Vocabulary
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Defend, support(inseparable)
“He's the kind of manager who will always STAND UP FOR his staff.”
Keep your principles when challenged by an authority(inseparable)
“She STOOD UP TO the police when they tried to corrupt her.”
Look at someone until they cannot look at you(separable)
“He was angry but I STARED him DOWN and he left without saying much.”
Make something start(separable)
“They STARTED OFF the meeting with an attack on our performance.”
Help someone to start a piece or work or activity(separable)
“I STARTED her OFF ON the project then left her to finish it.”
Begin to use or consume(inseparable)
“It's time to START ON that bottle of wine.”
Criticise or nag(inseparable)
“He STARTED ON AT me for being late.”
Begin a journey
“We STARTED OUT early in the morning.”
Begin life, existence or a career(inseparable)
“What had STARTED OUT AS a protest quickly turned into a full-blown rebellion.”
Intend, plan(inseparable)
“I didn't START OUT TO become the boss- it just happened.”
Begin something again
“It's a mess- I think we should just START OVER.”
Open a business(separable)
“The firm STARTED UP on a shoestring budget.”
Store or hide something in a safe place(separable)
“I STASHED some money AWAY behind some books.”
Push or break something inwards(separable)
“The police STOVE the front door IN and arrested them.”
Delay, prevent something from happening(separable)
“The medicine STAVED OFF the worst of the disease.”
Not come
“He said he didn't like them coming and wanted them to STAY AWAY.”
Avoid, not come(inseparable)
“He told them to STAY AWAY FROM him.”
Not go out
“I'm going to STAY IN and chill tonight; I can't be bothered to go out.”
Remain longer than anticipated
“She STAYED ON after she graduated to do a Master's degree.”
Not go home
“We STAYED OUT all night.”
Stay overnight
“I STAYED OVER at a friend's house last night because of the train strike.”
Not go to bed
“The children STAYED UP until way past their bedtime.”
Leave a place quietly or secretly
“We didn't want to wake them, so we STOLE AWAY in the middle of the night.”
Leave in a stealthy or quiet manner
“Not wanting to attract attention, she STOLE OUT early.”
