Phrasal Verbs List

REF	LEVEL	WORD	T	MEANING	EXAMPLE
PV01
PV01		drop out of sth	i.	stop participating or being involved in sth	You'll never go to college if you drop out of high school.
PV01		churn (sth) out	s.	produce sth quickly and in large amounts	Chinese factories churn out 40% of the world's solar panels.
PV01		hold out sth	i.	have a feeling of hope or optimism	We can't hold out much hope that the weather will improve.
PV01		take sth out on sb/sth	s.	treat sb badly because you are angry	I know you've had a bad day, but there's no need to take it out on me!
PV01		bear (sb/sth) out	s.	support the truth of something	I hope that the following pages will bear out that assumption.
PV01		eke (sth) out	s.	make up for the deficiencies of	Migrants send home cash that helps eke out low village incomes.
PV01		fizzle out	i.	gradually end in a disappointing way	It is not a promising thing; probably it will just fizzle out.
PV01		work out at sth	i.	​add up to a particular amount	They have worked out at the cost of this program.
PV01		grow out of sth	i.	become too tall or too big to wear sth	When she grew out of her sweater, she gave it to her little brother.
PV01		opt out of sth	i.	decide not to be part of a group	Schools and housing associations can opt out of local authority control.
PV02
PV02		rule sb/sth out	s.	​exclude sb or sth as a possibility	They cannot rule out the possibility of mistaken identity.
PV02		walk out on sb/sth	i.	​abandon or leave someone or something	Ann was inconsolable. How could her husband walk out on her like that?
PV02		wear (sth) out	s.	become damaged and useless	We have to buy you new shoes, because these have worn out.
PV02		phase (sth) out	s.	​remove or stop using sth gradually	The proposal to phase out the sugar program emerged on Monday.
PV02		take (sth) out	s.	obtain an official document or service	She took out a mortgage on the house to pay for business expenses.
PV02		not be cut out for sth	i.	not be the right type of person for sth	Richard is squeamish, so he's not cut out for being a doctor.
PV02		see (sb) out	s.	go to the door with sb to say goodbye	Andrea saw the last guests out and locked the door.
PV02		stand out	i.	be easily seen or noticed	The skier's red clothes stood out clearly against the snow.
PV02		ask (sb) out	s.	invite someone out on a date	Everyone knows you fancy Helen. Why don't you ask her out?
PV02		break out in	i.	be affected by a problem on your skin	When you have the measles, you break out in spots.
PV03
PV03		run up against sb/sth	i.	experience or meet a difficulty or problem	We didn't know we'd run up against so much opposition.
PV03		liven (sb/sth) up	s.	become more interesting and exciting	She had slipped in a few jokes to liven the speech up.
PV03		stand up to sb/sth	i.	refuse to accept unfair treatment from sb	They are in no position to stand up to hostile superiors.
PV03		conjure (sb/sth) up	s.	present to the mind, evoke or imagine	I cannot help but conjure up the memories of the good old days.
PV03		own up to sb/doing sth	i.	admit to having done something wrong	Last month, her husband owned up to a secret affair with his secretary.
PV03		weigh (sb/sth) up	s.	carefully assess someone or something	They need to weigh up the costs and benefits of regulation.
PV03		draw (sth) up	s.	prepare a draft of (a legal document)	They asked him to draw up proposals for reforming the law.
PV03		slip up	i.	make a careless error	I think I slipped up and sent the check to the wrong address.
PV03		notch (sth) up	s.	achieve something	Marta notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game.
PV03		face up to sth	i.	accept that a difficult situation exist	He has grown up now, and he must face up to his responsibilities.
PV04
PV04		end up (doing sth)	i.	become eventually, turn out to be	Mark was late and ended up breaking their dinner date.
PV04		act up	i.	(of a thing) fail to function properly	If the pressure is too low, the heating system will act up.
PV04		crop up	i.	happen or appear, often unexpectedly	We are discussing the problems that have recently cropped up.
PV04		live up to sth	i.	achieve what is expected	The players failed to live up to their coach's expectations.
PV04		dredge (sth) up	s.	mention sth that has been forgotten	She likes to dredge up unpleasant little facts about the film stars.
PV04		be tied up in sth	i.	(of money) not easily available for use	Her money is tied up in securities and is not available to her at present.
PV04		feel up to (doing) sth	i.	have the energy to do something	I'm exhausted. I feel up to going to Bob's barbecue tonight.
