English Idioms Set 1
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- break down
- a collapse of phsycial and/or mental health; failing to work
- break in
- to enter forcibly; with an item of clothing, it can mean to wear in and make comfortable
- breakthrough
- a sudden achievement
- break up
- to separate or collapse; divide and disperse
- clear away
- to free from something
- clear out
- to leave a place, usually quickly
- come about
- to happen
- come across
- to find or meet by chance
- come down with
- to get sick
- come up with
- to produce something or have an idea
- come from
- to derive or originate from
- come of
- to result from
- come out
- to disclose
- come through with
- to succeed in doing
- come to
- to regain consciousness;add up to
- come to terms with
- to understand or absorb mentally
- do without
- to get along without
- drop in/drop by
- to visit casually and sometimes unexpectedly
- fall back on
- to turn to for help
- fall behind
- to fail to keep up with
- fall for
- to be taken in by;duped
- fill in
- to substitute for
- fit in
- to make time for; to conform
- give away
- to make a gift of
- give in
- to surrender
- give up
- to stop; to yield to; to part with
- go along with
- to agree to
- go down
- when referring to food this means it can be swallowed and digested
- go far
- to succeed
- go on
- to proceed with; to happen
- go through with
- to do
- go under
- to fail
- go up
- to be erected
- hang on
- to hold on to; to wait or persevere
- hang around
- to loiter
- hang up
- to end a telephone conversation by putting the receiver down
- heat up
- to increase in pressure