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1:.. -, . , ·Act on (act accor c;ling to, produ ce effect)~ .The ]J[!iso ~ acted on l.'1e mind of the patie nt,,
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2. •..·•·. a. ACt for (officiate):" Dutjn g the.a bsen~ e of the Princ ipal, the Vice Princ ipal acts for him.
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3~ "· ·• A.Ct upon (act fully): Thu inust alway s act Upon the advic e ofyour paren ts.
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4. Back out of (Withdraw)· M frt
• Y end backed out of his promise.
5. Back up (support): C.P.I. is not backing up the Central Government.
6. Back off (to retreat) : Seeing me in great danger, he backed off.
7. Back down (abandon a claim): Once the judge gave his verdict, he had no choice but to back
d own.

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8. Break down ~fail) : There was a breakdown of the power supply in the city yesterday.
9. Break into (enter illegally): The thief broke into the house last night, and stole all the
ornaments.
10. Break off (stop a habit) : He is trying to break off his bad habit.
11. Break off (Discontinue): Due to constant maltreatment she has broken off her relations with
her husband.
12. Break out (appear suddenly): Jaundice has broken out in the city due to polluted water.
13. Break up (end) : The meeting broke up without taking any final decision.
14. Break with (to finish relation): The man broke with a number of his relatives on account of
his marriage.
15. Break away (to be free): The students left the school and broke away from all rules and
regulations.

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16. Bear out (confirm): His statement in the court bore out what I had said.
17. Bear upon (relevant to): What you say does not bear upon what you have given in writing.
18. Bear in mind (be attentive): You must always bear ln mind what your teacher says.
! 19. Bear with (be patient) : No body will bear with your insulting remarks again and again.
20. Bear down (over power): The army general bore down all opposition and declared himself
! President. \

21. Bear away (win): I bore away the first prize in the debate.
22. Bear up (not to despair): It is not easy to bear up in the face of grief.
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23. Bring up {rear): After the death of his father, he was brought up by his uncle.
24. Bring forth (give rise to): If you cultivate the land well, it will bring forth good harvest. _
25. Bring foiward (present): He could not bring forward any document to prove his claim.
26. Bring out (produce): The new edition of the book will be brought out soon.
27. Bring home (tell): He brought home my mistake to me.
28. Bring round (improve): Eveiy teacher brings us round and makes our life happy.
29. Bring in (earn): He depends on his house which brings in two thousand rupees per month as
rent.
30. Brtng about (cause): The removal of the Prlncipal of the college was brought about by indfsctp
among the students. .. . . . . ., ~
31. Bring back : Your letter ~rought back tl:1~ memories of your marriage ~erem~~~
32. Bring off (achieve success): The An.ti-terrorist Act brought off good resul~ •. , '. .

33. Bring on (produce) : Unempl~yment brings on youth unrest.

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34. Call in (summon) : As the patient is serious, you must call in the doctor at once. ••.
35. Call on (go to visit): It is your duty to call on the Minister, when he visi~ your town~ ;
36. Call up (to r~member): Old persons amuse themselves by calling up proud memories.
37. Call off (cancel): The workers called off tpe strike on the intervention of the officers.
38. Call for (require) : He called for an explanation of his conduct. . • ,••
39. Call upon (request): I was called upon to discuss the problem of water pollution.
40. Call forth (evoke): His feats called forth lou~ applause from the audience.
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41. Cany through (sustain): Perseverance will carry a man through great difficulties~ •
42. Cany over (postpone): The meeting was carried over to the next Sunday.
43. Carry out (execute): He carried out' the _orders given by the Principal~
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44. Canyon (continue): He will ca~ry on hi~ studies in future.

45. Cany away (inspire): The Romans were car~ied away by Marc Antony's speech.
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. • •Come down (fall): In spi~e of all effarts by the· government~ pri~es are not coming down.
. Come across (find by chance): While r?~ng alone in the forest, I c~e ac~ss a tiger. ...
Come around (agree): Friends may .disagree in their discussion, but finally they should co~
und to a common point. '·1
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me up to (be equal to): By standing first, you have come up to my expectation~.

