Call after = Name someone after somebody else
Call back = Return a phonecall
Call for = Demand
Call for = Go to collect something
Call for = Telephone for something
Call for = Go and collect someone to take them out
Call for = Require
Call in = Get someone to come and do a job
Call in = Stop and visit
Call off = Cancel
Call off = Order someone to stop attacking
Call on = Ask for help
Call on = Visit
Call on = Challenge
Call up = Summon someone for military service
Call up = Telephone
Calm down = Stop being angry or emotionally excited
Care for = Like
Carried away = Get so emotional that you lose control
Carry off = Win, succeed
Carry on = Continue
Carry out = Perform a task
Carry out = Food bought from a restaurant to take away
Carry over = Continue past a certain point
Cash in = Convert shares, bonds, casino chips, etc, into money
Cash in on = Benefit or make money on something, especially if done unfairly
Cash up = Count all the money taken in a shop or business at the end of the day
Catch on = Become popular
Catch on = Finally understand what is going on
Catch up = Get work, etc, up to date.
Chalk out = To cut a line of cocaine
Chalk up = To achieve something good
Chalk up to = Explain the reason for a problem
Chance upon = Find something by accident
Change over = Change a system
Charge with = Accuse somebody of a crime
Chase up = Ensure that someone remembers to do something
Chat up = Talk to someone you are sexually interested in to get them interested in you
Cheat on = Be sexually unfaithful
Cheat out of = Get money from someone under false pretences
Check by = Visit a place to check something
Check in = Register on arriving at a hotel or at the airport
Check into = Register on arriving at a hotel or at the airport
Check off = Mark something on a list as done
Check out = Pay the bill when leaving a hotel
Check out = Die
Check out of = Settle up and pay before leaving a hotel
Check over = Check something very carefully
Cheer up = Be less unhappy
Chew over = Think about an issue
Chew up = Cut into small pieces with your teeth
Chicken out = Be too afraid to do something
Chill out = Relax
Chime in = Contribute to a discussion
Chip in = Contribute some money
Chip in = Contribute to a discussion
Chop down = Fell or cut down a tree
Chop up = Cut into small pieces
Chuck up = Vomit, be sick
Clag up = Make something sticky
Clam up = Be quiet, refure to speak
Clamp down on = Restrict or try to stop something
Clean out = Tidy up thoroughly and throw away unwanted things.
Clean out = Cause someone to spend all their money
Clean up = Tidy and clean
Clear out = Tidy up thoroughly and throw away unwanted stuff.
Clear up = Cure or recover from an infection
Clear up = Tidy up
Click through = Open an advertisement on the Internet
Climb down = Accept that you are wrong and change your position
Clog up = Block, slow movement right down
Close down = Close a shop, branch or business permanently
Cloud over = Get very cloudy
Colour up = Blush
Come about = Happen, occur
Come across = Find by accident
Come across = Agree to have sex with someone
Come across = The way other people see you
Come apart = Break into pieces
Come before = Appear in court charged with a crime or offence
Come by = Visit
Come by = Acquire
Come down = Rain
Come down = Travel
Come down on = Criticise heavily
Come down with = Fall ill
Come from = Country or town where you were born
Come in = Arrive for flights
Come in = Place or ranking in a competition, etc.
Come in = Receive news
Come into = Be important or relevant
Come into = Inherit
Come into use = Start being used
Come off = When something breaks off
Come off = Be successful
Come off it = I don't believe what you're saying; used as an imperative
Come on = Encouragement
Come on = Start an illness
Come on = Start functioning (machines, etc.
Come out = A secret is revealed
Come out = Be published or otherwise available to the public
Come out = Disappear when washed
Come out = Let people know that you are lesbian or gay
Come out = When the sun appears
Come out in = Have a rash or similar skin problem
Come over = Feel strange
Come round = Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
Come round = Change your opinion
Come through = Arrive (messages and information)
Come to = Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
Come to = Result in
Come up = Appear
Come up = Rise (the sun)
Come up against = Encounter problems or difficulties
Come up with = Think of a solution, excuse, etc.
Come upon = Find by chance
Conk out = Fall fast asleep
Cool down = Get cooler
Cool down = Become calm
Cop it = Get into trouble
Cop off = Leave work or school early
Cop off = Kiss, pet or have sex with someone
Cop out = Choose an easy alternative
Cotton on = Tp work out the truth
Could do with = Need or want something
Count in = Include or involve
Count on = Depend, rely
Count out = Exclude
Count up = Add
Cozy up = Make yourself comfortable
Cozy up to = Make yourself popular with someone
Crack down on = Use more authority than usual
Crack up = Have a nervous breakdown
Crack up = Have bad reception on a mobile phone
Crack up = Burst out laughing
Crash out = Sleep at someone's house because you are too tired, drunk, etc. to leave
Crop up = Appear unexpectedly
Cross off = Delete, remove from a list
Cross out = Put as line through some writing to show it is wrong
Cry off = To cancel an arrangement
Cry out = Shout because you are in pain
Cut back = Reduce
Cut back on = Reduce expenditure
Cut down = Consume less
Cut down = Shoot
Cut down on = Reduce
Cut it out = Stop your unfair or unreasonable behaviour
Cut off = Disconnect
Cut off = Isolate or make inaccessible
Cut out = Exclude
Cut out = When an engine or motor stops
Cut out = Cut a picture or similar from a magazine, etc

