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Criticise angrily(inseparable)
“His partner LAID INTO him when he arrived two hours late.”
Make an employee redundant(separable)
“The hotel LAID OFF twenty staff because tourist numbers were down.”
Organise, supply(separable)
“They LAID ON a buffet lunch at the conference.”
Spend money(separable)
“They LAID OUT thousands of pounds on their wedding reception.”
Falsely or cruelly raise hopes(separable)
“She LED HIM ON about her desire to get married.”
Result in(inseparable)
“The investigation LED TO the arrest of a number of suspects.”
Become public knowledge(separable)
“The company's plans to close the factory LEAKED OUT and they were very embarrassed.”
Put pressure on someone to get them to do what you want(inseparable)
“The government has denied LEANING ON the Attorney General to get his approval of the war.”
Take an opportunity enthusiastically(inseparable)
“He LEAPED AT the chance to visit.”
Show interest in or try to use something to your advantage(inseparable)
“They have LEAPT ON the bandwagon to increase sales.”
Be very noticeable(inseparable)
“Her face LEAPT OUT AT me the second I saw the photo.”
“They have LEAPT UPON a couple of errors in the document and want to invalidate the agreement.”
Not turn off(separable)
“LEAVE the TV ON; I want to hear the football results.”
Not include(separable)
“He was LEFT OUT of the side because he hasn't been playing too well lately.”
Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement(separable)
“She failed to turn up and I felt badly LET DOWN.”
Allow someone to enter(separable)
“The doorstaff didn't LET him IN the nightclub because he was wearing jeans.”
Tell someone a secret, inform them or allow them to participate(separable)
“They LET me IN ON what they were planning.”
Not punish(separable)
“The judge LET him OFF with a fine rather than a prison sentence since it was his first offence.”
Tell a secret
“I didn't mean to LET ON about the party; I just said it without thinking.”
Allow to leave or go out(separable)
“The convict was LET OUT of prison after serving five years of an eight-year sentence.”
Make something worse, when you are meant to be making things more equal(separable)
“The government is LEVELLING DOWN the parts of the country it said it would level up.”
Stabilize the altitude of an airplane
“The pilot LEVELED OFF at 5,000 meters.”
“The pilot LEVELED OUT at 5,000 meters.”
Acquire skills, points, etc, for a character in a computer game(separable)
“You can LEVEL UP the hero in the game.”