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IDIOMS USING "BREAK"
1. break down
Meaning: stop working
Example: I was late to school because my car broke down.
2. break even
Meaning: neither gain nor lose
Example: I was lucky to break even at the casino last weekend.
3. break in
Meaning: initiate, train
Example: The cowboy worked long and hard to break in the new horse.
4. break off
Meaning: end abruptly
Example: She broke off the conversation by hanging up the
telephone.
5. break out
Meaning: escape
Example: Three prisoners broke out of jail.
Meaning: happen suddenly
Example: A huge fire broke out on the fifth floor.
6. break through
Meaning: penetrate
Example: The explorer broke through the underbrush to find the
temple.
7. break up
Meaning: end a relationship
Example: Mary broke up with Joe more than a year ago.
IDIOMS USING "BRING"
1. bring about
Meaning: cause
Example: She hopes to bring about a change in his attitude.
2. bring in
Meaning: yield, earn
Example: His investments bring in a profit, and his wife brings in
fifty thousand dollars a year.
3. bring on
Meaning: cause
Example: The assassination brought on the first world war.
Meaning: cause to come forth, produce
Example: Bring on the wine!
4. bring [something] on [oneself]
Meaning: cause problems for oneself
Example: By refusing to listen to his teacher, he brought the
failure on himself.
5. bring out
Meaning: emphasize
Example: That blue shirt brings out the color of your eyes.
Meaning: inspire
Example: That teacher is able to bring out the best in her
students.
6. bring to mind
Meaning: remind someone of
Example: The smell of baking bread brings my mother's kitchen to
mind.
7. bring up
Meaning: raise, rear
Example: After my parents died, I was brought up by my
grandmother.
Meaning: introduce
Example: She brought up the subject of having children.
8. bring down
Meaning: cause to fail
Example: The war brought down the government.
IDIOMS USING "CALL"
1. call it a day
Meaning: stop an activity
Example: The ballet master told the dancers that it was time to call
it a day.
2. call [something] off
Meaning: cancel [something]
Example: The picnic was called off because of the rain.
3. call on
Meaning: visit
Example: We plan to call on the Smith family when we visit Arizona.
Meaning: select
Example: The teacher called on Juan for an answer to her question.
4. call it quits
Meaning: stop an activity, end a relationship
Example: Brenda and Eddie called it quits before their second
anniversary.
5. call up
Meaning: telephone
Example: A salesman called me up this morning.
Meaning: induct, summon
Example: The army called up twenty men from my home town.
6. call the roll
Meaning: take attendance
Example: The professor stopped calling the roll after two weeks of
class.
7. call out
Meaning: speak loudly
Example: Call out your name when I point at you.
Meaning: challenge
Example: He called her out on her racist remark.
IDIOMS USING "COME"
1. come about
Meaning: happen
Example: The event you were waiting for has come about.
2. come across
Meaning: find unexpectedly
Example: Reading a book I came across a photo of my hometown.
Meaning: provide services on demand
Example: She pressured her manager, but he didn't come across with
her raise.
3. come across as
Meaning: give the impression of
Example: He comes across as a reasonable man, but in fact, he is
crazy.
4. come down with [an illness]
Meaning: get [an illness]
Example: I don't feel well; I think I'm coming down with the flu.
5. come in handy
Meaning: prove useful
Example: I kept batteries in my flashlight because I know it could
come in
handy in an emergency.
6. come out
Meaning: be published, appear
Example: The new issue of the magazine came out last week.
Meaning: reveal one's homosexuality
Example: His parents were shocked when he came out.
Meaning: emerge
Example: From our discussion it came out that we all disagreed on
every point.
7. come through
Meaning: survive
Example: She came through her illness at last.
8. come through for
Meaning: support through difficulty
Example: He really came through for me when my daughter was in the
hospital.
9. come up
Meaning: be mentioned
Example: We were talking about students, and your name came up.
Meaning: happen
Example: I didn't know what to do because the situation had never
come up before.
IDIOMS USING "DO"
1. do away with
Meaning: dispose of, eliminate, abolish
Example: To do away with social injustice was her goal.
Meaning: kill
Example: The villain decided to do away with his mother.
2. do over
Meaning: repeat
Example: The only way to correct the mistakes was to do the
assignment over.
Meaning: redecorate, refurbish
Example: It was very frustrating to wait six months to do my
apartment over.
