Learn to use some of these idioms and phrases in your daily conversation.
cut down – reduce
cut up – afflicted
fallen out – quarrelled
get off – escape
get on with – agree or live sociably
get out – remove
get at – attack
get out of – escape from
given up – have no hope
gave off – emitted
gave way – broke/distributed
go by – judge from
go down – be behaved
went off well – was a success
held up – stopped
kept in – confined
kept up – carried on/maintain
kept on – continued
knocked about – wondered about
lay down – surrendered
laid up – confined to one’s bed
looks after – takes care
look down upon – despises
look up – search
look into – investigate
make out – read/decipher
made up – reconciled
picked out – selected
picking up – recovering health
pulled through – passed with difficulty
pull down – demolish
puts up – assumes
puts out – extinguish
put in – made an effort
put you to – give you
run into – incurred
run out – come to an end
running over – over flowing
saw through – detected
set aside – keep a part
set about – took steps towards
set off – started
set up – start a business
set apart – reserved
to speak out – express opinion freely
stand up for – maintain ones right
stand it – endure it
stand by – support / advocate
struck off – remove
takes up – occupies
takes after – resembles
take in – comprehend / understand
taken to – addicted
talked over – discussed
turn out – manufacture
turn him off – dismiss
turned out – proved
turned against – hostile
turn up – happen
turn over – profit
worked up – solved
work up – excite
meet you half way – to come to a compromise
make both ends meet – to live within the means/income
is losing ground – becoming less powerful
with open arms – with a warm welcome
tool someone to task – rebuked someone
turn a deaf ear – disregarded
hold water – unsound
to pay off old scores – to have his revenue
off and on – now and then
put a spoke in the wheel – thwarted
made his mark – distinguished himself
at a finger’s end – know thoroughly
fallen flat – met with a cold reception
put my foot down – take a resolute stand
turned a new leaf – changed for the better
made up my mind – decided
hand to mouth – without any provision for the future
in the nick of the time – just at the right time
hand a glove – on very intimate terms
sitting of the fence – hesitating which side to take
brought to light – disclosed
burnt his finger – get into trouble
giving himself airs – behaving arrogantly
