List-3
1. Explain away–
Meaning-If you explain a difficulty away; you try to persuade people that it doesn’t exist.
Use-It’s better, to tell the truth about why Ken isn’t here, instead of trying to explain away his absence.
2. Fall into–
Meaning-If something falls into a particular state. it begins to be in that state.
Use- A lot of the old traditions haw fallen into disuse.
3. Fight back-
Meaning-If you fight back. you defend yourself against someone who is attacking you.
Use-We teaches the children never to start a fight but always to fight back.
4. Follow up-
Meaning-If you follow up information that someone has given you, you use it to try to find out more information.
Use-Police investigators are following up a number of leads from members of the public.
5. Get away-
Meaning- If you get away, you escape.
Use-It won’t be able to get away from the office until after 6 o’clock.
6. Give up–
Meaning-If you give up, you stop trying to do something and admit that you cannot do it.
Use- If you don’t win the first game, don’t just give up.
7. Go ahead-
Meaning–If you go ahead with something. you do what you have planned, and if something goes ahead, it happens as you have planned.
Use-The date of the meeting has been confirmed so I can go ahead & book my flight.
8. Go with-
Meaning-If one thing goes with another; it matches it or looks nice with it.
Use- What colour would go well with this hat?
9. Hang around-
Meaning- If you hang around somewhere you stay there for quite a long time doing nothing, perhaps because you are waiting for someone or something.
Use-There’s suspicious looking character hanging around the school gate.
10. Mess up-
Meaning-If you mess something up. you spoil or ruin it.
Use- The exams had messed up Jack’s holiday plans.
11. Have on-
Meaning-If you have particular clothes on. that is what you are wearing.
Use-She had on a beautiful silk dress rd never seen before.
12. Hit out at-
Meaning-If someone hits out at something, they criticize it very strongly.
Use- Most of the newspapers have hit out at the government’s decision to raise income tax.
13. Identify with-
Meaning-If you identify with someone, you understand their feelings or their behaviour because your situation is similar to theirs.
Use- Parents often find it hard to identify with their teenage children.
14. Insist on-
Meaning- If you insist on something or insist on doing something, you say or decide it or must do it.
Use-Bob is insisting on sending his children to private schools.
15. Jump at-
Meaning-If you jump at something such as an offer, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
Use-Most players would jump at the chance to play for their country.
16. Keep off-
Meaning- If you keep someone or something off a place, you make them stay away from it.
Use- If you keep off something, you avoid talking about it.
17. Kick out-
Meaning-If someone is kicked out of a place, they are forced to leave.
Use-She’s been kicked out of every club in the town.
18. Lay off-
Meaning- If workers are laid off, they are dismissed from work, either temporarily or permanently, because there is not enough work for them to do.
Use-Over 2000 staff are being laid off in the company’s 50 stores around the country.
19. Look into-
Meaning-If you look into something, you investigate it.
Use-The police are looking into how the accident could have happened.
20 Round off–
Meaning-If you round something off, you do something that ends it and makes it seem complete.
Use-They rounded off the concert with songs from famous stage shows.
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