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Fall behind
Make less progress
“I was ill for a week and FELL BEHIND with my work.”
Fall down
Fall on the ground
“I slipped on the ice and FELL DOWN.”
Fall for
Be attracted to somebody, fall in love
“He FELL FOR her the moment their eyes met.”
Fall in
Collapse
“The ceiling FELL IN hurting a lot of people.”
Fall into
Start doing something unplanned
“I just FELL INTO my job when an opportunity came up.”
Fall off
Decrease
“The membership FELL OFF dramatically when the chairperson resigned.”
Fall out
Argue and be on bad terms with someone
“They FELL OUT over the decision and hardly speak to each other any more.”
Fall over
Fall on the ground
“I slipped on the ice and FELL OVER.”
Fall through
Be unsuccessful
“The plans FELL THROUGH when planning permission was refused.”
Fall under
Become controlled
“At first he was independent, but then he FELL UNDER their influence.”
Farm out
Give or contract work to someone else
“The company wants to FARM OUT their maintenance.”
Fart about
Waste time doing silly things
“The manager was angry because the staff were FARTING ABOUT.”
Fart around
Waste time doing pointless things
“We were really bored in the lecture so we started FARTING AROUND.”
Fasten down
Tie something so that it doesn't move
“We FASTENED it DOWN to keep the wind from blowing it away.”
Fasten on
Give attention to something that confirms your beliefs
“They have FASTENED ON the speech as a source of inspiration.”
Fasten onto
Follow someone closely, normally when they don't want your company
“He FASTENED ONTO the minister on his visit and asked him repeatedly about the scandal.”
Fasten up
Close, attach
“FASTEN UP your seatbelts.”
Fathom out
Understand something
“I couldn't FATHOM OUT what she wanted from me.”
Fatten up
Give an animal a lot to eat to make it fat
“They FATTEN the cows UP before slaughtering them.”
Fawn on
Praise someone in an excessive way to get their favour or something from them
“He's always FAWNING ON his boss to try to get promoted.”
Fawn over
Praise someone in an excessive way to get their favour or something from them
“She FAWNED OVER the inspectors in the hope that they would give her a good grade.”
Feed off
Eat a food as part of an animals diet
“The gecko FEEDS OFF mosquitoes and other insects.”
Feed on
Grow stronger
“The opposition party's FEEDING ON the government's weaknesses.”
Feed up
Give someone a lot of food to restore their health, make them bigger, etc
“She's been ill for a fortnight so we're FEEDING her UP.”
Feel up
Touch sexually, grope
“Someone FELT me UP in the club as I was trying to get to the bar.”
Feel up to
Feel capable of doing something
“I'm so tired. I don't think I FEEL UP TO going out tonight.”
Fence in
Enclose an area
“They FENCED the whole garden IN.”
Fence off
Enclose an area to keep animals or people out
“They FENCED OFF one side of the park to keep dogs out.”
Fend for
Take care of yourself or someone without help from other people
“The children had to FEND FOR themselves after their parents died.”
Fend off
Resist something successfully
“He managed to FEND OFF the criticism in the press.”
Ferret about
Search for something
“He FERRETED ABOUT in his wallet for the receipt.”
Ferret around
Search for something
“She FERRETED AROUND in her bag for her keys.”
Ferret out
Search and discover something
“The investigation finally managed to FERRET OUT the truth.”
Fess up
Confess, admit something reluctantly
“The company FESSED UP after they were exposed in the newspapers.”
Fess up to
Confess, admit reluctantly to something
“They FESSED UP TO the crime.”
Fetch up
Arrive unintentionally
“The boat FETCHED UP on the beach.”
Fiddle about
Waste time doing silly things, or doing things unsuccessfully
“We spent the whole afternoon FIDDLING ABOUT with the computer but couldn't get it to work.”
Fiddle around
Waste time doing silly things, or unsuccessful things
“I FIDDLED AROUND with the phone but couldn't get any signal.”
Fiddle away
Waste time
“He FIDDLED AWAY the afternoon.”
Fight back
Defend yourself, resist an attack
“The army attacked the town and the inhabitants FOUGHT BACK fiercely.”
Fight it out
Struggle to see who wins, both by arguing or fighting
“Their FIGHTING IT OUT to see who will become the next CEO.”
Fight off
Fight an attacker and force them back
“The old lady managed to FIGHT the muggers OFF and they didn't get her purse.”
Figure on
Plan, expect
“What job do you FIGURE ON doing when you graduate?”
File away
Put a document in the correct place for storage in a filing system
“I FILED a copy of the letter AWAY for my records.”
File for
Apply for something legally, like divorce or bankruptcy
“They FILED FOR divorce after two years of marriage.”
Fill in for
Substitute
“I was away for a few days, so they had to get someone to FILL IN FOR me.”
Fill in on
Give someone information
“I'm sorry I missed the meeting; could you FILL me IN ON what happened.”
Fill up
Fill something completely
“I stopped at the garage and FILLED UP with petrol.”
Filter in
Move into a lane of traffic without making other cars stop
“The slip lane allows traffic to FILTER IN at the junction.”
Filter out
Remove something unwanted
“It FILTERS OUT all the impurities and chemicals in tap water so that it tastes better.”