Dawn on = Finally realise or understand something
Die away = Become quieter or inaudible (of a sound)
Die down = Decrease or become quieter
Die for = Want something a lot
Die off = Become extinct
Die out = Become extinct or disappear
Dig in = Start eating greedily
Dig into = Reach inside to get something
Dig up = Find something that is supposed to be secret
Dine out = Have dinner outside your home
Dine out on = Tell a story repeatedly that is well received
Dip in = Put something in a liquid for a short time
Dip into = Read parts of a book, but not all
Dip into = Take money out of your savings
Disagree with = Make someone feel sick or ill
Dive in = Start doing something, usually without planning
Dive in = Start eating
Dived into = Reach inside something quickly
Do away with = Abolish, get rid of
Do out of = Cheat somebody out of something that is rightfully theirs
Do up = Close or fasten clothes, etc.
Do up = Repair and renovate
Do without = Manage without something
Doze off = Fall asleep
Drag on = Be unnecessarily long
Draw back = Retreat, move backwards
Draw in = Get dark earlier
Draw in = Arrive at a station (for trains)
Draw into = Get involved in something unpleasant
Draw on = Pass slowly (time)
Draw on = Inhale smoke from a cigerette, cigar, etc
Draw out = Make something continue longer than needed
Draw out = Make a shy person more outgoing
Draw up = Prepare a contract
Draw up = When a vehicle stops
Dream of = Not think or consider
Dream up = Invent something, have an idea
Dredge up = Discover things about someone's past
Dress down = Dress casually
Dress down = Scold
Dress up = Dress very smartly
Drink up = Finish a drink
Drive away = Force an animal or someone to leave a place
Drive back = Repulse, force back
Drive by = Do domething out of a car
Drive off = Drive away from a place
Drive out = Force someone to leave a place
Drive up = Make something increase
Drone on = Talk boringly for a long time
Drop by = Pay a brief visit
Drop in = Visit without having made arrangements
Drop out = Quit a course
Drum into = To make someone learn or believe something by constant repetition
Drum out = Force someone out of their job or position
Drum up = Increase support or interest
Duff up = Beat or hit someone repeatedly
Dwell on = Spend a lot of time on something
Dwell upon = Spend a lot of time on something

Ease off = Reduce pressure
Ease up = Relax, calm down
Eat away = Destroy slowly
Eat in = Eat at home
Eat into = Use something valuable when you don't want to
Eat out = Eat in a restaurant
Eat up = Eat all of something
Eat up = Consume
Eat up = Consume something you don't want to be consumed
Edge out = Gradually push someone or something out of their position
Edge up = Approach slowly
Egg on = Encourage
Eke out = Make something like money last as long as possible
Embark on = Start a project or venture
Embark upon = Start a project or venture
End up = Become or do something unplanned
Enter for = Join or enter a competition
Eye up = Look carefully at someone

