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Walk on
Continue walking
“I saw the accident but just WALKED ON as I didn't want to have to give a statement.”
Walk out on
Leave somebody angrily
“He WALKED OUT ON his wife last year.”
Walk through
Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone
“He WALKED me THROUGH the procedures.”
Walk up
Go to someone
“A man WALKED UP and asked me the time.”
Waltz through
Pass or succeed easily
“She WALTZED THROUGH the tests and got the highest score.”
Wander off
Leave a place, usually without telling other people
“She WANDERED OFF and got lost in the crowd.”
Want out
Want to leave a relationship or arrangement
“Jackie wasn't happy with her marriage and WANTED OUT.”
Ward off
Stop something bad or harmful happening
“She WARDED OFF evil spirits with her magic charms.”
Warm up
To prepare for physical activity. Do exercises before a sport
“The team WARMED UP half an hour before the volleyball match.”
Wash away
When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.
“The ice cream stall on the beach was WASHED AWAY in the storm last night.”
Wash down
Drink in order to swallow something solid
“I WASHED the antibiotics DOWN with a glass of water.”
Wash out
Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled
“The rain WASHED OUT the championship final.”
Wash over
Suddenly experience a strong emotion
“He felt numb as grief WASHED OVER him.”
Wash up
Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it
“The children WASHED UP after lunch.”
Waste away
Become very thin and weak, usually due to illness
“He WASTED AWAY as the cancer got worse.”
Watch out
To be careful (imperative)
“Watch out - there's ice on the road.”
Watch out for
Be careful of something
“WATCH OUT FOR bats in the caves; many have rabies.”
Watch over
Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble
“The lecturer WATCHED OVER the students as they did the experiment.”
Water down
Make something weaker and less effective
“She's always WATERG UP DOWN stories.”
Wave aside
Ignore or refuse to consider what someone says
“They WAVED ASIDE our objections and carried on with the plan.”
Wave down
Make a hand signal to stop a vehicle
“They WAVED the van DOWN and got a lift after the accident.”
Wave off
Go to a place where someone is leaving to wave goodbye
“We WAVED her OFF at the station.”
Wave on
Make a hand signal to tell someone to keep moving
“The accident was bad, but the police WAVED us ON.”
Wean off
Slowly stop a dependency on something
“We will have to WEAN him OFF his obsession.”
Wear away
Erode, remove gradually
“The lawn has been WORN AWAY by people walking across it and it's just bare soil now with hardly a blade of grass.”
Wear down
Make something weaker
“The stress of my job is WEARING me DOWN.”
Wear off
Stop having an effect
“The anaesthetic WORE OFF and my tooth started hurting.”
Wear out
Use something until it stops working
“She played the video so many times that she WORE the tape OUT.”
Weasel out
Back out of a commitment
“I'm supposed to go on Thursday, but I am going to WEASEL OUT.”
Weasel out of
Back out of a commitment
“They're trying to WEASEL OUT OF our agreement.”
Weed out
Remove, get rid of
“The company WEEDED OUT the unsuccessful sales reps.”
Weigh down on
Burden with responsibilities, duties, etc
“The requirements of her new job WEIGHED DOWN ON her.”
Weigh in
Have a certain weight (in sports like boxing)
“The champion WEIGHED IN at 120 kilos.”
Weigh in on
Enter an argument or discussion to express a strongly felt idea
“She WEIGHED IN ON their immigration policies.”
Weigh on
Make someone consider carefully
“The issues raised WEIGHED ON her mind.”
Weigh out
Measure a certain amount of something by weight
“Could you WEIGH OUT 200 grammes of that for me?”
Weigh up
Assess
“They WEIGHED the pros and cons UP carefully before deciding.”
Weird off on
Approach someone or behave in a strange, scary unexpected way
“He WEIRDS OFF ON newcomers.”
Weird out
Disturb, cause concern or worry
“The way he spoke was WEIRDING me OUT.”
Well up
Feel tears starting
“I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.”
Wheel around
Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction
“When he heard the whistle, he WHEELED AROUND to see what was happening.”
Wheel out
Use something like an explanation that has been used many times before and has lost its impact
“They WHEELED OUT the same old excuses last time this happened.”
Wheel round
Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction
“She WHEELED ROUND when he told her to stop.”
While away
Spend time doing something because you have nothing better to do
“We WHILED a couple of hours AWAY playing computer games.”
Whip into
Enter rapidly (as for a brief errand)
“Ben WHIPPED INTO the convenience store for a bag of crisps.”
Whip off
Produce, make or create quickly
“He WHIPPED OFF two essays in a couple of hours before the deadline.”
Whip out
Remove quickly
“The police officer WHIPPED OUT her radio and called for back-up.”
Whip out of
Exit rapidly
“Lola WHIPPED OUT OF a side street without looking and broadsided a police car.”
Whip through
Do something quickly
“She WHIPPED THROUGH the task.”
Whip up
Make food quickly
“We got back late and WHIPPED UP dinner.”