3. do without
Meaning: give up, forego
Example: When my father lost his job, we had to do without many
luxuries.
4. have nothing to do with
Meaning: shun, avoid
Example: The new neighbors are so unfriendly that they will have
nothing to do with us.
5. do in
Meaning: tire, exhaust
Example: After running five miles without stopping, I was done in.
Meaning: kill
Example: I was so angry that I wanted to do him in, but I didn't.
IDIOMS USING "GET"
1. get ahead
Meaning: advance, prosper, succeed
Example: He studied hard in order to get ahead.
2. get over
Meaning: overcome, recover
Example: She got over her cold after two weeks.
3. get around
Meaning: travel widely, frequently
Example: They get around a lot.
Meaning: avoid, evade
Example: They got around the high prices at the market by growing
their own vegetables.
4. get hold of (get ahold of)
Meaning: contact
Example: I got hold of him by telephone.
5. get out of
Meaning: remove from
Example: Get him out of here.
6. get up
Meaning: arise from a sitting or lying position
Example: I get up every day at seven.
7. get after
Meaning: criticize
Example: He will get after you if you don't do your work well.
8. get by
Meaning: pass
Example: She was so pregnant that I couldn't get by her in the hall.
Meaning: survive
Example: Times are hard, but we will get by somehow.
IDIOMS USING "GIVE"
1. give and take
Meaning: compromise
Example: We hope there will be some give and take at the
conference table.
2. give in
Meaning: yield, accept a position or viewpoint one had opposed
Example: We expected the other side to give in.
3. give out
Meaning: cease functioning because of age or deterioration
Example: We were afraid that our tires would give out during the
trip.
4. give way
Meaning: collapse
Example: The town was flooded when the dam gave way.
Meaning: yield
Example: The boss refused to give way to the workers.
5. give up
Meaning: surrender
Example: The soldiers gave up when they knew they were beaten.
Meaning: stop
Example: The dancers would not give up practicing even though they
were exhausted.
6. given to
Meaning: in the habit of
Example: Because he was given to fast driving, his license was
soon suspended.
IDIOMS USING "KEEP"
1. keep house
Meaning: manage a home
Example: He found it hard to keep house when his wife left him.
2. keep out of
Meaning: stay away from
Example: Last year he was warned several times to keep out of
trouble.
3. keep [one's] word
Meaning: fulfill a promise
Example: John has lied to me so often that I will never trust him to
keep his word.
4. keep track of
Meaning: stay in touch with, find the whereabouts of
Example: Unfortunately, I can never keep track of my glasses.
5. keep up
Meaning: maintain, preserve
Example: We can no longer afford to keep up the stables and the
formal garden.
6. keep up with
Meaning: stay abreast of
Example: The third runner kept up with the second one.
7. keep still
Meaning: be quiet
Example: He told his little girl to keep still during the
performance.
IDIOMS USING "LET"
1. let alone
Meaning: stop disturbing
Example: Tell Charles to let that boy alone.
2. let down
Meaning: disappoint, fail
Example: Mrs. Smith is so reliable that I know she will never let me
down.
3. let go
Meaning: release
Example: The police told the terrorist to let the hostages go.
4. let off
Meaning: permit to leave
Example: Ask the bus driver to let you off at Fifth Avenue.
Meaning: to excuse
Example: They caught me with the stolen items, but the judge let me
off.
5. let pass
Meaning: overlook, disregard
Example: I will let your remarks pass.
6. let up
Meaning: pause, decrease in intensity
Example: The storm did not let up until the following day.
7. let out
Meaning: lengthen, expand
Example: He had gotten taller and fatter, so I had to let out his
pants.
IDIOMS USING "LOOK"
1. look after
Meaning: take care of
Example: Someone has to look after the children while we are away.
2. look forward to
Meaning: anticipate with pleasure
Example: I am really looking forward to meeting you!
3. look into
Meaning: investigate
Example: Do you want to ask the police to look into the
disappearance of your jewelry?
4. look like
Meaning: resemble
Example: My dog looks like Lassie.
Meaning: seem possible or probable
Example: It looks like we won't be going on vacation this year.
5. look out for
Meaning: be careful of
Example: When you go on the hike, look out for bears.
Meaning: be responsible for, tend
Example: Her big brother looked out for her when she started
school.
6. look up to
Meaning: admire
Example: Her students really look up to her.
7. look over
Meaning: examine, inspect
Example: Look over the papers before you sign them.
