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  • If you _____ __ ____ something, you continue doing it.
    carry on with
  • When you ______ ____ a solution to a problem, you find it or understand its meaning.
    figure out
  • If you need to find a particular piece of information, you can ____ it __ in a book or on a computer.
    look up
  • When you ___ _____ something or someone, you don't have it or do it.
    go without
  • You ___ _____ something when you talk or think about it to make sure that it's correct.
    go over
  • When you improve and reach the same standard as other people, you _____ ___ _____ them.
    catch up with
  • If you ____ __ __ your principles, you keep them.
    hold on to
  • When you try to get something in an indirect way, you ____ ___ it.
    fish for
  • When you start doing a new activity, you _____ it ___.
    take up
  • When you look after a child until she/he becomes an adult, you ______ her/him ____.
    bring up
  • When you give your finished work to your teacher, you _____ it ___.
    turn in
  • If you _______ ___, you decide not to do something at the last moment because you are too afraid.
    chicken out
  • When an event is ______ ___ it means it won't happen.
    called off
  • When you play in a way that is noisy and not careful, so that you can hurt someone or damage something, you _____ ______.
    horse around
  • When you ____ ___, you submit or yield to another's wish or opinion, or you surrender.
    give in
  • When you leave a place quickly and without telling anyone, you ____ ___.
    duck out
  • When you ____ ____ a problem or a situation, you examine the facts about it.
    look into
  • If you behave in a silly and annoying way, you ______ ______.
    monkey around
  • When you ____ ____ something, you reject or refuse it.
    turn down
  • If you ___ ______ ____ something, you eliminate it.
    do away with
  • You ____ ____ school. when you leave it without finishing your studies.
    dro out of
  • If you ____ ___, you abandon what you are doing, or planning to do, or you stop trying.
    give up
  • If you ___ __ something you arrange everything to be done.
    see to
  • When you eat something very quickly and in large pieces, you ____ it ____.
    wolf down