add up add
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back up cause to move backwards; support
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blow up cause to explode; destroy by explosives
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bring about cause to happen
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bring off accomplish
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bring on cause
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bring out publish; emphasize
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bring over bring
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bring to revive
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bring up raise; care for from childhood
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brush out brush the inside of
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burn down destroy by burning
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burn up consume by fire
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buy out by the other person’s share of a business
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buy up buy the whole supply of
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call off cancel; order away
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call up telephone; summon for military service
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calm down become calm
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carry on continue
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carry out fulfill; complete; accomplish; perform
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carry over carry; continue at another time or place
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cheer up cause to become cheerful
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chew up chew thoroughly
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chop up chop into small pieces
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clean off clean the surface of
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clean out clean the inside of
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clean up clarify; tidy
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clear out clear the surface of
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clear up clear the inside of
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close down close permanently
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close up close temporarily
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count in include
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count out exclude
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count up calculate; count; add to a total
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cross out eliminate
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cut off interrupt; sever; amputate
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cut out eliminate; delete
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cut down reduce in quantity
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draw up write; compose (a document)
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dress up put clothes on; adorn
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dust out dust the inside of
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eat up eat completely
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figure out interpret; understand
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figure up compute
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fill in complete (a printed form)
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fill out complete (a printed form)
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fill up fill completely (a container)
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find out discover
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fix up repair; arrange in a suitable manner
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get across cause to be understood
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give back return
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give out distribute; announce
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give up surrender something
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hand down deliver; pronounce formally; leave as an inheritance
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hand over yield control of
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hang up suspend
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have on be dressed in
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have over entertain someone informally at one’s home
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hold off delay; restrain
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hold up delay; rob; threaten with a weapon
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keep up continue; keep the same pace
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leave out omit
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let down disappoint
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let out release from confinement; make larger (in sewing)
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light up light; illuminate thoroughly
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live down live in such a way as to cause something to be forgotten
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make over remake
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move over move to the side
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pass out distribute
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pass up not take advantage of (as an opportunity)
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pass on transmit
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pay back repay
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pay off discharge a debt completely; give someone his final pay
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pick up come to meet an escort; lift with hands or fingers; learn casually;initiate an association publicly
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play down minimize
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play up emphasize
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point out indicate
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pull down pull in a downward direction; raze
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push across cause to be understood or accepted
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put off postpone
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put on dress in; deceive or fool
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put up preserve (food); receive as an overnight guest
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quiet down be quiet
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ring up the telephone
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rinse off rinse the surface of
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rinse out rinse the inside of
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rule out eliminate
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run down trace; disparage; hit with a vehicle
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run off cause to depart; reproduce mechanically
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save up accumulate
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see through complete; in spite of difficulties
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see off accompany someone to the beginning of a trip
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send back send to a place where formerly located
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send over send to where someone is
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set up arrange
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show off exhibit ostentatiously
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shut off cause to cease functioning
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slow up cause to move more slowly
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spell out enumerate; state in detail
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stand up fail to keep an appointment with
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sweep out sweep the inside of
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take back return; retract a statement
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take down remove from a high position; write from dictation
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take in understood; fool; deceive; make smaller (in sewing)
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take over take; assume command of
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tear down destroy
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tear up tear into small pieces
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tell off scold; reprimand
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think over consider
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think through consider from beginning to end
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think up create; invent
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throw away discard
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throw over reject
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tie up tie securely or tight
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tire out cause to be exhausted
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touch up repair
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try on put on a garment to verify the fit
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try out test
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turn down refuse; lower the volume
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turn out produce; force into exile, extinguish (a light)
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wash off wash the surface of
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wash out wash the inside of
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wear out use until no longer usable; tire greatly
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wind up finish, tighten the spring of a watch or machine
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wipe off wipe the surface of
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wipe out wipe the inside of; decimate
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work out solve
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write down record
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write out write down every detail; spell out
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write up compose; prepare (a document)
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