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Longman phrasal verbs dictionary: over 5000 phrasal verbs.
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... CLOTHES, you will
find various phrasal verbs meaning to put on clothes, and also various phrasal verbs meaning to
take off clothes. Once you have found the group of phrasal verbs you are interested ... PHRASAL VERB ACTIVATOR
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This special section contains 16 different topic areas, in which groups of phrasal verbs that are
similar in meaning are shown ... of the dictiona...
... revenge/vengeance The family
could not forgive the girl
's
killers, and were
bent on revenge.
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BEVY
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bend over
1 1
bend over
I5th]
to move the top part of your body forwards
at the waist or shoulders: ... first prize of
$1, 000,000.
+
with
After five years of battling it out with
the planning department we finally got
approval to build the house.
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BEAR
BAULK
SEE
balk
ALSO...
... body: She put on her
coat and went outside.
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liked the shoes, and
when 1put them on they fitted perfectly.
• OPPOSITE:
take off
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put on
1
5th
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put
1
5th
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on
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to put make-up, cream etc on ... else?
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SIMILAR TO:
ring round/around
BrE,
call around
especially AmE
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PHONE
phone back
+1
phone back
1 I
phone
1
sb
I
back
1
1
phone back ~
to telephone someone for a second time...
... face.
+ on You can stop the video and zoom in on
anything on the screen.
• OPPOSITE:
zoom out
1zoom off 1
informal
to leave somewhere quickly and sud-
denly: Mark jumped in his car and zoomed off
without ... a high degree of accuracy
*
SIMIlAR TO:
home in on, pinpoint
ZIP
zipped, zipped, zipping
zip up
1
IZipupl~ ~
.Y
to fasten a piece of clothing or a bag using a
zip (=two lines of small...
... number, or the nearest 10 , 10 0 etc, in
order to make it simpler
+
to
Please do not include pence. Round
down your calculations to the nearest pound.
Example: 17 ,582.45 becomes 17 ,582.
• COMPARE:
round ... to the nearest
dollar).
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You can work the sum out mentally
by rounding off the 1. 19 to 1. 20, and taking
away 1p.
• COMPARE:
round down, round up
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round
off~
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round ~
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if y...
... If 1 was offered the job, of course
Fdjump at it.
jump at the chancelopportunity
When the
resort was put up for sale in 19 85, the
Millers jumped at the chance to buy it.
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SIMIlAR TO:
leap at
1
Ijump ... investing in Internet companies in the early
19 90s.
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Many companies are starting to invest
in China, where there are potentially huge
new markets.
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1
invest in
1
sth
I
to buy s...
... he heard
that the soldiers had disobeyed his orders.
17 5
FOCUS
fly
out
1
I
fly
outj
to go somewhere by plane: We didn't fly out
until 11 :30 last night.
+
to
Bruce has been flying out to Colorado
every ... training.
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The
evening
s
discussion falls into three parts.
1
1
fall
inwithlsb]
informal
to become friends with someone or
with a particular group of people after meet-
ing the...