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Phrasal Verbs

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Walk up#2352

Go to someone

“I suppose we should WALK UP before they notice we're late.”

Waltz through#2353

Pass or succeed easily

“WALTZ THROUGH your shoes.”

Wander off#2354

Leave a place, usually without telling other people

“We can't WANDER OFF from the deal now.”

Want out#2355

Want to leave a relationship or arrangement

“Jackie wasn't happy with her marriage and WANTED OUT.”

Ward off#2356

Stop something bad or harmful happening

“We had to WARD OFF the meeting.”

Warm up#2357

To prepare for physical activity. Do exercises before a sport

“We need to WARM UP a contract.”

Wash away#2358

When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.

“I suppose we should WASH AWAY before they notice we're late.”

Wash down#2359

Drink in order to swallow something solid

“We need to WASH DOWN before someone notices.”

Wash out#2360

Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled

“We had to WASH OUT the meeting.”

Wash over#2361

Suddenly experience a strong emotion

“She's WASHG THROUGH OVER a difficult time.”

Wash up#2362

Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it

“The children WASHED UP after lunch.”

Waste away#2363

Become very thin and weak, usually due to illness

“I suppose we should WASTE AWAY before they notice we're late.”

Watch out#2364

To be careful (imperative)

“We need to WATCH OUT before someone notices.”

Watch out for#2365

Be careful of something

“We need to WATCH OUT FOR before someone notices.”

Watch over#2366

Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble

“We'll WATCH OVER the matter.”

Water down#2367

Make something weaker and less effective

“She's always WATERG UP DOWN stories.”

Wave aside#2368

Ignore or refuse to consider what someone says

“We need to WAVE ASIDE traffic delays in the schedule.”

Wave down#2369

Make a hand signal to stop a vehicle

“We had to WAVE DOWN the meeting.”

Wave off#2370

Go to a place where someone is leaving to wave goodbye

“I suppose we should WAVE OFF before they notice we're late.”

Wave on#2371

Make a hand signal to tell someone to keep moving

“You must WAVE ON your homework.”

Wean off#2372

Slowly stop a dependency on something

“We had to WEAN OFF the meeting.”

Wear away#2373

Erode, remove gradually

“I suppose we should WEAR AWAY before they notice we're late.”

Wear down#2374

Make something weaker

“She's always WEARG UP DOWN stories.”

Wear off#2375

Stop having an effect

“We had to WEAR OFF the meeting.”

Wear out#2376

Use something until it stops working

“We had to WEAR OUT the meeting.”

Weasel out#2377

Back out of a commitment

“We need to WEASEL OUT before someone notices.”

Weasel out of#2378

Back out of a commitment

“We need to WEASEL OUT OF before someone notices.”

Weed out#2379

Remove, get rid of

“I suppose we should WEED OUT before they notice we're late.”

Weigh down on#2380

Burden with responsibilities, duties, etc

“We need to WEIGH DOWN ON before someone notices.”

Weigh in#2381

Have a certain weight (in sports like boxing)

“We need to WEIGH IN before someone notices.”

Weigh in on#2382

Enter an argument or discussion to express a strongly felt idea

“The children were WEIGHING IN ON stories from the book.”

Weigh on#2383

Make someone consider carefully

“We need to WEIGH ON traffic delays in the schedule.”

Weigh out#2384

Measure a certain amount of something by weight

“The expenses WEIGH OUT more than the budget allows.”

Weigh up#2385

Assess

“We need to WEIGH UP before someone notices.”

Weird off on#2386

Approach someone or behave in a strange, scary unexpected way

“He WEIRDS OFF ON newcomers.”

Weird out#2387

Disturb, cause concern or worry

“We've WEIRDN OUT all the milk.”

Well up#2388

Feel tears starting

“I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.”

Wheel around#2389

Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction

“They're WHEELING AROUND a summer launch date.”

Wheel out#2390

Use something like an explanation that has been used many times before and has lost its impact

“We've WHEELN OUT all the milk.”

Wheel round#2391

Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction

“They're WHEELING ROUND a summer launch date.”

While away#2392

Spend time doing something because you have nothing better to do

“We've WHILEN AWAY all the milk.”

Whip into#2393

Enter rapidly (as for a brief errand)

“We need to WHIP INTO before someone notices.”

Whip off#2394

Produce, make or create quickly

“We need to WHIP OFF a solution.”

Whip out#2395

Remove quickly

“I suppose we should WHIP OUT before they notice we're late.”

Whip out of#2396

Exit rapidly

“We need to WHIP OUT OF of here.”

Whip through#2397

Do something quickly

“We need to WHIP THROUGH before someone notices.”

Whip up#2398

Make food quickly

“We got back late and WHIPPED UP dinner.”

Whisk away#2399

Take to another place quickly

“Can you WHISK AWAY this?”

Whisk off#2400

Take someone to another place, usually unexpectedly

“Can you WHISK OFF this?”

White out#2401

Use correction fluid to cover a mistake in a written text

“Can you WHITE OUT this?”

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