To prevent someone from leaving a room or building
Give up
To stop using something OR stop trying
Get back
To get something that you had before
Pick up
To collect someone or something from a place
Blow up
Explode
Make up
To invent something like an excuse or a story
Look at
Direct your eyes toward someone or something so that you can see them
Call up
Telephone someone
Call off
To cancel something like a meeting OR To order a person or dog to stop attacking someone
Look down
To be in a position that affords a downward view. : to look at someone or something as inferior : strongly dislike
Fill in
To write the necessary information on a form
Jot down
Write something down quickly
Look up
Find a piece of information from a book or on the internet, etc.
Bring up
To mention or to start to talk about a topic
Fill out
Add information to complete an official form or document OR to put on a noticeable amount of weight.
Check out
To investigate something like a friend’s new house, a club, a new restaurant, etc
Pick out
Make a choice among people or things in a group
Turn over
To flip something over like a letter, a piece of meat, a book, etc.
Put on
To put something on like jewelry, clothes, make-up, shoes, gloves
Hand in
Give something to someone, usually a person in authority
Leave out
To not include something or someone
Hold up
To delay or block the movement or progress of someone or something OR To display something by holding it up OR To support and prevent something from falling
Hand out
To give things to members of a group
Clean out
To thoroughly clean the inside of something
Use up
Finish the last of something (coffee, juice, paper towels, etc.)
Look over
To examine something to see what it is like
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