Face up to = Accept an unpleasant truth
Fall back = Retreat
Fall back on = Be able to use in an emergency
Fall behind = Make less progress
Fall down = Fall on the ground
Fall down = Have a weak point
Fall for = Be attracted to somebody, fall in love
Fall for = Believe a lie or a piece of deception
Fall in = Collapse
Fall off = Decrease
Fall out = Argue and be on bad terms with someone
Fall out = Lose hair
Fall over = Fall on the ground
Fall through = Be unsuccessful
Fathom out = Understand something
Feel up = Touch sexually, grope
Feel up to = Feel capable of doing something
Fight off = Fight an attacker and force them back
Figure on = Plan, expect
Figure out = Find the answer to a problem
File away = Put a document in the correct place for storage in a filing system
Fill in = Complete a form
Fill in = Substitute someone at work
Fill in for = Substitute
Fill in on = Give someone information
Fill out = Complete a form
Fill up = Fill something completely
Filter out = Remove something unwanted
Find out = Discover
Finish off = Finish completely
Fire away = Ask questions
Fire up = Start a computer
Fit in = Get on in a group of people
Fit in = Have enough time or space for something
Fit into = Become part of
Fit up = Frame someone- make them look guilty of something they haven't done
Fit up = Provide equipment
Fix up = Make an arrangement
Flag down = Signal at a vehicle to get it to stop
Flag up = Raise an issue, or highlight its importance
Flare out = Get angry suddenly
Flare up = When trouble suddenly appears
Flesh out = Add more details or information
Flog off = Sell something cheaply to get rid of it
Fly by = When time appears to move quickly
Focus on = Concentrate
Fold up = Make a sheet of paper smaller
Fool around = Not be serious
Fool around = Be unfaithful
Freak out = Become very disturbed or angry

Gag for = Want something a lot
Gear up = Get ready for a busy period
Geek out = Talk at length about computing
Get across = Communicate successfully
Get ahead = Progress
Get ahead of = Move in front of
Get along = Have a good relationship
Get along with = Have a good relationship with someone
Get around = Become known
Get around to = Finally manage to do something
Get at = Criticise
Get at = Mean
Get away = Escape
Get away = Go on holiday or for a short break
Get away with = Not get caught doing something wrong
Get back = Return
Get behind with = Be late paying instalments for something.
Get by = Have just enough money to live on
Get down = Make someone depressed
Get down to = Start work
Get in = Arrange for someone to do a job
Get in = Arrive (train, plane, etc.)
Get in = Arrive home
Get in = Enter a car or taxi
Get off = Escape punishment
Get off = Leave a bus, train, etc.
Get off with = Have casual sex with
Get on = Continue doing something
Get on = Enter a bus, train, plane, etc.
Get on = Make progress
Get on with = Have a good relationship
Get out of = Avoid doing something you dislike
Get out of = Leave a car, van, etc.
Get over = Recover
Get over with = Do something unpleasant rather than delaying it any more
Get round (around) to = Finally manage to do something
Get round (or around) = Persuade someone
Get through = Contact
Get to = Annoy, irritate
Get together = Meet socially
Get up = Get out of bed
Get up = Organise
Get up to = Do something wrong or naughty
Give away = Entrust your daughter to her husband through the marriage ceremony
Give away = Tell a secret
Give back = Return something you've borrowed
Give in = Stop doing something because it's too hard or requires too much energy
Give in = Submit homework, etc.
Give off = Emit pollution or something else unpleasant
Give out = Distribute
Give out = Stop working
Give up = Stop doing something that had been a habit
Give up on = Lose faith in or stop believing in something or someone
Gloss over = Try to minimise the importance of something
Go about = Deal with something
Go after = Chase, try to get
Go against = Lose a decision or a verdict of a court
Go ahead = Proceed
Go along with = Accept a decision or suggestion
Go back on = Break a promise
Go by = The passing of time
Go by = Trust or depend on for correct information
Go down = Decrease, get smaller
Go down = Sink
Go down = Sunset
Go down with = Fall ill
Go for = Attack
Go for = Be attracted to
Go for = Choose, select
Go in = Go to hospital for treatment, surgery, etc.
Go in for = Enter a competition
Go into = Discuss in some detail
Go into = Enter a profession
Go off = Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
Go off = Go bad
Go off = Start to dislike
Go on = Continue
Go on = Happen
Go on about = Talk too much
Go out = Stops burning
Go out with = Have a relationship with
Go through = Experience
Go through = Read again
Go through with = Do or complete something you've agreed to
Go under = Go bankrupt
Go up = Rise
Go up to = Approach
Go with = Combine nicely
Go without = Not have
Grass up = Report someone to a person in authority
Grind away = Keep working at something
Grind down = Reduce or destroy someone's enthusiasm
Grind out = Produce something with great difficulty
Grow into = Grow to fit large clothes
Grow out of = Grow too large for clothes
Grow out of = Lose interest as you grow older or become more mature
Grow up = Mature, become adult
Gun for = Try to destroy an opponent