PV04		whip (sb/sth) up	s.	encourage strong emotions in people	We should whip up all the members of the party to discuss it.
PV04		get up to sth	i.	do sth, especially sth slightly bad	Go upstairs and see what the kids are getting up to.
PV04		send (sb/sth) up	s.	give an exaggerated imitation of sb	The comic skit sent up the foolishness of young men in love.
PV05
PV05		doze off	i.	start to sleep, especially during the day	The film was so monotonous that he dozed off in the middle of it.
PV05		hit it off (with sb)	s.	like sb and become friendly immediately	Unfortunately, I didn't really hit it off with my manager.
PV05		ward (sb/sth) off	s.	prevent something from harming you	She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant.
PV05		tick (sb) off (for sth)	s.	reprimand or rebuke someone	The teacher ticked Helen off for being careless.
PV05		trigger (sth) off	s.	make something happen very quickly	It is still unclear what events triggered off the demonstrations.
PV05		rip (sb) off	s.	charge sb too much money for sth	The lack of a meter allows drivers to rip off passengers.
PV05		lay (sb) off	s.	stop employing someone	They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.
PV05		see (sb) off	s.	accompany sb to their point of departure	Ann was touched that Brian had come to see her off.
PV05		make off (with sth)	i.	hurry away, especially in order to escape	Thieves broke into the gallery and made off with some paintings.
PV05		knock (sth) off	s.	stop doing something, especially work	Let's knock off work early and go to the football game.
PV06
PV06		pay off	i.	be successful and bring good results	All his hard work paid off, and she finally passed the exam.
PV06		fob (sb) off (with sth)	s.	dispose of sth by fraud or deception	They tried to fob me off with a cheap camera.
PV06		stave (sth) off	s.	avert or delay sth bad or dangerous	She staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.
PV06		nod off	i.	fall asleep, especially unintentionally	Other kids nod off easily, but can't sleep through the night.
PV06		wear off	i.	gradually disappear or stop	The effects of the anaesthetic will wear off within a few hours.
PV06		live off sth	i.	live by growing or finding your own food	It's a very fertile countryside where you can live off the land.
PV06		fall off	i.	decrease in quantity or quality	The standard of cooking fell off when the old chef left.
PV06		veer off	i.	suddenly or sharply change direction	If you fall asleep while driving, you'll probably veer off the road.
PV06		hold off	i.	(of rain or a storm) to not start	The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.
PV06		pull (sth) off	s.	succeed in doing sth that is difficult	Reducing costs in today's climate will be a difficult trick to pull off.
PV07
PV07		clamp down on sb/sth	i.	stop or limit an activity	The new government promised to clamp down on welfare scroungers.
PV07		back down (on/from sth)	i.	take back a demand, an opinion	He has backed down from the position he took last week.
PV07		pin (sb) down	s.	force someone to make a decision	Did you manage to pin Frank down to a definite date?
PV07		tone (sth) down	s.	make sth less forceful or offensive	You'd better tone down the more offensive remarks in your article.
PV07		bucket down	i.	rain heavily	As soon as we were inside, the rain began to bucket down.
PV07		come down to sth	i.	have sth as the most important part	I thought I might just as well come down to the point.
PV07		hand (sth) down (to sb)	s.	pass something on to a younger person	This knowledge was handed down in the family from father to son.
PV07		track (sb/sth) down	s.	find sb or sth after a thorough search	We finally tracked him down at his house in London.
PV07		pull (sth) down	s.	destroy sth or make it stop existing	They pulled down the warehouse to build a new supermarket.
PV07		bring (sb/sth) down	s.	make sb lose power or be defeated	Will the disaffection of the young bring down the regime?
PV08
PV08		get down to sth	i.	give serious attention to sth	Let's get down to business right away-we'll stop for coffee later.
PV08		boil down to sth	i.	have sth as a main or basic part	The remaining results boil down to the same conclusion.
PV08		jot (sth) down	s.	write a short piece of information quickly	Robert jotted her name down on the back of an envelope.
PV08		play (sth) down	s.	make something seem less important	The government sought to play down the extent of the problem.
PV08		die down	i.	become reduced in strength	It was several minutes before the applause died down.
PV08		step down (as/from sth)	i.	resign from an important position	Marco reluctantly agreed to step down as managing director.
PV08		send (sb) down	s.	sentence someone to imprisonment	He was sent down for twenty five years for robbing a bank.
PV08		wind (sth) down	s.	gradually reduce work	The Detroit carmaker said it would now wind down production.