e about (happen) : She does not know how it came about. •
e by (get): It is difficult to ·come by'old coins.··
ut (publish) : I hope that the book will come out in the next month.
(ari~e) ~ The issue will come up tom~rrow before the Parliament. .
take place) : The.annuai functi~~ will come off in the month of January.
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sh) : You must cut out smoking for your good health. .
uce) : Ifyou want to get thin, you must cut down on eating sweets. (to st0P
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e supply of): The power supply of the town h~s been cut off.
ef): He was cut up on. hearing the sad news.
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hab its.
59. Do awa y With (disc ard) : Do away with you r bad
6(). Do up (get tired) : Aft er a da , h ard labour, the poo r labo ure r is completely done up.
D wit h (m ) Ys
61. t f ( anh agt)e : You sho uld be pre par ed to do with all type s of assi stan t thes e days.
o
62. Do ou o c ea : Tha t dish onest per son did, the poo r man out of his money.
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63. Do for (ruin) : He is done for afte r the s t ock mar et cras h.
over the exercise once more
64. Do over (do aga in) : The teac her as.ked him to do
without luxuries.
65. Do wit hou t (ma nag e with out) : The pea san ts do
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sou nd of the owner of the hou se died away.
66. Die awa y (no t aud ible ) : The thie f wai ted till the
going to die out soon.
67. Die out (finish or end ) : The dowry sys tem is not
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-- -- -- -- -D r o p -- -- -- --college. decided to drop out of
68. Dro p out (leave) : Due to sho rtag e of money, he
p in (Visit wit hou t prio r noti ce) : I did not invite my fi1end to my birt hda y party, but he
69. Dro
dropped in.
D ra w -- -- -- -- --
face of fierce resi stan ce.
70. Dra w bac k (ret reat ) : The arm y drew back in the
oth er at the mar riag e party.
71. Dra w up (att ract ) : We wer e drawn up to eac h
ent with the police.
72. Dra w into (dra g) : She dre w me into an arg um
erie nce of the ir par ent s.
73. Dra w on (dep end ) : The y mu st draw on the exp
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the stor m.
74. Fall in (fall) : The roo f of the roo m fell in dur ing
upo n (att ack ) : Wh en we wer e goin g thro ugh a forest, a ban d of rob ber s fell on us.
75. Fall on or
thro ugh ( fail) : The con stru ctio n of the buil ding has fallen through due to lack of suff icie nt
76. Fall
money.
terr oris ts fell back.
77. Fall bac k (retreat} : See ing Ind ian sold iers , the
s fell off due to hea vy rain .
78. Fall off (to be less ) : The atte nda nce of the clas
frie nds .
79. Fall out (qu arre l) : She has fallen out wit h her
Get----------
nin g.
80. Get up (rise} : We mu st get up ear ly in the mor
ugh.
BI. Get thro ugh (pass} : He wor ked har d and got thro
e and the re in the nig ht.
82. Get abo ut (move to and fro): Don 't get about her
t it cou ld not be got under easily.
83. Get und er (control) : The fire was so terr ible tha
get out of the clas s.
84. Get out Oeave} : The tea che r ask ed the boy to
wit h oth ers for our own suc ces s.
85. Get alon g (live toge ther } : We sho uld get along
the orn am ent yes terd ay.
86. Get awa y (esc ape ) : The seiv ant got awa y wit h
 ff king as it is a bad hab it.
smo .
87. Get off (to get rid of): He wan ts to geto d t g ton with a wtck ed hus ban d.
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Get on with (agree): It is difficult for a a Y the e
88. dom estic prob lem s.
Get over (recover from): He coul d not get over
89. rs.
90. Get ahea d (succeed): Work hard to get ahead of othe
91. Get arou nd (circulate): Bad new s gets around very fast.
h.
92. Get at (seek): An enqu iry was orde red to get at the trut
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priz es.
Give away (distribute): The Prin cipa l gave away the
93. a fight.
Give in (surrender): The enem y finally gave in afte r
94. g~ve way.
Give way (break): Due to heav y rain s, the old brid ge
95.
96. Give off (emit): The chim ney gives off smo ke.
97. Give out (be exha uste d): His cour age finally gave out.
ent did not resp ond to the treatment,
98. Give up (lose hope): The doct or gave up whe n the pati

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ugh a den se fore st yesterday.
99. Go thro ugh (pas s thro ugh) : My frien d was going thro
into the mat ter carefully.
100. Go into (to enquire) : He requ este d me to go
by.
IOI. Go by (acc ept) : Hon esty is a good rule to go
the train .
102. Go off (leave): He went off in a hun y to catc h
beyond the law.
103. Go beyo nd (exceed): The police shou ld not go
back on you r wor d.
104. Go back on (fail tb ke'ep promise) : Do not go
our wor k.
105. Go forward (proceed): Let us go forward with
go ahead.
106. Go ahea d (continue): Don 't be disc oura ged,
go about for noth ing the who le day.
107. Go abo ut (move here and there): It is bad to
r as soo n as he ente red the stree t.
108. Go for (attack): The dog went for the stra nge
the wish es of his father.
109. Go agai nst (be opp osed to): He went against
with the pub lic.
110. Go dow n (believe): His spee ch won 't go down well

