add up add | back up cause to move backwards; support | blow up cause to explode; destroy by explosives | break down analyze; list the parts of separately |
bring about cause to happen | bring off accomplish | bring on cause |
bring out publish; emphasize | bring over bring | bring to revive |
bring up raise; care for from childhood | brush out brush the inside of | burn down destroy by burning |
burn up consume by fire | buy out by the other person's share of a business | buy up buy the whole supply of |
call off cancel; order away | call up telephone; summon for military service | calm down become calm |
carry on continue | carry out fulfill; complete; accomplish; perform | carry over carry; continue at another time or place |
cheer up cause to become cheerful | chew up chew thoroughly | chop up chop into small pieces |
clean off clear the surface of | clean out clean the inside of | clean up tidy |
clear out clear the inside of | clear up clarify; clear the inside of | close down close permanently |
close up close temporarily | count in include | count out exclude |
count up calculate; count; add to a total | cross out eliminate | cut off interrupt; sever; amputate |
cut out eliminate; delete | cut down reduce in quantity | draw up write; compose (a document) |
dress up put clothes on; adorn | dust out dust the inside of | eat up eat completely |
figure out interpret; understand | figure up compute | fill in complete (a printed form) |
fill out complete (a printed form) | fill up fill completely (a container) | find out discover |
fix up repair; arrange in a suitable manner | get across cause to be understood | give back return |
give out distribute; announce | give up surrender something | hand down deliver; pronounce formally; leave as an inheritance |
hand over yield control of | hang up suspend | have on be dressed in |
have over entertain someone informally at one's home | hold off delay; restrain | hold up delay; rob; threaten with a weapon |
keep up continue; keep the same pace | leave out omit | let down disappoint |
let out release from confinement; make larger (in sewing) | light up light; illuminate thoroughly | live down live in such a way as to cause something to be forgotten |
make over remake | move over move to the side | pass out distribute |
pass up not take advantage of (as an opportunity) | pass on transmit | pay back repay |
pay off discharge a debt completely; give someone his final pay | pick up come to meet an escort; lift with hands or fingers; learn casually;initiate an association publicly | play down minimize |
play up emphasize | point out indicate | pull down pull in a downward direction; raze |
push across cause to be understood or accepted | put off postpone | put on dress in; deceive or fool |
put up preserve (food); receive as an overnight guest | quiet down be quiet | ring up the telephone |
rinse off rinse the surface of | rinse out rinse the inside of | rule out eliminate |
run down trace; disparage; hit with a vehicle | run off cause to depart; reproduce mechanically | save up accumulate |
see through complete; in spite of difficulties | see off accompany someone to the beginning of a trip | send back send to a place where formerly located |
send over send to where someone is | set up arrange | show off exhibit ostentatiously |
shut off cause to cease functioning | slow up cause to move more slowly | spell out enumerate; state in detail |
stand up fail to keep an appointment with | sweep out sweep the inside of | take back return; retract a statement |
take down remove from a high position; write from dictation | take in understood; fool; deceive; make smaller (in sewing) | take over take; assume command of |
tear down destroy | tear up tear into small pieces | tell off scold; reprimand |
think over consider | think through consider from beginning to end | think up create; invent |
throw away discard | throw over reject | tie up tie securely or tight |
tire out cause to be exhausted | touch up repair | try on put on a garment to verify the fit |
try out test | turn down refuse; lower the volume | turn out produce; force into exile, extinguish (a light) |
wash off wash the surface of | wash out wash the inside of | wear out use until no longer usable; tire greatly |
wind up finish, tighten the spring of a watch or machine | wipe off wipe the surface of | wipe out wipe the inside of; decimate |
work out solve | write down record | write out write down every detail; spell out |
write up compose; prepare (a document) |
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