UP
Make somebody happier
cheer up
Go or continue to the next point in an agenda
Move on
Cancel
call off
Decrease, e.g. share price
go down
Get information, e.g. about timetables
find out
Invent, tell a story or an excuse that is not true
Make up
hold on
Fire many people due to a bad economic situation
lay off
Use less of something (e.g. sugar)
cut down
Be better than anybody else
stand out
Start doing an activity
Take up
Accept more responsibilities, agree to do a job
take on
Bring someone by car somewhere and leave them there
drop off
break down
Do (experiments or tests)
carry out
Arrange a meeting or appointment
Fix up
count on
Start making a loud sound (e.g. an alarm)
go off
Reject (e.g. a proposal)
turn down
Go out of a building in an unorganised way
pile out
To admit or confess that you have done something wrong
Own up
Talk for a long time without much linking and without making a point
ramble on
Postpone or delay
put off
Government takes action to limit the activities of their opponents or criminals
to think for a long time, trying to understand something
fathom out