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three-part multi word verbs

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  • turn on one's heel
    leave suddenly
  • back out of sth
    decide not to do sth you said you'd do
  • like a cheshire cat
  • turn sth to good account
    make good use of sth
  • like a bear with a sore head
  • like a hawk
  • like a bad penny
  • just a crack
  • cross sb
    annoy
  • like looking for a needle in a haystack
  • like a shot
    quickly
  • turn a blind eye to sth
    pretend not to see
  • turn one's nose up at sth
    consider sth to be below one's standard
  • come up against
    deal with a problem
  • like a log
    someone who sleeps deeply
  • like a ton of bricks
  • come up with sth
    suggest or think of an idea or plan
  • like a house on fire
  • look up to sb
    admire and respect
  • live up to
    to achieve what is expected
  • turn back the clock
    try to return to the past
  • like a trooper
    work hard
  • like a drowned rat
  • like a sieve
    bad memory
  • turn the tables on sb
    suffer the consequences of an action made to hurt sb else
  • turn up trumps
    be surprisingly helpful, successful or lucky
  • turn over a new leaf
    start again
  • have a crack at sth
    have an opportunity, a try
  • make a crack
    impudent, sarcastic, or ironic remark
  • like a bull in a china shop
  • like sth the cat brought in
  • make up for
    compensate
  • like a trojan
  • like wildfire
    spread quickly
  • like the back of his hand
    perfectly
  • feel up to sth
    have the energy to do sth
  • like a rhinoceros
    sb who has a strong mind and isn’t affected by bad situations
  • turn one's hand to sth
    be able to work at sth
  • Face up to
    to deal with
  • get out of sth
    avoid doing sth
  • cross out sth
    delete
  • like water off a duck's back
    someone who is not bothered by criticism, insults
  • like a red rag to a bull
  • turn a deaf ear to sth
    pretend not to hear
  • hold back on sth
    wait before doing sth
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