Hand back = Return
Hand down = Pass on to the next generation
Hand down = Give a formal decision
Hand in = Submit work for appraisal
Hand out = Distribute
Hand over = Give
Hang around = Stay in a place
Hang on = Wait
Hang out = Spend time socially
Hang up = End a phone call
Hang up on = End a phone call with someone
Harp on = Talk repeatedly about something
Have on = Be wearing
Have over = Receive a guest
Heat up = Make food hot
Help out = Give assistance
Hit on = Have an idea
Hold back = Not show emotion
Hold down = Keep a job
Hold off = When bad weather doesn't appear
Hold on = Wait
Hold out = Resist
Hold up = Delay when travelling
Hold up = Rob with violence or threats thereof
Home in on = Target
Hook up = Meet someone
Hook up to = Connect to a machine
Horse around = Not be serious

Iron out = Remove small problems or irregularities

Jack up = Raise a car to be able to do mechanical work
Jack up = Inject illegal drugs
Jack up = Increase sharply
Jam on = Apply or operate something forcefully
Jaw away = Talk just for the point of talking rather than having anything to say
Jazz up = Make something more interesting or attractive
Joke around = Be funny, or try to
Jot down = Make a quick note
Jump in = Enter a conversation

Keep around = Keep something near you
Keep at = Continue with something difficult
Keep away = Don't allow someone near something
Keep back = Maintain a safe distance
Keep down = Not vomit
Keep in = Not allow someone out
Keep off = Not talk about
Keep off = Not tread on something
Keep on = Continue
Keep out = Not allow someone to enter
Keep to = Stay within limits
Keep up = Not let someone go to bed
Keep up at = Continue, not quit
Keep up with = Move at the same rate
Keep up with = Stay up to date
Key in = Enter numbers or information into a computer or electronic system
Kick about = Discuss
Kick around = Discuss
Kick around with = Spend time with
Kick back = Pay someone illegally as part of the price
Kick back = Resist
Kick down = Break something with your feet
Kick in = When a drug starts to take effect
Kick in = Break something with your feet
Kick off = Start a game of football
Kick off = Die
Kick off = When trouble starts
Kick out = Expel
Kick up = Cause trouble or pain
Knock down = Demolish
Knock down = Hit and injure someone
Knock off = Finish work for the day
Knock out = Hit and make somebody unconscious
Knock up = Become or get someone pregnant.
Knuckle down = Make a great effort
Knuckle under = Submit to authority

Lap up = Appreciate something
Large it up = Have a good time when intoxicated
Lay down = Establish rules or procedures
Lay into = Criticise angrily
Lay off = Make an employee redundant
Lay on = Organise, supply
Lay out = Spend money
Lead to = Result in
Leak out = Become public knowledge
Lean on = Put pressure on someone to get them to do what you want
Leave on = Not turn off
Leave out = Not include
Let down = Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement
Let down = Make clothes longer
Let in = Allow someone to enter
Let off = Not punish
Let on = Tell a secret
Let out = Allow to leave or go out
Let out = Make a sound
Let out = Make clothes bigger
Lie down = Rest
Lie with = Have the right to make a decision
Lift off = Leave the ground- rocket or spaceship
Light up = Light or start smoking a cigarette
Light up = Illuminate
Lighten up = Be less serious
Listen out for = Listen for a particular noise or sound
Live by = Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour
Live down = Stop being embarrassed about something
Live for = Believe something is extremely important
Live in = Live in the place where you work or study.
Live it up = Have a good time by spending a lot of money
Live off = Use money earned
Live on = Use money for basic necessities
Live on = Not be forgotten
Live out = Stay somewhere until you die
Live out = Fulfill an ambition or fantasy
Live out = Not live at the place where you study or work
Live through = Experience different times
Live together = Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying
Live up to = Meet expectations or standards
Live with = Accept something unpleasant
Live with = Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying
Lock up = Close all doors, windows, etc.
Log in = Enter a restricted area on a computer system
Log into = Enter a restricted area of a computer system
Log off = Exit a computer system
Log on = Enter a computer system
Log out = Exit a computer system
Look after = Take care
Look back = Think about the past
Look down on = Have a low opinion of
Look for = Try to find
Look forward to = Wait for or anticipate something pleasant
Look in = Make a quick visit
Look in on = Visit briefly to see if everything's all right
Look into = Research, investigate
Look on = Watch something like a crime without helping
Look out = Be careful
Look round = Inspect a house
Look up = Consult a reference work (dictionary, phonebook, etc.) for a specific piece of information.
Look up to = Respect
Luck out = Be very lucky

