We _____ any possible problems with good preparation.
headed off
They _______ each other all night before someon introduced them.
eyed up
Would you stop trying to _______ my birthday party?
muscle in on
My grandmother _______ a recipe to my mother and she passed it down to me.
handed down
I ______ a magazine while I sat at the dentist's waiting room.
thumbed through
You think you can _______ with any old excuse, but you're wrong.
palm me off
The strikers _____ and returned to work.
backed down
You just have to ____ to the fact that she has left you.
face up
The police didn't believe his alibi but it was ____ by everyone they asked.
backed up
You'd better _____ to some serious studying if you want to pass the exam.
knuckle down
The burglars _____ with a priceless painting and valuable jewellery.
made off
After the director was arrested for fraud the company tried to ___ the finacial scandal.
cover up
After three nights on the run the prisoner finally went to the police and ____ himself..
turned in
He _____ with murdering his wife beacuse the police didn't have enough evidence.
got away
When she discovered her boss embezzled the money she ____ him immediately.
informed on
He'd been on the run for two years when the police finally ______ him in Rio.
caught up with
