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Phrasal Verbs

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Buy out#251

Buy somebody's share in a company

“We need to BUY OUT before someone notices.”

Buy up#252

Buy all of something

“We need to BUY UP before someone notices.”

Buzz around#253

Move quickly around a place

“I suppose we should BUZZ AROUND before they notice we're late.”

Buzz off#254

Leave somewhere

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

Buzz off!#255

Go away (imperative)

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

Call after#256

Name someone after somebody else

“We need to CALL AFTER before someone notices.”

Call around#257

Visit

“We need to CALL AROUND before someone notices.”

Call at#258

Enter a harbour or port

“We need to CALL AT before someone notices.”

Call back#259

Return a phonecall

“I'll CALL HIM UP BACK later.”

Call for#260

Demand

“We need to CALL FOR before someone notices.”

Call forth#261

Make something happen

“Something's CALLP FORTH at work.”

Call in#262

Get someone to come and do a job

“I suppose we should CALL IN before they notice we're late.”

Call off#263

To cancel an event or meeting.

“We had to CALL OFF the meeting.”

Call on#264

Ask for help

“You're CALLING ON trouble with that attitude.”

Call out#265

Expose or accuse someone of wrongdoing or incompetence

“He CALLED them OUT over awarding contracts to family members.”

Call round#266

Visit

“We need to CALL ROUND before someone notices.”

Call up#267

Summon someone for military service

“The army CALLED UP the reserve soldiers when the war broke out.”

Calm down#268

Stop being angry or emotionally excited

“We had to CALM DOWN the meeting.”

Cancel out#269

Have an opposite effect on something that has happened, taking things back to the beginning

“Something's CANCELP OUT at work.”

Cap off#270

Finish or complete, often with some decisive action

“We'll CAP OFF paying more.”

Care for#271

Like

“We need to CARE FOR before someone notices.”

Carried away#272

Get so emotional that you lose control

“We need to CARRIED AWAY before someone notices.”

Carry forward#273

Include a figure in a later calculation

“They've CARRYED FORWARD extra fees without telling us.”

Carry off#274

Win, succeed

“CARRY OFF your shoes.”

Carry on#275

To continue with something.

“We need to CARRY ON despite the setbacks.”

Carry on with#276

Have an affair

“We need to CARRY ON WITH before someone notices.”

Carry out#277

Perform a task

“The children were CARRYING OUT stories from the book.”

Carry over#278

Continue past a certain point

“They're CARRYING OVER a summer launch date.”

Carry through#279

Complete successfully

“Please CARRY THROUGH the form.”

Cart off#280

Take someone away, usually under arrest or to prison

“Can you CART OFF this?”

Carve out#281

Create or get a area where you can be special or successful

“We need to CARVE OUT a solution.”

Carve up#282

Divide into smaller pieces

“We need to CARVE UP before someone notices.”

Cash in#283

Convert shares, bonds, casino chips, etc, into money

“We all CASHPED IN IN for the gift.”

Cash in on#284

Benefit or make money on something, especially if done unfairly

“The seafood didn't CASH IN ON me at all.”

Cash out#285

Illegally access a bank account or credit card and steal money

“A hacker got my credit card details from my computer and CASHED OUT a lot of money.”

Cash up#286

Count all the money taken in a shop or business at the end of the day

“Can you CASH UP this?”

Cast about for#287

Try to find something

“We need to CAST ABOUT FOR what happened.”

Cast around for#288

Try to find something

“We need to CAST AROUND FOR what happened.”

Cast aside#289

Dispose, get rid of, ignore because you no longer like something or someone

“He CAST her ASIDE.”

Cast off#290

Dispose, get rid of

“Don't CAST OFF the opportunity.”

Cast out#291

Expel, reject

“He CASTED OUT my concerns.”

Cast round for#292

Try to find something

“We need to CAST ROUND FOR what happened.”

Cast up#293

Be left on the shore by the sea

“We need to CAST UP before someone notices.”

Catch at#294

Take or grab hold of something

“CATCH AT a moment.”

Catch on#295

Become popular

“I suppose we should CATCH ON before they notice we're late.”

Catch out#296

Trick

“The exam is designed to CATCH you OUT.”

Catch up#297

Get work, etc, up to date.

“We need to CATCH UP a solution.”

Catch up in#298

Become involved, often against one’s will

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

Catch up on#299

Do something that should have been done earlier

“We need to CATCH UP ON before someone notices.”

Catch up with#300

Do something that should have been done earlier

“We need to CATCH UP WITH before someone notices.”

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