Phrases

Phrase	Synonym	Meaning
Back out	To fail to keep a promise	Though he promised to give me a loan, he backed out later on.
Blow up	To shatter, destroy by explosion	America blew up one third of Hiroshima by atomic explosion in 1945.
Break into	To enter the place secretly	The thieves broke into his house at night and stole away many articles.
Break out	To spread, to begin widely	When the plague broke out in Surat many people left the city.
Break down	Fail to work	The bus broke down on the way.
Abound in	Contain plenty of	Stinking water abounds in mosquitoes.
Account for	Give reasons for	You will have to account for your failure.
On account of	Because of	He could not attend his duty on account of illness.
Accountable for	Responsible for	The finance minister is accountable for price rise in the country.
Score out	Delete	Please score out these folders from your drive.
Bring up	To take care of	Shakuntala was brought up by kanva.
Back up	Support	The terrorists are backed up by Pakistan.
Bear with	Tolerate	We have to bear with our neighbours.
Call on	To visit, to meet	It is not easy to call on the P.M.
Call for	To need, to require	Success in the competitive examination calls for hard work.
Call off	Cancel, wind up	The strike was called off in the evening.
Call upon	Invite, appeal to	The manager called upon the staff to attend to their duties.
Carry on	Continue as usual	Please carry on your work after the project gets finish.
Carry out	Execute, put into action	The king’s order had to be carried out.
Carry away	To lose self-control	People generally get carried away by sentiments.
Cast off	To abandon, throw away	The rich generally cast away the poor relations.
Come across	To meet by chance	We were happy to come across our friend in America.
Come off	To take place	After all, everything came off well.
Come round	Change into opposite opinion	After a long dispute he came round at last.
Come forward	Offer help	People always come forward to help the famine stricken victims.
Crop up	Appear unexpectedly	Many candidates crop up when the elections are held up.
Cut down	Reduce	The Govt. is not prepared to cut down its own expenses.
Drive at	To mean, intend	He drove at proving that the Indian civilization is superior to all.
Drop out	To cease to participate	Australian team was dropped out from the contest.
Drop in	To pay an unexpected visit	When I was preparing for the examination, Manoj dropped in.
Do away with	To put an end to do	We have to do away with our relation with Pakistan.
Fall out (with)	To quarrel	Whenever he is in resentment, he fall outs with anybody without any reason.
Fall upon	To attack, to chance upon	Our warriors fell upon the terrorists and killed them.
Flare Up	Spread suddenly	The riot flared up in the town.
Get along	Move away, make progress	Ramesh is getting on well new.
Get over	Recover	The patient has yet not got over.
Give in	Yield, submit	RanaPratap did not give in but continued to fight with a few warriors.
Give out	Make known, reveal	The doctor did not give out the formula of the medicine.
Give up	To leave, waive	She wanted to give up her right to the parental property.
Hold on	To stick, to continue	Hold on the telephone till you get a response.
Hold back	To stop giving	As the signature differed, the bank held back the payment.
Hunt out	Search for	The policeman hunted out the convict but failed.
Knock down	Hit with a vehicle and cause to fall down	An old man was knocked on the road.
Lay by	To save	We should regularly lay by a little amount from our income
Lay down	Prescribe	One has to follow the instructions laid down by the doctor.
Lay off	Relieve from work	The mills had to lay off some workers.
Let off	To excuse the punishment	The boys had broken the glass of a window but the teacher let them off.
Look after	To take care of	The youngster should look after their old parents.
Look forward	To expect	I look forward to your prompt reply
Look down upon	To humiliate	It is a vice to look down upon the drown trodden.
Look into	To pay attention	The manager has to look into the matter and give answer in time
Look up	To seek	He is a catalogue to look up the price of books
Make for	Start forward, go ahead	As soon as his work was over she made for her home
Make out	Understand	His handwritings are so bad that I cannot make out anything from his letter
Pull through	Bring safely from difficulty	With great care be pulled his amount of deposit through the company
Put by	To save for future	Those who put some money in young can live happily in old age
Put down	Curb, stop by force	The police put down the riot
Put on	Wear	It is good to put on good clothes
Put off	Postpone	The meeting was put off for a few days
Put out	To extinguish	He put out the lamps and went to bed
Put up	Stay for a while	I put up in a small inn for a few hours
Put up with	Bear, tolerate	I cannot put up aside by order
Rule out	To put aside by order	The magistrate ruled out the advocate’s objection
Run down	To humiliate, criticize harshly	The critics ran down the poet
Run out	Exhaust, finish	As petrol had run out in the car I could not leave house
See off	To bid good bye to	Many persons had gone to the bus station to see him off
Set out	To start	It was summer so we set out early in the morning
Stand by	To support to help	Russia does not hesitate to stand by india
Take over	Acquire	Govt. can take over the sick units
Over take	To go ahead of (vehicles)	It we try to overtake a truck from the wrong side, we are likely to meet with an accident
Take off	Leave the ground to go upward	The aeroplane took off smoothly and disappeared admist clouds
Take down	To write	The writer took down the statement and produced it before the Inspector
Turn out	Produce	The modern printing machines can turn out hundred of copies of a news paper in an hour
Wear out	To become useless	All the four tyres of our car had worn out
Wind up	Close down	The company had been winded up on account of heavy loses
Work out	To calculate	The secretary had worked out the accounts and prepared a balance sheet
Bring home to	To prove	I brought him home by presenting this miscalculations
Call in	Summon on	As soon you feel uneasy you should call in a doctor
Cut short	Stop somebody from talking	Being bored with his repetitions. I cut him short at last
Do without	Dispense with	It is not difficult to do without tea in the morning
Go by	Pass	We grow wiser as years go by
Keep by	Maintain	People like to keep up old customs
Make room	To find a place	It is difficult to make room in the overcrowded temple
Make off	To run away, escape	As soon the principal left the room the students made off
Set off	To begin journey	The whole congregation set off early in the morning
Set up	Establish	Kanu left Baroda to set up in Bombay

Made By: Chaudhary Amit V.