Vocabulary
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Plan things to fit or suit people or situations(inseparable)
“Promotions are KEYED TO people's abilities.”
Make someone excited or nervous(separable)
“The noise got us KEYED UP.”
Discuss(separable)
“We KICKED the idea ABOUT at the meeting.”
“We KICKED the idea AROUND.”
Spend time with(inseparable)
“I used to KICK AROUND WITH them, but haven't seen them for a while.”
Pay someone illegally as part of the price(separable)
“I had to KICK ten percent BACK to the government official to get the contract.”
Break something with your feet(separable)
“The police KICKED the door DOWN.”
When a drug starts to take effect(separable)
“Her hayfever didn't feel half as bad once the antihistamines had KICKED IN.”
Start a game of football
“The match KICKS OFF at three o'clock.”
Expel(separable)
“The family KICKED the au pair OUT when they found out that she was planning to move to work for another household.”
Cause trouble or pain
“My back KICKS UP when it gets cold.”
Reduce or exterminate a population by hunting, pollution, development, etc.(separable)
“There used to be a lot of wolves around here, but most of them have been KILLED OFF.”
Sleep away from your home, often without planning to
“It's too late to get the train, so can I KIP DOWN here tonight?”
Sleep on something other than a bed(inseparable)
“There were so many of us that we had to KIP DOWN ON the floor.”
Used to tell someone to go away(separable)
“He was bugging us, so we told him to KISS OFF.”
Try to get into someone's favour(inseparable)
“He's a creep and is always KISSING UP TO the director.”
Beat someone(separable)
“He KNOCKED his brother ABOUT after they argued.”
Discuss casually(separable)
“We KNOCKED the idea AROUND a bit, but decided not to bother.”
Cost someone a lot of money(separable)
“Your holiday must have KNOCKED you BACK a bit.”
Demolish(separable)
“They KNOCKED DOWN the old church and built a block of flats in its place.”
Stop doing something annoying(separable)
“The were making too much noise, so I told them to KNOCK IT OFF.”
Finish work for the day(separable)
“We KNOCKED OFF early on Friday to avoid the rush hour queues.”
Hit and make somebody unconscious(separable)
“The reigning middleweight champion KNOCKED OUT the challenger in the fourth round of the fight.”
Rob(inseparable)
“The gang KNOCKED OVER a betting office yesterday afternoon.”
Join houses that had been separate(separable)
“They KNOCKED TOGETHER two outbuilding and turned them into a home.”
Become or get someone pregnant(separable)
“She got KNOCKED UP when she was on holiday.”
Make a great effort
“I've got my exams next week and I haven't done much work, so I'd better KNUCKLE DOWN.”
Submit to authority
“The teacher made the students KNUCKLE UNDER and hand their projects in on time.”
Get someone into trouble(separable)
“He LANDED ME IN it when he told them what I had done wrong.”
Arrive, end a journey in a place, often without planning(inseparable)
“We set out for Manchester, but LANDED UP IN Liverpool.”
Create a problem for someone(separable)
“He LANDED ME WITH the job of proofreading the whole thing.”
Appreciate something(separable)
“He LAPPED UP their praise.”
Have a good time when intoxicated(separable)
“They were LARGING IT UP in the rave.”
Behave in a silly way
“The children made me angry because they were LARKING ABOUT.”
“The students wouldn't stop LARKING AROUND.”
Enjoy yourself noisily and exuberantly
“After they won, they went to a bar to L ARK IT UP.”
Fall heavily (rain)(separable)
“The rain was LASHING DOWN all day and the roads were flooded.”
Criticise someone strongly(inseparable)
“He LASHED INTO them for messing thins up.”
Suddenly become violent
“He LASHED OUT and broke the man's nose.”
Criticise something strongly(inseparable)
“The press has LASHED OUT AGAINST the policy.”
Hit someone suddenly, usually without warning, or try to hit them(inseparable)
“He LASHED OUT AT me when I laughed at him.”
Spend a lot of money buying something(separable)
“I LASHED OUT a lot ON a new car.”
Understand, often after a long time
“They were lying, but it took her ages to LATCH ON.”
Understand something, often after a long time(inseparable)
“The police didn't LATCH ON TO what the crooks were doing for years.”
Connect to something(inseparable)
“The gecko LATCHED ONTO the ceiling.”
Pretend something (an injury, news, etc.) isn’t important(separable)
“He LAUGHED OFF the sprained finger but it obviously affected his golf game.”
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.”
Falsely or cruelly raise hopes(separable)
“She LED HIM ON about her desire to get married.”
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