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Stop doing something(separable)
“I'm trying to PACK IN smoking.”
Stop doing something (used as an imperative)
“The kids were making a fuss, so I told them to PACK IT IN.”
Send someone away(separable)
“His boss PACKED him OFF to a regional office.”
Fill a venue(separable)
“The stadium was PACKED OUT.”
“You should PACK UP smoking.”
Sleep somewhere for the night
“I'm too tired to come home; can I PAD DOWN here tonight?”
Make a text longer by including extra content, often content that isn't particularly relevant(separable)
“I couldn't think of much to write, so I PADDED the essay OUT with a few lengthy quotes.”
Begin a romantic relationship(separable)
“They PAIRED OFF shortly after starting university.”
Form a pair with someone(inseparable)
“I PAIRED OFF WITH Trish for the test.”
Form a pair
“We need to PAIR UP before someone notices.”
Be friendly and spend time with someone
“We used to PAL ABOUT when we were at school.”
“We PALLED AROUND at university.”
Become friends
“We PALLED UP when I started working with her.”
Get someone to accept something that isn't true(separable)
“He tried to PALM me OFF with a pathetic excuse.”
The way a situation develops
“I don't know how things will PAN OUT now the company's been taken over.”
Try to conceal a problem without really fixing it(inseparable)
“The government tried to PAPER OVER the problems in the proposal, but the press were very critical.”
If you pare something back, you reduce the size or numbers(separable)
“They have had to PARE BACK the services they offer as their funding was reduced.”
Reduce, decrease(separable)
“They have PARED DOWN the number of employees as they haven't been doing well.”
Give something away, especially when you don't want to(inseparable)
“I found it very hard to PART WITH my old CDs when I digitized my collection.”
Give out to everybody there(separable)
“The teacher PASSED the handout AROUND.”
Be believed to be something(inseparable)
“Although not qualified, he managed to PASS AS a doctor for years.”
Die
“Sadly, Georgia's uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday after a short illness.”
Return(separable)
“I felt awful when the teacher started to PASS BACK the exam papers.”
Go past without stopping(inseparable)
“I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident.”
Transmit information or give property to younger generations(separable)
“The tales were PASSED DOWN for centuries without changing ay of the words.”
Be accepted as something, usually when not(inseparable)
“You'd be surprised at what PASSES FOR good cooking in many restaurants.”
Convince something that something is real(separable)
“I managed to PASS OFF the fake money in the market.”
Change topic or subject(inseparable)
“Let's PASS ON TO the next item on the agenda.”
Faint, lose consciousness(separable)
“He got so drunk that he PASSED OUT.”
Ignore someone and give a job, reward, etc, to someone more junior(separable)
“They PASSED him OVER and made his assistant the new director.”
Distribute, give to people present(separable)
“They PASSED ROUND copies of the handbook.”
Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly(inseparable)
“I didn't see much as I was only PASSING THROUGH the town.”
Give ownership or responsibility to someone(inseparable)
“The shares PASSED TO his daughter when he died.”
Decline a chance(separable)
“She PASSED UP the opportunity to go to university because she'd been offered a job.”
Search or frisk someone(separable)
“The police PATTED them DOWN for weapons but found nothing.”
Create or assemble something quickly without much planning(separable)
“They PATCHED TOGETHER a coalition after the election.”
Fix or make things better(separable)
“I tried to PATCH things UP after the argument, but they wouldn't speak to me.”
Repay money borrowed(separable)
“I PAID BACK the twenty pounds I'd borrowed.”
Pay a debt over time(separable)
“The British government can't PAY DOWN the national debt.”
Purchase(separable)
“I PAID twenty pounds FOR the book.”
Deposit money(separable)
“I PAID the cash INTO my account.”
Eat very small amounts(inseparable)
“The food wasn't very nice, so I PECKED AT it to look polite.”
Leave a group by moving in a different direction
“Some of the crowd PEELED AWAY to get out of the crush.”
Leave a group by moving in a different direction(inseparable)
“They PEELED AWAY FROM the crowd and went down a side road.”
“When the police blocked the road, a few protesters PEELED OFF and left the march.”
“They PEELED OFF FROM the demonstration when the police arrived.”
Accelerate rapidly from stationary
“Fearing the police, he PEELED OUT in a cloud of tire smoke.”
Keep working at something
“I PEGGED AWAY for weeks before my exams.”
Fasten something to the ground(separable)
“We PEGGED the tent DOWN to stop the wind blowing it about.”
“After a long illness, she finally PEGGED IT yesterday.”
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