someone excited and angry. He yelled at them and riled them up. They left quite angry. He riles up everyone he talks to.
To distract. Also to free oneself from sth, to get rid of.
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Throw off
He threw off his inhibitions. Layout shifts are very disrupting to the user, especially if you have already started reading the article and suddenly you are thrown off by a jolt of movement
to sell something cheaply in order to get rid of it quickly
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to flog off
The council may be planning to flog off most of the land to developers
said about someone when they have made an effort to look nice
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Scrub up well
Mary scrubs up well
monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation.
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keep tabs on
they liked to keep tabs in their former employees
to search through something quickly and carelessly often in order to take or steal something
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To rifle through

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