PV 1
to repair or decorate a building so that it looks attractive
to do sth up
to start doing a particular hobby, job, activity
to take sth up
to visit briefly
to pop in/into somewhere
to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character
to take after sb
to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster
to catch sb up
when a vehicle moves to the side and stops
to pull over
to decide to arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time
to put sth off
to write sth in a complete or final form using notes that you have made
to write sth up
to become unconscious for a short time
to pass out
to speak angrily at someone because they have done sth wrong
to tell sb off
to finish your drink completely
to drink sth up
to examine the facts about a problem or situation
to look into sth
to decide or say officially that sth is impossible or will not happen
to rule sth out
to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbuy to them
to see sb off
to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in
to end up
to become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it
to settle down
to stop liking or being interested in someone or something
to go off sb/sth
to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible
to call sth off
to make someone dislike sth or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something
to put sb off (sth/sb)
to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and fairly
to pick on sb
to support or help someone; to say that someone is telling the truth
to back sb up
to finish sth quickly and easily, especially a lot of food or work
to polish sth off
to stop eating or drinking something, usually to improve your health
to cut sth out
to not be completed, or not happen
to fall through
if an event can't start because of rain
to be rained off
to start dealing with a bad or illigal behaviour in a more severe way
to crack down on sth/sb
to warn someone secretely about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening
to tip sb off
not to seem reasonable; not to make sense
not to add up
to start or continue doing something in a determined way, often despite problems
to press on (with sth)
to support one person or group in an argument
to side with sb
to succeed in sth but with a lot of difficulty
to scrape through sth
to succeed in avoiding punishment for sth
to get away with sth
to help a person or organization that is in difficulty, usually by giving them money
to bail sb/sth out
to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have
to splash out on sth
to stop being involved in an activity or agreement
to pull out of sth
to deliberately say or do something in order to annoy somebody
to wind sb up