Make do with = Accept something less satisfactory because there's no alternative
Make for = Head in a certain direction
Make into = Change something into something else
Make it up to = Try to compensate for doing something wrong
Make off with = Steal
Make out = Make a cheque payable to somebody
Make out = Pretend
Make out = Progress
Make out = Kiss and pet
Make over = Change appearance
Make up = Stop being angry with someone
Make up = Put on cosmetics
Make up = Invent a story
Make up for = Compensate
Make with = Give (usually used as an imperative)
Mark down = Give a student a lower grade for a particular reason
Marry in = Marry someone of the same ethnicity, religion, etc
Marry out = Marry someone of a different ethnicity, religion, etc
Meet with = Have something happen to you
Mess about = Not be serious, not use something properly
Mess around = Not be serious, play with something
Mix up = Confuse
Mix up = Make something lively
Monkey around = Not be serious
Mouth off = Speak angrily about something
Move on = Change the subject or your job
Move on = Make people move from a place
Mull over = Think about an issue or problem

Nag at = Repeatedly criticise someone verbally
Name after = Give someone a name to remember another person
Nip off = Go somewhere quickly
Nip out = Go somewhere quickly
Nod off = Fall asleep
Nose around = Look around for evidence
Note down = Write something short like a phone number for future reference.

Occur to = Enter one's mind
Open up = Start to talk freely about something
Open up = Open a shop or business for the day
Opt for = Choose
Opt out = Choose not to be part of something
Owe to = Be the reason for something
Own up = Confess

Pan out = The way a situation develops
Pass away = Die
Pass off = Convince something that something is real
Pass on = Give a message to someone
Pass on = Decline an invitation or opportunity
Pass on = Die
Pass out = Faint, lose consciousness
Pass up = Decline a chance
Pay back = Repay money borrowed
Pay back = Take revenge on
Pay for = Purchase
Pay into = Deposit money
Pay off = Completely repay a debt
Pay off = Produce a profitable or successful result
Pencil in = Make a provisional appointment
Perk up = Feel better or happier, make someone feel better or happier
Peter out = Lose impetus and stop
Phase in = Introduce gradually
Phase out = Remove gradually
Pick at = Eat unwillingly
Pick out = Choose
Pick out = Identify from a picture
Pick up = Improve
Pick up = Learn quickly
Pile up = Accumulate
Pin down = Get a fixed idea, opinion, etc, from someone.
Pine away = Suffer physically because of grief, stress, worry, etc
Pipe down = Be quiet (often as an imperative)
Pipe up = To speak, raise your voice
Play around = Be silly
Play away = Be sexually unfaithful when away from home
Play down = Try to make something seem less important
Play up = Behave badly
Play up to = Flatter someone
Plug in = Connect machines to the electricity supply
Plump for = Choose
Point out = Make someone aware of something
Polish off = Finish, consume
Pop out = Go out for a short time
Pop up = Appear, like windows and boxes opening on a computer screen.
Potter about = Spend time doing little things for pleasure
Potter around = Spend some time doing little things for pleasure
Pour down = Rain hard
Prattle on = Talk too much
Press ahead = Continue with something
Press on = Continue with something
Price up = Charge more for something
Print out = Make a hard copy of a computer document
Pull away = When a vehicle moves from a place
Pull in = When a train arrives at a station
Pull off = Manage to do something difficult or tricky
Pull up = Slow and stop a car
Push in = Get in a queue without waiting
Put away = Put something back in the correct place
Put away = Put someone in prison
Put back = Rearrange something for a later time
Put by = Save for the future
Put down = Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc.
Put in = Install
Put in for = Make a request
Put off = Postpone
Put off = Stop liking something or somebody
Put on = Get fat
Put out = Broadcast
Put out = Disturb or trouble someone
Put out = Extinguish a cigarette, fire, etc.
Put through = Connect someone by phone
Put towards = Make a financial contribution
Put up = Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.
Put up = Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
Put up with = Tolerate