PV08		wolf (sth) down	s.	eat something very quickly	I saw a beggar wolf down a piece of cake in the street last night.
PV09
PV09		dwell on/upon sth	i.	keep thinking or talking about sth	So you made a mistake, but there's no need to dwell on it.
PV09		catch on	i.	become popular or fashionable	Some students started wearing denim, and the idea caught on.
PV09		egg (sb) on	s.	incite, urge ahead, provoke	We cannot let the other side egg us on into a civil war.
PV09		hinge on/upon sth	i.	depend on something	The case hinged on the evidence of the only witness to the killing.
PV09		dawn on sb	i.	become known or obvious to someone	It slowly dawned on me that he might have been mistaken.
PV09		have (sb) on	s.	make sb think that sth is true, as a joke	You really won all that money on a horse? Are you not having me on?
PV09		capitalise on sth	i.	use a situation to your own advantage	The President has lost no opportunity to capitalise on his new position.
PV09		wait on sb/sth	i.	act as a servant to somebody	The staff who waited on us at dinner were excellent.
PV09		pick on sb	i.	treat someone badly or unfairly	We were only freshmen, so the older kids liked to pick on us.
PV09		bring (sth) on	s.	cause sth, typically sth unpleasant	Exhaust fumes made him drowsy and brought on a headache.
PV10
PV10		cotton on (to sth)	i.	begin to understand a situation or fact	It took him some time to cotton on to what she meant.
PV10		bank on sb/sth	i.	base one's hopes or confidence on sth	I trust him, and believe me, you can bank on him too.
PV10		touch on/upon sth	i.	speak briefly about something	The coach touched upon some issues at the press conference.
PV10		stamp on sth	i.	stop sth by taking determined action	All attempts at modernisation were stamped on by senior officials.
PV10		frown on/upon sth	i.	disapprove of something	The Boss will frown on those who come to work late.
PV10		harp on (about sth)	i.	complain about something many times	He's always harping on about a lack of discipline.
PV10		prey on/upon sb/sth	i.	try to deceive or harm weaker people	It's contemptible that these sorts of people prey on the seniors.
PV10		grow on sb	i.	become gradually more appealing to sb	Slowly and strangely, the place began to grow on me.
PV10		reflect on/upon sb/sth	i.	influence people's opinion of sb or sth	Before sleep overtook us, we reflected on our last few days' climbing.
PV10		getting on for	i.	approaching (a specified time, age)	She was getting on for fifty, a handsome, tall woman, very well-dressed.
PV11
PV11		sink in/into sth	i.	become completely known or understood	It took a moment for the implications of what he was saying to sink in.
PV11		let (sb) in on sth	s.	allow someone to share a secret	He was a real wally, so the others didn't let him in on their plan.
PV11		set in	i.	begin and seem likely to continue	This rain looks as if it has set in for the rest of the day.
PV11		barge in	i.	enter somewhere rudely	I tried to stop him from coming through the door, but he just barged in.
PV11		bump into sb	i.	meet by chance, encounter unexpectedly	We bumped into Sofia when we were in Rome last week.
PV11		consist in (doing) sth	i.	be based on or depend on something	Happiness does not consist in how many possessions you own.
PV11		talk (sb) into sth	s.	persuade someone to do something	I didn't want to move abroad, but Fred talked me into it.
PV11		come in for sth	i.	receive blame or criticism	Stephen came in for sharp criticism from women's groups.
PV11		lay (sth) in	s.	collect and store sth to use in the future	They should lay in plenty of food in case they're cut off when it snows.
PV11		tie (sth) in (with sth)	s.	match or agree with something	Her description tied in with that of the other witness.
PV12
PV12		drink (sth) in	s.	experience sth with great enjoyment	Sandra drank in the beauty of the woodland scene.
PV12		flood in/into sth	s.	enter a place in large numbers	Refugees continue to flood into neighbouring countries.
PV12		result in sth	i.	cause a particular situation to happen	The closure of the import department resulted in over 50 redundancies.
PV12		have it in for sb	s.	be determined to criticize or harm sb	Mandy had it in for me - I could tell by the look in her eyes.
PV12		eat into sth	i.	use up a quantity of profits, resources	Unfortunately, the cost of selling can eat into our profits.
PV12		turn in	i.	go to bed in the evening	I'm going to have to turn in. I'm not used to these late nights.
PV12		be done in	i.	be very tired, exhausted	They were completely done in after the long climb.