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111. Han d in (submit): Kindly hand in you r hom ewo rk.
eme nt.
112. Han ~ dow n (give): The judg e handed down the judg
the Prin cipa l.
113. Han d out (distribute): The priz es wer e handed out by
the teac her.
114. Han d over (transfer): He handed over his char ge to

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not bee n able to hang together.
115. Han g toge ther (rem ain unit ed): The family have
ship sank .
116. Han g on (hold): He hung on to the mas t till the
nd fast food rest aura nts.
117. Han g arou nd (loiter near): Tee nage rs hang arou
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uld no t hol d back vit al inf
118. Hold ba ck (ke ep sec ret ): We sho for long?
Ho ld ou t (en dur e): Do yo u thi nk the str ike rs will no t be abl e to hol d out
I 19. du e to the
one ): Th e Pri nci pal ha s hel d over the exa mi nat ion for a week
120. Hold ov er (postp
election.
ngl y): Th e boy hel d fas t to his mo ther, wh en he wa s going to school.
121. Hold fas t (ca tch stro
ang ers were hel d up by the robbers.
122. Hold up (stop by force): Th e str
nm ent sho uld hol d down. the pri ces .
123. Hold do wn (control): Th e go ver ther.
. Ho ld on (wa it on the pho ne) : Ple ase hol d on, I hav e sen t for my mo
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p dow n ou r weight.
125. Keep do wn (control): We sho uld kee
ck (hi de) : We sho uld no t kee p back any thi ng from ou r par ent s.
126. Keep ba .
ch eck the ent iy) : He ord ere d the sei van t to sh ut the do or to keep me out
127. Keep ou t (to
g till I wa s completely tired.
128. Keep on (co nti nue ): I kept on rea din day.
(ke ep in the hou se) : I wa s kep t in du e to hea vy rai n du rin g the
129. Keep in
rep uta tio n of he r family.
130. Keep up (m ain tai n) : Sh e kee ps up, the
t of my room.
131. Keep ou t of (st ay away): Sh e kept ou
always keep off the gra ss.
132. Keep off (st ay aw ay from): We sho uld
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the r loo ks after me.
133. Look aft er (ta ke car e of): My mo
iga tio n): Th e Pri nci pal ask ed the tea che r to loo k int o the ma tte r of
134. Look int o (m ake invest
stu de nt ind isc ipl ine .
(se arc h): Loo k up the dic tio nai y an d find ou t the me ani ng of the wo rd.
135. Look up
wn up on (ha te) : Th e ric h sho uld no t look dow n up on the poor.
136. Look do ure .
ve for fut ure ): We sho uld lay by a pa rt of ou r inc om e for the fut
137. Lay by (re ser
dow n the ir arm s bef ore the police
.
(su rre nd er) : Th e dac oit s laid
138. Lay do wn
ha d to lay off som e wo rke rs
139. Lay off (dismiss): Th e fac tor y
goo ds for the exhibition.
140. Lay ou t (arrange) : Lay out the
g for a job .
141. Look for (search): He is loo kin bef ore
e mi nis ter loo ked the pa pe rs ove r bef ore pla cin g the bu dg et
142. Look ove r (examine ): Th
Parliament. fut ure .
(ex cus e): Th e cla ss tea che r let me off wi th the wa rni ng no t to be lat e in
143. Le t off ult ies .
(to ma ke hop ele ss) : We sho uld no t let dow n ou r fri end s in the ir dif fic
144. Le t do wn gh t he lp him .
int rod uce ): I wa s com ple tel y let int o his pro ble m so tha t I mi
145. Let int o (to
I hav e a big ho use so I ca n Ietitout.
146. Let ou t (to give ho use on rent):
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e thieves made off as soon as the police arrived.
147. Make off (to run away) Th that it is diffi.cult for me to make out what Y0q
148. Make out (understand): You speak so badly

saying. . Th train is one hour late; it will make up the fune hi.
149. Make up (complete or compensate). e
course. d h alth
150. Make for (be helpful): Early rising makes for goo e •
151. Make over (transform): He m~de over his old house.
152. Make for (rush to): He made for h ome w hen it rained.
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153. • )·. MK Gandhi passed away in 1948.•
Pass away (d1e
154. Pass by (go by the side): I pass by tho~e th.m gs which are not liked by me.
155. Pass off (finish): The rain passed off before I left for college.
156. Pass on (go forward): Let us pass on to another chapter.
157. Pass out (give): He passed out lllformation to the press reporter.
158. Pass through (undergo): He is passing through a difficult phase of life.

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159. Put in (present): You can put in whatever you wish in support of your case.
160. Put on (wear): He has put on new clothes today.
161. Put off (postpone): They had to put off the match because of rain.
162. Put out (extinguish): Putout the light and sleep.
163. Put up with (bear): Sometime~ you have to put up with even arrogant people.
164. Put across (convey): He puts his ideas across convincingly.
165. Put aside (leave): He w~s asked to put aside the unrealistic plan.
166. Put down (write): Please put down your address on this paper.

