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100
This means to start a job or activity
What is "take up"
100
This means to allow someone or something to leave
What is "let out"
100
This means to cause something to explode
What is "set off"
100
This means to use less of something
What is "cut down"
100
This means to pursue or chase someone or something
What is "go after"
200
This means stop doing something or to stop being able to do something
What is "give up"
200
This means to choose something
What is "pick out"
200
This means to give back money you owe, to clear your debt
What is "pay off"
200
This means to disappoint someone or not do the thing you said you would do
What is "let down"
200
This means to continue something till the end, to complete it
What is "see through"
300
This means to construct something, like a building
What is "put up"
300
This means to solve a exercise
What is "work out"
300
This means to stop the supply of something
What is "cut off"
300
This means to say no or reject something or someone
What is "turn down"
300
This means to consider something, like an offer someone gave you
What is "think over"
400
This means to make something look better with just a little work
What is "touch up"
400
This means to lose the chance to do something
What is "miss out"
400
This means to discourage someone or be discouraged by something
What is "put off"
400
This means to stop operating, to no longer be in business or running
What is "close down" (shut down is ok too)
400
This means to use something and then not have enough of it
What is "run out"
500
This means to make something clean or neat
What is "straighten up"
500
This means to indicate something, to call attention to something
What is "point out"
500
This means to end someones employment because of an economic situation or the company becoming smaller
What is "lay off"
500
This is when something stops working, like a machine
What is "break down"
500
This means to invent something like an idea or an excuse
What is "think up"
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