PV12		stand in (for sb)	i.	do sb else’s job temporarily	Can you stand in for Ann at the meeting next month?
PV12		rake (sth) in	s.	earn or receive a large amount of money	The dealers can rake in another ten or fifteen per cent on the takings.
PV12		blend in (with sb/sth)	i.	look like things nearby	The fish settles on the sandy ocean bottom where it blends in perfectly.
PV13
PV13		bargain for/on sth	i.	expect or be prepared for something	We hadn't bargained for such a dramatic change in the weather.
PV13		vouch for sb/sth	i.	say that sb or sth is honest, true	I've read this report carefully, and I can vouch for its truthfulness.
PV13		account for sth	i.	be the explanation or cause of something	How can we account for the recent population explosion?
PV13		settle for (doing) sth	i.	be happy or satisfied with	He couldn't find any cola, so he had to settle for orange juice.
PV13		answer for sth	i.	accept responsibility for something	Their coach must answer for the team's poor performance.
PV13		fall for sth	i.	be deceived by something	She must have been pretty gullible to fall for that old trick.
PV13		fend for yourself	i.	take care of and provide for yourself	Our concern restricts their ability to fend for themselves.
PV13		make for somewhere/sth	i.	go in the direction of a particular place	Richard pushed carelessly past her and made for the door.
PV13		fish for sth	i.	try to get sth, without asking directly	She's always fishing for compliments about her looks.
PV13		want for sth	i.	lack something that you really need	He's ensured that his children will want for nothing.
PV14
PV14		tamper with sth	i.	interfere, especially in a harmful way	Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of his car.
PV14		part with sth	i.	give something to someone else	Don't be too quick to part with your hard-earned cash.
PV14		dispense with sb/sth	i.	stop using sth or get rid of it completely	Our company now have no option but to dispense with his services.
PV14		contend with sb/sth	i.	have to deal with sth difficult	The competitors had to contend with squally weather conditions.
PV14		live with sth	i.	accept something unpleasant	They learned to live with each other's imperfections.
PV14		reason with sb	i.	persuade sb not to do something stupid	You should reason with her instead of just telling her to obey.
PV14		side with sb (against sb)	i.	support somebody in an argument	He sided with his sister against the others in the class.
PV14		reckon with sb/sth	i.	have to deal with sb or sth powerful	We shall reckon with the renegades sooner or later.
PV14		level with sb	i.	tell someone the truth about something	Diane decided to level with him and tell him how she felt.
PV14		stick with sb/sth	i.	continue using or doing something	We decided to stick with our original plan.
PV15
PV15		resort to (doing) sth	i.	make use of sth, especially sth bad	Officials fear that extremists may resort to violence.
PV15		accede to sth	i.	agree to a request, proposal	They could do no other than accede to the demands of the victors.
PV15		see to sb/sth	i.	care for, attend to, or deal with sb or sth	Will you see to the arrangements for the next meeting?
PV15		descend to (doing) sth	i.	lower oneself by doing something	I never thought John would descend to stealing.
PV15		attribute sth to sb/sth	s.	say that sth is caused by sth else	We attribute courage to the lion and cunning to the fox.
PV15		occur to sb	i.	​come into your mind	It did not occur to her to ask the police for assistance.
PV15		resign yourself to sth	i.	​reluctantly accept an unpleasant situation	At twenty, I resigned myself to the fact that I'd never be a painter.
PV15		amount to sth	i.	make something as a total	Our travelling expenses amount to eight hundred pounds.
PV15		lend itself to sth	s.	​be suitable for something	His voice doesn't really lend itself well to rock singing.
PV15		adhere to sth	i.	​believe in and follow the practices of	They failed to adhere to our original agreement.
PV16
PV16		stem from sth	i.	​be the result of something	His interest in flowers stems from his childhood in the country.
PV16		derive from sth	i.	​come or be obtained from something	Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek words.
PV16		hail from sth	i.	have been born in a particular place	The representatives hail from all parts of the country.
PV16		shrink from (doing) sth	i.	try to avoid sth difficult or unpleasant	Mike is not the sort to shrink from taking chances.
PV16		refrain from (doing) sth	i.	stop yourself from doing something	Please refrain from talking during the performance.
PV16		detract from sth	i.	make something seem less good	One mistake is not going to detract from your achievement.
PV16		emanate from sb/sth	i.	​come from or out of something	The idea emanated from a discussion we had the other day.
PV16		hear sth from sb	s.	​be contacted by someone	I haven't heard from her for weeks, but there's still hope.