IDIOMS USING "MAKE"
1. make up
Meaning: invent
Example: We believed his story, but it turned out that he had made
the whole thing up.
Meaning: reconcile
Example: A week later, he tried to make up with his girlfriend by
buying her flowers.
2. make a living
Meaning: earn money, support oneself
Example: While I was a student, I made a living by babysitting.
3. make headway
Meaning: progress
Example: There is less traffic in the evenings, so we should make
better headway later.
4. make up one's mind
Meaning: decide
Example: I like both choices, so I can't make up my mind.
5. make room for
Meaning: clear a space for
Example: By pushing our chairs closer together, we were able
to make room for another person at our table.
6. make sure
Meaning: ascertain
Example: Make sure you have your books with you before you leave.
7. make good
Meaning: succeed
Example: When the movie star was still a little girl, she told her
parents that she would make good someday.
8. make good time
Meaning: get somewhere quickly
Example: The trip only took us an hour because we made good time.
9. make out
Meaning: succeed
Example: I made out pretty well on that test.
Meaning: perceive, read
Example: I can't make out the signature on this document.
Meaning: engage in kissing and caressing
Example: The teenagers were making out in the bushes during the
party.
10. make do with [something]
Meaning: accept a substitute
Example: I wanted steak, but I had to make do with peanut butter.
IDIOMS USING "PUT"
1. put off
Meaning: postpone, delay
Example: George put off writing his paper for class until the night
before it was due.
2. put on
Meaning: dress oneself in
Example: Put on your raincoat for the weather looks bad.
Meaning: fool [someone]
Example: He said he was a famous actor, but he was just putting us
on.
3. put out
Meaning: annoyed, irritated
Example: Because he lost the election, the candidate was put out
at his staff.
Meaning: have sex with someone
Example: She thought she would be more popular if she put out on
the first date.
4. put something over on [someone]
Meaning: trick [someone]
Example: The dishonest merchant tried to put something over on us,
but we didn't buy his goods.
5. put up a fight
Meaning: resist
Example: They may force me to leave this school, but I will put up
a fight before I go.
6. put across
Meaning: present or deliver convincingly
Example: Jennifer got the job because she was able to put her
ideas across so convincingly.
7. put down
Meaning: insult, degrade
Example: Edward was angry because his boss continued to put him
down.
8. put away
Meaning: store in the proper place
Example: Adrienne's father told her to put her toys away.
IDIOMS USING "RUN"
1. run up
Meaning: accumulate
Example: Alex ran up a large bill at the bar.
2. run across
Meaning: encounter, meet by chance
Example: In London, we unexpectedly ran across our friends Beth
and Hugh.
3. run out of
Meaning: use entirely
Example: She came home because she ran out of money.
4. run an errand
Meaning: perform a task involving movement or travel
Example: I was late because I had to run errands.
5. run low
Meaning: become scarce in quantity or supply
Example: As we crossed the desert, our water began to run low.
6. run up against
Meaning: encounter unfavorably
Example: We ran up against a problem with the telephone company.
7. run for
Meaning: campaign for
Example: Bill Clinton ran for governor successfully before he ran
for President.
8. run along
Meaning: go
Example: I've got to run along now.
IDIOMS USING "TAKE"
1. take a break
Meaning: stop an activity briefly, rest
Example: I need to take a break between classes.
2. take care of
Meaning: be responsible for, handle
Example: Does this office take care of financial problems?
Meaning: nurse, tend
Example: My mother always took care of me when I was sick.
3. take charge of
Meaning: be responsible for, direct
Example: Sandra decided to take charge of the campaign.
4. take [something or someone] for granted
Meaning: assume
Example: He took it for granted that I would have enough money to
pay the bill.
5. take it easy
Meaning: rest, relax
Example: Peter has decided to take it easy by not working for the
rest of the summer.
6. take [something] out of
Meaning: remove from
Example: My supervisor asked me to take all the old files out of the
file cabinet.
7. take [someone] out
Meaning: date [someone]
Example: The handsome stranger wants to take Judy out on
Saturday night.
8. take up
Meaning: begin an activity
Example: Would you like to take up a new hobby?
Meaning: use, consume
Example: I'm sorry to take up so much of your time.
9. take over
Meaning: gain control of
Example: The angry workers took over the boss's office.
10. take [something] back
Meaning: retract
Example: I take back all the nasty things I have ever said about
you.
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