Quieten down = Fall silent

Salt away = Save money
Save up = For money for a particular purpose
Scare away = Frighten someone some much that they go away
Scare off = Make someone so frightened that he or she away
Scrape along = Manage with little money
Scrape by = Just manage to pass something
Scrape in = Just get enough to succeed, pass or be accepted
Scrape into = Be accepted somewhere, but only just
Scrape through = Pass a test but only just
Scrape together = Manage to collect enough of something you need, usually money
Scrape up = Manage to collect enough of something you need, usually money
Screw up = Do badly or fail
See into = Accompany someone into an office
See off = Chase somebody or something away
See off = Go to the airport, station, etc., to say goodbye to someone
See out = Accompany a guest to your front door when they are leaving your house
See through = Continue with something to the end
See through = Realise someone is lying or being deceitful
See to = Deal with something
Sell off = Sell a business or part of it
Sell off = Sell something cheaply because you need the money or don't need it
Sell on = Convince someone
Sell on = Buy something then sell it to someone else
Sell out = Have no more of something left because it has been bought
Sell out = Lose all artistic integrity in return for commercial success
Sell up = Sell a house or business to move somewhere or do something different
Send back = Return something
Send for = Ask someone to come and help
Send in = Order people into a place to handle a problem
Send in = Write to get information
Send off = Expel a sports player from a match
Send off = Post a letter
Send off for = Order something by post
Send out = Send something to a lot of people
Send out for = Order takeaway food by phone
Set about = Start doing something
Set aside = Overturn a court verdict or decision
Set back = Cost
Set in = Change season noticeably
Set off = Explode a bomb
Set off = Ring an alarm
Set off = Start a journey
Set off = Counterbalance a debt
Set out = Display, show
Set out = Start a journey
Set up = Prepare equipment, software, etc., for use
Set up = Start a company
Settle down = Start living a fixed and routine life
Settle for = Accept whatever is available
Settle in = Get used to
Settle on = Agree
Settle up = Pay a debt
Sex up = Change information to make it more attractive to the reader or listener
Shake off = Get rid of an illness
Shell out = Spend money on something, especially when you think it's too expensive
Shoot off = Leave promptly and quickly
Shoot up = Increase quickly
Shop around = Look around for the best price, quality, etc.
Show in = Take someone into an office
Show off = Behave in a way so as to attract attention
Shut away = Imprison or remove someone's freedom
Shut down = Close a business, shop, etc.
Shut down = Turn a computer off
Shut in = Prevent someone from leaving
Shut off = Close, prevent access
Shut out = Exclude
Shut out of = Exclude someone from an activity, etc
Shut up = Stop talking or making noise
Shut up = Close for a period of time
Shut yourself away = Withdraw from company
Side with = Support someone
Sift through = Examine a lot of things carefully
Sign away = Give away legal or property rights
Sign for = Write a signature on behalf on someone
Sign in = Register in a hotel
Sign in = Open a computer program that requires a name and password
Sign in = Write your name when entering a place
Sign into = Open a particular computer program that requires a name and password
Sign off = End a message
Sign off = Close a claim for unemployment benefit
Sign off = Stop doing something to leave
Sign off = Give someone a letter to be away from work
Sign on = Open a claim for unemployment benefit
Sign on = Agree to participate
Sign on = Start broadcasting
Sign on = Employ
Sign on with = Sign a document joining or agreeing to something
Sign out = Close a computer program that requires a name and password
Sign out = Sign something to show you have borrowed something
Sign out of = Close a particular computer program that requires a name and password
Sign up = Give your name to do something
Sign up = Subscribe
Sign with = Make a contract with
Sink in = Slowly come to be understood
Sit around = Sit idly, doing nothing
Sit in = Occupy a building to protest about something
Sit on = Be on a committee
Sit on = To handle somebody firmly who behaves impertinently, conceitedly
Sit through = Stay till the end of something dull
Slag off = Criticise heavily
Sleep off = Sleep in order to recover from excess alcohol, drugs, etc.
Sleep on = Think about something
Sleep over = Spend the night at someone else's house
Sleep through = Not wake up
Slip out = Leave discreetly
Slip up = Make an error
Slow down = Reduced speed
Slow up = Slow the progress of something
Smack of = Appear to have a negative quality
Smash down = Demolish or break something down
Smash in = Break something by hitting it repeatedly
Smash up = Destroy, break into many pieces
Snap off = Break a piece off something
Snap up = Get, acquire or buy something quickly
Sniff at = Disapprove or be scorful
Sniff out = Find something be smell (usually for dogs)
Sniff out = Find out information, especially when people don't want anyone to know
Sober up = Stop showing the effects of alcohol or drugs
Soldier on = Continue even when things get difficult
Sort out = Resolve a problem
Sound out = Check what someone thinks about an issue, idea, etc.
Spark off = Cause something, usually unpleasant, to happen
Speak out = Talk openly and freely
Speak up = Talk more loudly
Spell out = Explain something in great detail
Spit it out = An informal way of telling someone to say something they are unwilling to say
Spit out = Say something angrily
Split up = Divide into groups
Split up = Finish a relationship
Spur on = Encourage someone to continue
Squeeze up = Get more people into a space than normal or comfortable
Stamp out = Get rid of something
Stand about = Spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing or very little
Stand around = Spend time in a place waiting or doing nothing or very little
Stand aside = Leave a position so that someone else can take it
Stand back = Keep a distance from something
Stand back = Try to understand something by taking a different perspective
Stand by = Support someone
Stand by = Be ready and waiting for something to happen
Stand down = Leave a job or position so that someone else can take it
Stand down = Finish being asked questions in a court
Stand for = Accept or tolerate behaviour
Stand for = The words represented by certain initials
Stand in for = Substitute someone temporarily
Stand out = Be extraordinary and different
Stand up = Move from a sitting or lying down to a vertical position
Stand up for = Defend, support
Stand up to = Keep your principles when challenged by an authority
Stand up to = Resist damage
Start up = Open a business
Stay in = Not go out
Stay on = Remain longer than anticipated
Stay out = Not go home
Stay over = Stay overnight
Stay up = Not go to bed
Steer clear of = Avoid
Step aside = Leave a job or position so that someone else can take over
Step back = Look at something from a different perspective
Step down = Leave a job or position so that someone can take over
Step forward = Offer help
Step in = Get involved by interrupting something
Step on it = An imperative used to tell someone to go faster, especially when driving
Step out = Leave a place for a very short time
Step up = Increase
Stick it to = Criticise someone
Stick to = Not change
Stick up for = Support or defend
Stir up = Make trouble for someone else
Stitch up = Sew something so that it is closed
Stitch up = Finalise a deal
Stitch up = Cheat someone or make them look guilty when they aren't
Stop off = Break a journey
Stub out = Extinguish a cigarette
Stumble across = Find something accidentally
Stumble upon = Find something accidentally
Stump up = Pay for something
Sum up = Summarise
Summon up = Get the energy or courage to do something
Suss out = Come to understand
Swear by = Have great confidence in
Syphon off = Take business, support or votes from someone
Syphon off = Divert money illegally

