Vocabulary
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Ask a number of people for information of help(separable)
“I have no idea, but I'll ASK AROUND at work and see if anyone can help.”
Provoke a negative reaction(inseparable)
“You're ASKING FOR trouble.”
Invite somebody into your house(separable)
“'Jon's at the door.' 'ASK him IN.”
Invite someone for a date(separable)
“He wanted to ASK her OUT but was too shy.”
Invite(separable)
“They have ASKED us OVER for drinks on Friday.”
Invite someone(separable)
“We ASKED John ROUND for diner.”
Sell something in an auction(separable)
“They AUCTIONED OFF their property as they were heavily in debt.”
Retreat or go backwards
“The crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a knife.”
Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument
“She refused to BACK DOWN and was fired.”
Enter a parking area in reverse gear(separable)
“He prefers to BACK his car INTO the garage.”
Retreat
“The police told the protesters to BACK OFF.”
Fail to keep an arrangement or promise
“Don't BACK OUT with payments.”
Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement(inseparable)
“She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute.Exit a parking area in reverse gear( | International English)”
Make a copy of computer data(separable)
“You should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won't lose all your work if something goes wrong with the hardware.”
Criticise(separable)
“Don't bag out BAG OUT Australian English.”
Save, rescue(separable)
“The government had to BAIL OUT the airline because it was losing so much money.”
Pay a bond to release someone from jail
“I must BAIL my drunken brother OUT OF jail.”
Stop supporting someone when they are in trouble(inseparable)
“Everybody BAILED OUT ON him when the scandal broke.”
Talk to someone and delay them
“I was late because he BAILED me UP on the phone and wouldn't shut up.”
Confuse or make things complicated(separable)
“The new project has BALLED me UP- I have no idea what to do.”
Spoil, ruin(separable)
“He BALLSED the presentation UP.”
Move in a place making a lot of noise
“He's BANGING ABOUT in the kitchen.”
“I can hear him BANGING ABOUT upstairs.”
Talk at great length
“He BANGED ON for half an hour but no one was listening.”