PV16		deviate from sth	i.	stray especially from a standard, principle	We will never deviate from what we believe to be right.
PV16		shy away from sth	i.	move away from or try to avoid sth	They must not shy away from their collective responsibilities.
PV17
PV17		abide by sth	i.	accept and obey a decision, rule etc.	We are not free agents. We abide by the decisions of our president.
PV17		stow away (on sth)	i.	hide in a ship, plane etc. to travel secretly	A girl was caught trying to stow away on a plane.
PV17		deprive (sb/sth) of sth	s.	​prevent someone from having something	We often deprive our students of the ability to apply their maths.
PV17		take (sb) aback	s.	shock or surprise somebody very much	He seemed even more taken aback than I was, and this heartened me.
PV17		go back on sth	i.	fail to keep a promise	He said he would lend me some money, but went back on his promise.
PV17		stumble across sb/sth	i.	find sth, or meet sb, by accident	She stumbled across this silver ring in the shop down the road.
PV17		hanker after/for sth	i.	have a strong desire for something	This wet summer makes her hanker after a holiday in the sun.
PV17		jump at sth	i.	accept something eagerly	Sarah jumped at any opportunity to make Bob look small.
PV17		sail through sth	i.	succeed very easily in a test, examination	He was intelligent, learned quickly, and sailed through his exams.
PV17		mull (sth) over	s.	think carefully about sth for a long time	They need some time to mull it over before making a decision.
PV18
PV18		mope about/around	i.	move around a place in a sad slow way	Joanne spends her days moping around the house.
PV18		nose around/about for sth	i.	look around a place, often to find sth	They found a man nosing around in our backyard.
PV18		dispose of sb/sth	i.	​get rid of someone or something	We will have to dispose of the mice in the cellar.
PV18		come by sth	i.	​manage to acquire or obtain something	How did you come by that scar on your cheek?
PV18		arrive at sth	i.	reach an agreement about something	We all argued about it for hours and finally arrived at a decision.
PV18		fuss over sb/sth	i.	pay a lot of attention to sb/sth	I personally think it's all been a lot of fuss over nothing.
PV18		fire away	i.	speak without hesitation	Fire away. Ask me anything you like.
PV18		shine through sth	i.	be easy to see or notice	We believe the excellence of our projects will shine through.
PV18		run after sb	i.	seek the company of a sexual partner	Marvin is always running after younger women.
PV18		come across	i.	​meet or find sb/sth by chance	I've just come across an old friend I haven't seen for ages.
PV19
PV19		stand for sth	i.	be an abbreviation or symbol of sth	She won't even say what the initials stand for.
PV19		scrape by (on sth)	i.	live with barely enough money	Mark can just scrape by on what his parents give me.
PV19		play with sth	i.	try different ways of doing something	He plays with the exotic sounds of Chinese instruments.
PV19		ascribe sth to sb	s.	refer to a supposed source, or author	Scholars ascribe the unsigned painting to Rubens.
PV19		tag along (behind/with sb)	i.	go somewhere with a person or group	We let her tag along because she had not been too well lately.
PV19		fall about (doing) sth	i.	laugh without being able to stop	We all fell about when he did his imitation of the tea-lady.
PV19		gloss over sth	i.	avoid talking about sth unpleasant	It is bad policy to gloss over the difficulties.
PV19		consist of sth	i.	be formed from two or more things	Women's teams consist of three competitors plus one reserve.
PV19		whittle sth away	s.	reduce or get rid of something slowly	Inflation has steadily whittled away their savings.
PV19		wade through sth	i.	read a lot of boring information	I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.
PV21
PV21		outbreak	in.	the sudden start of war, disease	After the outbreak of fighting, all foreign journalists were expelled.
PV21		upkeep	in.	keeping sth in good condition	Most of the money is spent on the upkeep of the building.
PV21		knock-off	h.	a bad or cheap copy of something	These all sound like knock-offs of Abba songs to me.
PV21		turnout	c.	the number of people who partake in sth	We had a much better turnout for the company picnic this year than last.
PV21		onset	in.	the beginning of something	His first hit record marked the onset of an astonishing career.
PV21		takeover	c.	the acquisition of a public company	Details of the takeover terms were announced yesterday afternoon.
PV21		rip-off	h.	something that is unreasonably expensive	The meal was a rip-off, and the service was appalling.
PV21		lockdown	c.	a measure taken during an emergency	They imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus.
PV21		pile-up	h.	a traffic accident involving many vehicles	Six people died in a multiple pile-up in freezing fog.