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167. Pull down (demolish): Pulling down~ building is easier than constructing it.
168. Pull up (reprimand) : I was pulled up by the Principal for my mistake.
169. Pull through (recover): The patient will pull through under proper care.
170. Pull in (arrive): The Rajdhani Express finally pulled in.
171. Pull out (leave): He pulled out of the partnership because of differences.
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pollce the,thief ran away.
112. • ) Seein g the
Run away {went away
!73. ....... the thief and caught h im .
Run after {follow): The polic eman ran cu1.er
174. . Ran out (finish): He could not proce ed to Delhi beca use his mone y had run out.
[75. Run over (hit with): The spee ding truck ran over a smal l child.
l76. Run down (hit) : He was run down by a bus.
l77. Run acro ss (hap pen to meet): I ran across my friend in the mark et.
.
.78. Run for (cont est elect ions) : He ran for the post of village head man
79. Run up (grow quickly): My expe nses have run up recently.
80. Run to (reac h an amou nt): The bill ran to a thou sand rupe es.
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81. Set in (begin) : It will take a week for the rains to set in.
82. Set out (start ): I have decid ed to set out for Agra this week .
now.
83. Set up (esta blish ) : You mus t try to set up your own busin ess
y for emer genc y.
84. Set apar t (rese rve): Wise peop le alwa ys set apart some mone
85. Set on (insti gated ): Kind ly tell me who set you on to do this.
86. Set abou t (begin) : We shou ld set about fixing the roof.
uctio n back by a year.
87. Set back (chec k prog ress) : The fire in the facto ry set the prod
ay.
88. Set forth (begi n a journ ey): He set forth to see the Tuj on Mond
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see off his siste r.
39. See off (witn ess one's depa rture ): He went to the stati on to
plan ned.
~O. See throu gh (pen etrat e): I coul d not see through wha t he had
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.
their difflc ultie~ .
~I. Stan d by (supp ort): It is our duty to stand by our frien ds in
weak mem bers in our soc
~2. Stan d up for (defe nd) : W~ shou ld alwa ys stand up for the
(support).
}3. Stan d up (get up): The teac her orde red the
stud ents to stand up in the class .

}4. Stan d for (pres ent hims elf): She decid ed to·
stand for elect ion to the coun cil.

}5. Strik e out (eras e): He struck out the last stanz a.
ge.
}6. Strik e off (rem ove) : Her nam e was struck off from the colle
}7• Strik e down (atta ck): She is struck down with fever.
lB. Strik e at (aim a blow at): My frien d struck atme .
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• .•199. ' Tuke afte r (resemble): In his physical app eara
1
the tem ple.
re ente ring
• •200 . , Toke off (rem~ve): He took his sho es off befo
h t1 uick ly wh en I dic tate my JudgCJnei
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n w a say q
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, 20 L Take down (write): You mu stta ke dow

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202 ; • Take up (pursue) : The teac her too up a n

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bling.
· 203. Take to (addicted to): He h~s noW taken to gam
hea ring the sad new s.
204. Taken aba ck (surprise) : She was taken ab~Ck o~ ,
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205. Toke out (remove): Take tha t pap er out of the ftle.
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Tum down (reject): ~e officer ~Urned down req the lles t of the cler k for two days' I~\l'e.
206. e for the mee ting .
207. Tum up (come): All mem bers mu st turn up on tim
turned him out froll
Tur n out (to get outside) : .The boy mis~ehaved and so the tea che r
208. . • •
class. •
Tum off (set ~sid~): If the st~d ent 1:>ehaVeS so badly, ~hy do you not tum him oft?
209.
·: The witiless turned against the acc use d.
210. Tum against (become ho~tile)·
ed away as the stad ium was fun
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e turn
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awa y (not allow to· ente r) : Man y peo ple wer

211. Tum •
. .• · · • •Throw •
Prin cipa l. .
Throw out (reject): My applic~tion was thr~wn out by the
h my wor k, so I threw up the post.
Throw up (res i~): ':fhe Principal was not sati sfie d wit
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bes t to win him over. b t him

• Work on (to influence}.: I tried my
Work upo n (motivate}: ,Ou~ lead ers work upon th " '. u no arg um ent worked on th
lfS. . . e ieefil:lgs of the ign ora nt villagers
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k up {to excite}: A good· spe ake r· always wor k8 up th e Iisten ers.
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out (solve} . I requ este d my clas s teac h t
(w~ t): ~ill ~~e wait for vou at the staeti~0 ~o at
wo5rk out my pro blem .
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record S?mething in, writ J • r a ddress .
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