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Pack in
Stop doing something
“I'm trying to PACK IN smoking.”
Pack it in
Stop doing something (used as an imperative)
“The kids were making a fuss, so I told them to PACK IT IN.”
Pack off
Send someone away
“His boss PACKED him OFF to a regional office.”
Pack out
Fill a venue
“The stadium was PACKED OUT.”
Pack up
Stop doing something
“You should PACK UP smoking.”
Pad down
Sleep somewhere for the night
“I'm too tired to come home; can I PAD DOWN here tonight?”
Pad out
Make a text longer by including extra content, often content that isn't particularly relevant
“I couldn't think of much to write, so I PADDED the essay OUT with a few lengthy quotes.”
Pair off
Begin a romantic relationship
“They PAIRED OFF shortly after starting university.”
Pair off with
Form a pair with someone
“I PAIRED OFF WITH Trish for the test.”
Pair up
Form a pair
“We need to PAIR UP before someone notices.”
Pal about
Be friendly and spend time with someone
“We used to PAL ABOUT when we were at school.”
Pal around
Be friendly and spend time with someone
“We PALLED AROUND at university.”
Pal up
Become friends
“We PALLED UP when I started working with her.”
Palm off
Get someone to accept something that isn't true
“He tried to PALM me OFF with a pathetic excuse.”
Pan out
The way a situation develops
“I don't know how things will PAN OUT now the company's been taken over.”
Paper over
Try to conceal a problem without really fixing it
“The government tried to PAPER OVER the problems in the proposal, but the press were very critical.”
Pare back
If you pare something back, you reduce the size or numbers.
“They have had to PARE BACK the services they offer as their funding was reduced.”
Pare down
Reduce, decrease
“They have PARED DOWN the number of employees as they haven't been doing well.”
Part with
Give something away, especially when you don't want to
“I found it very hard to PART WITH my old CDs when I digitized my collection.”
Pass around
Give out to everybody there
“The teacher PASSED the handout AROUND.”
Pass as
Be believed to be something
“Although not qualified, he managed to PASS AS a doctor for years.”
Pass away
To Die
“Sadly, Georgia's uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday after a short illness.”
Pass back
Return
“I felt awful when the teacher started to PASS BACK the exam papers.”
Pass by
Go past without stopping
“I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident.”
Pass down
Transmit information or give property to younger generations
“The tales were PASSED DOWN for centuries without changing ay of the words.”
Pass for
Be accepted as something, usually when not
“You'd be surprised at what PASSES FOR good cooking in many restaurants.”
Pass off
Convince something that something is real
“I managed to PASS OFF the fake money in the market.”
Pass on to
Change topic or subject
“Let's PASS ON TO the next item on the agenda.”
Pass out
Faint, lose consciousness
“He got so drunk that he PASSED OUT.”
Pass over
Ignore someone and give a job, reward, etc, to someone more junior
“They PASSED him OVER and made his assistant the new director.”
Pass round
Distribute, give to people present
“They PASSED ROUND copies of the handbook.”
Pass through
Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly
“I didn't see much as I was only PASSING THROUGH the town.”
Pass to
Give ownership or responsibility to someone
“The shares PASSED TO his daughter when he died.”
Pass up
Decline a chance
“She PASSED UP the opportunity to go to university because she'd been offered a job.”
Pat down
Search or frisk someone
“The police PATTED them DOWN for weapons but found nothing.”
Patch together
Create or assemble something quickly without much planning
“They PATCHED TOGETHER a coalition after the election.”
Patch up
Fix or make things better
“I tried to PATCH things UP after the argument, but they wouldn't speak to me.”
Pay back
Repay money borrowed
“I PAID BACK the twenty pounds I'd borrowed.”
Pay down
Pay a debt over time
“The British government can't PAY DOWN the national debt.”
Pay for
Purchase
“I PAID twenty pounds FOR the book.”
Pay into
Deposit money
“I PAID the cash INTO my account.”
Peck at
Eat very small amounts
“The food wasn't very nice, so I PECKED AT it to look polite.”
Peel away
Leave a group by moving in a different direction
“Some of the crowd PEELED AWAY to get out of the crush.”
Peel away from
Leave a group by moving in a different direction
“They PEELED AWAY FROM the crowd and went down a side road.”
Peel off
Leave a group by moving in a different direction
“When the police blocked the road, a few protesters PEELED OFF and left the march.”
Peel off from
Leave a group by moving in a different direction
“They PEELED OFF FROM the demonstration when the police arrived.”
Peel out
Accelerate rapidly from stationary
“Fearing the police, he PEELED OUT in a cloud of tire smoke.”
Peg away
Keep working at something
“I PEGGED AWAY for weeks before my exams.”
Peg down
Fasten something to the ground
“We PEGGED the tent DOWN to stop the wind blowing it about.”
Peg it
Die
“After a long illness, she finally PEGGED IT yesterday.”