to reduce the rate, level, or amount of something (phrasal verb)
bring down - /brɪŋ daʊn/
to change your opinion or decision because someone has persuaded you to agree with them (phrasal verb)
come round to - /kʌm raʊnd tʊ/
to think of something such as an idea or a plan (phrasal verb)
come up with - /kʌm ˈʌp wɪð/
to use something that you have gradually gained or saved (phrasal verb)
draw on - /drɔ ɒn/
to turn the pages of a book, magazine, newspaper, etc. very quickly looking at some of the pages for a very short time (phrasal verb)
flick(ing) through - /flɪk θruː/
to stop something from progressing or developing as it should (phrasal verb)
hold back - /həʊld bæk/
to not have much hope that something will happen (verb phrase)
hold (held) out little hope - /həʊld aʊt ˈlɪt(ə)l həʊp/
to get a particular result or reaction (phrasal verb)
meet (met) with - /miːt wɪð/
to invest a lot of money in something in order to improve it or make it successful (phrasal verb)
plough into - /plaʊ ... ˈɪntuː/
to offer an idea, opinion, reason etc, especially so that people can discuss it and make a decision (phrasal verb)
put forward - /pʊt ˈfɔː(r)wə(r)d/
if you ... ... ... problems, difficulties etc, you have to deal with them (phrasal verb)
run (ran) up against - /rʌn ʌp əˈɡenst/
to find something by accident (phrasal verb)
stumble across - /ˈstʌmb(ə)l əˈkrɒs/
if someone in authority ... ... a plan, proposal etc, they refuse to accept it (phrasal verb)
throw (threw) out - /θrəʊ aʊt/
confused and not knowing what to do (phrase)
at a loss - /æt ə lɒs/
used for showing that something is not very good by emphasising that your description of it is the greatest thing you can say about it (phrase)
at best - /æt best/
if things are ... ... ... each other, they are different or opposite when they should be the same (phrase)
at odds with - /æt ɒdz wɪθ/
