C1 Formal Phrasal Verbs | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Branch Out

To try something new

Point towards

To make it seem likely that a particular fact is true or that a particular event will happen:

Stumble Upon (something/someone)

To accidentally find (something/someone)

Frown upon (something/someone)

to not look upon something kindly

Get by (on/with)

to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need

To minimise the significance of something

Play down

Pass off

Falsely represent a person or thing as being someone or something else.

Adhere to

To follow the rules (you must adhere to the rules)

Impose (something on someone)

To force someone to accept something

Bear out (smth/smeone)

to support the truth of something

Opt for (someone/something)

choose something

Come about

To happen, or start to happen (It came about due to his behaviour)

To enter in a chaotic or unpolite way

Barge into

Resort to

To do something that you do not want to do because you cannot find any other way of achieving something:

To reduce the quantity/frequency of something

Scale back (something)

Embark on

To start something

To discount the possibility of something

To rule out

To obey a law

Conform to

To be more strict with something

Clamp down on

Reckon with

To deal with a difficult or powerful person or thing

To propose something

Lay out

To fix something

Iron out (something)

To taper off

To become gradually smaller or weaker, or happen less often:

To explain/justify something (you cannot account for a maths question)

Account for