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Listen to everything someone has to say(separable)
“I HEARD them OUT before I commented.”
Make food hot(separable)
“He HEATED the soup UP in the microwave.”
Give assistance(separable)
“She really HELPED me OUT when I was going through my divorce.”
Surround or obstruct(separable)
“Broadcasters could be HEMMED IN by legal restrictions.”
Conform, adhere(inseparable)
“The work HEWED TO conventional ideas.”
Put something in a place where it won't be found(separable)
“I'm renting a cottage where I can HIDE AWAY for the summer.”
Go or stay somewhere to avoid being caught or found
“The police think he's HIDING OUT in the woods.”
Depend very much or completely(inseparable)
“Everything HINGES ON the results of the negotiations; if they go badly, we'll be in real trouble.”
“Everything HINGES UPON the results of the negotiations; if they go badly, we'll be in real trouble.”
Attack or criticise(inseparable)
“The president HIT BACK at her critics in a speech last night.”
Get someone to pay or donate money(separable)
“They HIT the sponsors FOR a lot of money.”
Have a good relationship from the first time you meet a person
“We HIT IT OFF immediately and became firm friends.”
Like someone from the first time you meet them(inseparable)
“I HIT IT OFF WITH her immediately.”
Have an idea(inseparable)
“She HIT ON him at the party and they went back to her house.”
Respond angrily to criticism(inseparable)
“The government HIT OUT AT the media for their negativity.”
Inject drugs(separable)
“She's been HITTING UP for years.”
Inject drugs(inseparable)
“He's been HITTING UP ON heroin for years.”
“It took us ages to HIT UPON a solution.”
Surprise someone with some information or news(separable)
“He HIT me WITH the details of their demands.”
Separate part of a company or service, often by selling it(separable)
“They HIVED OFF the retail operations.”
Have a grudge against someone, or little respect(separable)
“He was very rude, but I won't HOLD it AGAINST him.”
Not allow yourself to do something(inseparable)
“I had to HOLD BACK FROM losing my temper with them.”
Keep a job(separable)
“He's so unreliable that he can never HOLD DOWN a job for more than a couple of months.”
State your opinions about something, especially when talking for a long time and boringly
“The manager HELD FORTH on the topic for about twenty minutes.”
When bad weather doesn't appear(separable)
“The rain HELD OFF until we'd got back home.”
Delay(inseparable)
“The government has been HOLDING OFF ON electoral reform for ages.”
Hold tightly(inseparable)
“I HELD ON TO my luggage while I was waiting fr the taxi so that it didn't get stolen.”
Keep as long as possible(inseparable)
“It tried to HOLD ONTO my cash during the holiday so I could buy some duty free stuff on the way back.”
Try to reject(inseparable)
“The staff are HOLDING OUT AGAINST the plans to reduce the workforce.”
Wait for something better or refuse something now for something better in the future(inseparable)
“We are HOLDING OUT FOR a much better deal than the one offered.”
Not pay someone or give them information(inseparable)
“He's been HOLDING OUT ON me for weeks and I really need the money.”
Delay(separable)
“The meeting has been HELD OVER till Friday.”
Oblige or force someone to carry out an obligation(separable)
“They're HOLDING us TO all the terms of the contract.”
Not break up
“The society managed to HOLD TOGETHER despite the crisis.”
Accept (usually negative)(inseparable)
“I don't HOLD WITH their plans.”
Hide to avoid detection or an unpleasant situation
“They HOLED UP in a remote cottage while the police were searching for them.”
Make an empty space inside in something, reduce power or authority(separable)
“The new law has HOLLOWED OUT local government.”
Target(inseparable)
“The government is HOMING IN ON benefit fraud.”
Target, focus(inseparable)
“The company HONED IN ON its rival and tried to take it over. (Some consider this verb to be wrong and that is confused with 'home in on.”
Persuade someone to do something they don't want to do(separable)
“She HOOKED them INTO coming after all.”
Meet someone
“We HOOKED UP at the conference.”
Connect to a machine(inseparable)
“He's HOOKED UP TO a ventilator in the hospital.”
Act in a dangerous or reckless way, especially when driving fast
“He was HOONING AROUND in his new car last night and the police pulled him.”
Enter a vehicle(inseparable)
“We'll HOP IN the bus.”
Go away (command)
“The police officer told them to HOP IT.”
“We'll HOP ON the plane and get there in time.”
Leave a vehicle
“The bus pulled up and my cousin HOPPED OUT.”
Not be serious
“The class were HORSING AROUND when the teacher came in and told them to sit down.”
Use a hose to wet, clean or wash something(separable)
“They HOSED the patio DOWN.”
Force someone out of a place, job, position, etc.(separable)
“The press HOUNDED the minister OUT after the scandal broke.”
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