Take after = Look like, resemble
Take apart = Take something to pieces
Take aside = Get someone alone to talk to them
Take away = Remove
Take back = Make someone nostalgic
Take back = Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong
Take down = Make notes or write down in full
Take down = Remove
Take in = Absorb information
Take in = Deceive
Take in = Make clothes smaller
Take it out on = Abuse someone because you're angry
Take off = Make great progress
Take off = Reduce the price of an item
Take off = When a plane departs or leaves the ground
Take on = Allow passengers on a ship or plane
Take on = Assume a responsibility
Take on = Employ
Take out = Borrow a library book
Take out = Borrow money from a bank or other official lender
Take out = Extract or remove
Take out = Go out socially with someone, especially a date
Take out = Obtain insurance
Take over = Assume control of a company or organisation
Take to = Make a habit of something
Take up = Fill or occupy time or space
Take up = Make clothes shorter
Take up = Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.
Talk back = Respond rudely to a person in authority
Talk down = Try to make something sound less important
Talk down to = Talk in a way to show your superiority not communicate
Talk into = Persuade someone to do something
Talk out of = Persuade someone not to do something
Talk over = Discuss
Talk through = Guide someone through an issue
Tap for = Get money off someone
Tap into = Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit
Tap out = Play a rhythm quietly
Tear apart = Disturb or upset greatly
Tear down = Demolish
Tear off = Remove part of a form or letter using your hands, not scissors
Tear up = Rip into pieces
Tell apart = See a difference between two things
Tell off = Chide; talk angrily to someone about something they've done wrong.
Tell on = Report someone to an authority
Think over = Consider something carefully
Think through = Consider all the possibilities and outcomes of a situation
Think up = Create or invent something, especially when lying
Throw away = Discard something when no longer needed
Throw out = Get rid of
Throw up = Vomit
Tide over = Use something carefully so as not to finish it
Tidy up = Put things in the correct place in a room
Tie up = Tie or fasten something securely
Tip off = Secretly inform the police or authorities
Tip over = Spill, make something fall on its side
Tire of = Get bored of something
Tire out = Make someone exhausted
Tone down = Make something sound more moderate
Top off = Finish something in a special way
Top up = Refill something that isn't empty yet
Touch down = Land (planes)
Touch for = Borrow money
Touch off = Cause a problem to occur
Touch on = Mention
Touch up = Improve the appearance of something
Touch up = Touch someone in a sexual way
Touch upon = Mention
Track down = Find after a long search
Trade in = Exchange something old as part of the price of something new
Trade off = Bargain, make a deal or compromise
Trade up = Buy larger or more expensive items
Trickle down = Pass benefits from economic expansion through the economy to the less fortunate
Try on = Put clothes on to see if they fit
Try out = Test
Turn against = Stop liking and start disliking
Turn away = Not allow someone to enter a place
Turn down = Reduce volume, temperature, etc.
Turn down = Reject an offer, invitation, etc.
Turn in = Go to bed
Turn into = Become
Turn off = Stop a machine
Turn on = Cause someone to feel attraction or pleasure
Turn on = Start a machine
Turn on = Attack
Turn out = Produce
Turn out = Produce an unexpected result
Turn out = Stop a light
Turn out = Attend
Turn over = Give to the authorities
Turn to = Try to get help
Turn to = Take up a habit
Turn up = Appear
Turn up = Increase volume, temperature, etc.
Type up = Type a finished version