PV21		break-in	h.	an entry into a building using force	Detectives have linked the break-in to a similar crime in the area.
PV22
PV22		downturn	in.	a decline in economic or other activity	The downturn in business has resulted in many retrenchments.
PV22		kick-off	h.	the start of a game of football	Each half of the game begins with a kick-off.
PV22		go-ahead	h.	permission to do something	The council has given the go-ahead to start building.
PV22		hold-up	h.	an armed theft or robbery	There was a hold-up at the bank near the cinema.
PV22		inlet	in.	a small arm of the sea, a lake, or a river	We went to a fishing village on a small inlet of the sea.
PV22		outcry	in.	a strong expression of public disapproval	An increase in taxes produced an outcry from the voters.
PV22		handover	c.	an act of handing something over	Arrangements for the handover of prisoners have been made.
PV22		blackout	c.	a sudden loss of electricity	She keeps flashlights and candles handy in case of a blackout.
PV22		lay-off	h.	the act of ending the employment	The company announced the lay-off of several hundred employees.
PV22		bypass	in.	a road that goes around a crowded area	Proposals to build a bypass were first introduced in 1986.
PV23
PV23		breakthrough	c.	a sudden increase in knowledge	They have achieved a real breakthrough in the search for peace.
PV23		drawback	c.	a disadvantage or hindrance	Bad weather was the main drawback to camping in the far north.
PV23		touchdown	c.	the moment at which a plane lands	What was the plane's speed at touchdown?
PV23		intake	in.	an amount of food taken into the body	His doctor warned him to reduce his daily food intake.
PV23		dropout	c.	one who drops out of school	About half of the prisoners are high-school dropouts.
PV23		outlet	in.	a means of release or satisfaction	Her father had found an outlet for his ambition in his work.
PV23		tip-off	h.	a piece of information that you give to sb	Following a tip-off from a friend, they sold all our shares.
PV23		crackdown	c.	the severe enforcing of regulations	A few people managed to get out before the government crackdown.
PV23		outgoings	in.	the money you have to spend regularly	Before taking a loan, you should calculate your monthly outgoings.
PV23		stowaway	c.	someone who hides on a ship, airplane	The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.
PV24
PV24		runabout	c.	a small car used for short trips	Helen bought a runabout for city errands.
PV24		comedown	c.	a decline in position, status	It's a bit of a comedown to leave school and then not get a job.
PV24		washout	c.	a period that is spoiled by heavy rain	He feared that the party was going to be a washout after torrential rain.
PV24		fallback	c.	a plan that may be used in an emergency	What's our fallback if they don't come up with the money?
PV24		flyover	c.	overpass	The A5 flyover is expected to be closed for up to a year.
PV24		take-up	h.	the acceptance of something offered	When we abolished it, there was scarcely any take-up.
PV24		stand-in	h.	a person who stands in for another	Ms Brown couldn't be here today, so I'm her stand-in.
PV24		sleepover	c.	an overnight stay as at another's home	They placed us side by side in the nursery, our first sleepover.
PV24		bailout	c.	the act of saving or rescuing something	Two years of huge losses forced the bank to seek a government bailout.
PV24		hang-up	h.	an emotional problem or inhibition	She's got a real hang-up about her freckles.

REF	LEVEL	WORD	T	MEANING	EXAMPLE
SYNONYMS
PV25	=	crack down = clamp down	i	try harder to prevent an illegal activity	Recently, decrees were issued to clamp down on terrorism.
PV25	=	end up = wind up	i	become eventually, turn out to be	You know you're going to wind up in court over this.
PV25	=	hit out = lash out	i	criticise sb or sth in forceful terms	In a speech, the minister hit out at racism in the armed forces.
PV25	=	touch on/upon = allude to	i	mention something or someone indirectly	She did not even allude to her sister's engagement to Mark.
PV25	=	tell (sb) off = tick (sb) off	s	reprimand or rebuke someone	Traffic police ticked off a pensioner for jumping a red light.
PV25	=	take down = jot down	s	write a short piece of information quickly	I'll just jot down his phone number before I forget it.
PV25	=	see to = deal with	i	attend to or deal with something	This machine isn't working; get a mechanic to see to it.
PV25	=	doze off = drift off	i	gradually start to sleep	Just two tablets at bedtime will help you gently drift off.
PV25	=	chicken out = bottle out	i	lose one's nerve and decide not to do sth	She was going to enter the contest, but she bottled out.