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Continue walking
“I saw the accident but just WALKED ON as I didn't want to have to give a statement.”
Leave somebody angrily(inseparable)
“He WALKED OUT ON his wife last year.”
Explain or demonstrate something carefully to someone(separable)
“He WALKED me THROUGH the procedures.”
Go to someone
“A man WALKED UP and asked me the time.”
Pass or succeed easily(inseparable)
“She WALTZED THROUGH the tests and got the highest score.”
Leave a place, usually without telling other people
“She WANDERED OFF and got lost in the crowd.”
Want to leave a relationship or arrangement
“Jackie wasn't happy with her marriage and WANTED OUT.”
Stop something bad or harmful happening(separable)
“She WARDED OFF evil spirits with her magic charms.”
Prepare for physical activity. Do exercises before a sport
“The team WARMED UP half an hour before the volleyball match.”
When floods or waves completely remove a structure, building, etc.(separable)
“The ice cream stall on the beach was WASHED AWAY in the storm last night.”
Drink in order to swallow something solid(separable)
“I WASHED the antibiotics DOWN with a glass of water.”
Rain so heavily that an event has to be cancelled(separable)
“The rain WASHED OUT the championship final.”
Suddenly experience a strong emotion(inseparable)
“He felt numb as grief WASHED OVER him.”
Clean everything used to prepare food and eat it(separable)
“The children WASHED UP after lunch.”
Become very thin and weak, usually due to illness
“He WASTED AWAY as the cancer got worse.”
Be careful (imperative)
“Watch out - there's ice on the road.”
Be careful of something(inseparable)
“WATCH OUT FOR bats in the caves; many have rabies.”
Keep an eye on something or someone to check that there's no trouble(inseparable)
“The lecturer WATCHED OVER the students as they did the experiment.”
Make something weaker and less effective(separable)
“She's always WATERG UP DOWN stories.”
Ignore or refuse to consider what someone says(separable)
“They WAVED ASIDE our objections and carried on with the plan.”
Make a hand signal to stop a vehicle(separable)
“They WAVED the van DOWN and got a lift after the accident.”
Go to a place where someone is leaving to wave goodbye(separable)
“We WAVED her OFF at the station.”
Make a hand signal to tell someone to keep moving(separable)
“The accident was bad, but the police WAVED us ON.”
Slowly stop a dependency on something(separable)
“We will have to WEAN him OFF his obsession.”
Erode, remove gradually(separable)
“The lawn has been WORN AWAY by people walking across it and it's just bare soil now with hardly a blade of grass.”
Make something weaker(separable)
“The stress of my job is WEARING me DOWN.”
Stop having an effect
“The anaesthetic WORE OFF and my tooth started hurting.”
Use something until it stops working(separable)
“She played the video so many times that she WORE the tape OUT.”
Back out of a commitment
“I'm supposed to go on Thursday, but I am going to WEASEL OUT.”
Back out of a commitment(inseparable)
“They're trying to WEASEL OUT OF our agreement.”
Remove, get rid of(separable)
“The company WEEDED OUT the unsuccessful sales reps.”
Burden with responsibilities, duties, etc(inseparable)
“The requirements of her new job WEIGHED DOWN ON her.”
Have a certain weight (in sports like boxing)
“The champion WEIGHED IN at 120 kilos.”
Enter an argument or discussion to express a strongly felt idea(inseparable)
“She WEIGHED IN ON their immigration policies.”
Make someone consider carefully(inseparable)
“The issues raised WEIGHED ON her mind.”
Measure a certain amount of something by weight(separable)
“Could you WEIGH OUT 200 grammes of that for me?”
Assess(separable)
“They WEIGHED the pros and cons UP carefully before deciding.”
Approach someone or behave in a strange, scary unexpected way(inseparable)
“He WEIRDS OFF ON newcomers.”
Disturb, cause concern or worry(separable)
“The way he spoke was WEIRDING me OUT.”
Feel tears starting
“I felt tears WELLING UP when I heard the news.”
Turn quickly and face in the opposite direction
“When he heard the whistle, he WHEELED AROUND to see what was happening.”
Use something like an explanation that has been used many times before and has lost its impact(separable)
“They WHEELED OUT the same old excuses last time this happened.”
“She WHEELED ROUND when he told her to stop.”
Spend time doing something because you have nothing better to do(separable)
“We WHILED a couple of hours AWAY playing computer games.”
Enter rapidly (as for a brief errand)(inseparable)
“Ben WHIPPED INTO the convenience store for a bag of crisps.”
Produce, make or create quickly(separable)
“He WHIPPED OFF two essays in a couple of hours before the deadline.”
Remove quickly(separable)
“The police officer WHIPPED OUT her radio and called for back-up.”
Exit rapidly(inseparable)
“Lola WHIPPED OUT OF a side street without looking and broadsided a police car.”
Do something quickly(inseparable)
“She WHIPPED THROUGH the task.”
Make food quickly(separable)
“We got back late and WHIPPED UP dinner.”
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