Use up = Finish or consume all of something

Wait on = Serve people in a restaurant
Wait up = Not go to bed because you are waiting
Wake up = Stop sleeping
Walk on = Continue walking
Walk out on = Leave somebody angrily
Want out = Want to leave a relationship or arrangement
Warm up = Do exercises before a sport
Wash away = When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.
Wash up = Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it
Watch out = Be careful (imperative)
Watch out for = Be careful of something
Watch over = Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble
Water down = Make something weaker and less effective
Wear away = Erode, remove gradually
Wear down = Make something weaker
Wear off = Stop having an effect
Wear out = Use something until it stops working
Weigh in = Have a certain weight(in sports like boxing)
Weigh up = Assess
Whip out = Remove quickly
Wimp out = Not be brave enough to do something
Wind down = Relax
Wind up = Close a company because it's unprofitable
Wind up = Tighten the spring in a watch or clock to make it work
Wind up = Irritate someone or increase their stress level, especially if done deliberately
Wipe out = Make someone very tired
Wipe out = Kill all of a population, make extinct
Wire up = Make electrical connections
Wise up = Stop being stupid
Work off = Exercise to remove stress or weight
Work on = Improve or develop
Work out = End nicely
Work out = Find the answer or solution
Wrap up = Cover in paper
Wrap up = Dress warmly
Write down = Make notes
Write in = Send a letter to a TV station, etc.
Write off = Destroy a car in an accident
Write out = Write something completely
Write up = Make complete written version

Yield to = Surrender

Zero in on = Direct or focus attention on
Zip around = Move quickly
Zip by = Pass quickly
Zip up = Keep quiet
Zone out = Not pay attention
Zonk out = Fall asleep
Zoom in = Focus more closely