🟣cut down

✍ to do less of something or to use something in smaller amounts.

⭕️For example:

"I need to really cut down on sweets."
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🟣cut back

✍ when you spend less money on something.

⭕️For example:

"If I don't cut my spending back, I'll be out of money by next week."
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🟣catch up

✍ to move faster to reach someone or something that is ahead of you.

⭕️For example:

"If you don't catch, you'll get left behind.
So hurry up!"
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🟣cross off

✍ to remove or delete someone or something from a list.

⭕️For example:

"The teacher crossed the student's name off the roster when he hadn't showed up for class in four days."
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🟣crack down

✍ to take more action than usual against wrongdoing.

⭕️For example:

"The teacher started to crack down on student tardiness by making them write 100sentences for each minute they are late."
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🟣con out of

✍ to persuade someone to give or do something through lies and deception

⭕️For example:

"Jack is trying to con his dad out of more allowance by telling him that he had never received it."
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🟣luck out

✍ to have exceptional good luck.

⭕️For example:

"Wow, she really lucked out by finding that apartment."
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🟣Look over

✍ to examine or inspect something or someone

⭕️For example:

"Can you look over the manuscript and tell me what you think?"
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🟣fall for

✍ when someone is deceived

⭕️For example:

"Lots of people are falling for scams that trick them into sending money to strangers they meet online."
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🟣fall behind

✍ to make less progress or to not do something on time.

⭕️For example:

"I hate falling behind in my bills."
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🟣dry off

✍ to dry something or a surface quickly.

⭕️For example:

"You should use an old t-shirt to dry off your hair because a towel is too rough on the strands."
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🟣clog up

✍ when something in a drain or valve prevents the flow of water or other liquids.

⭕️For example:

"Mandy poured grease in the sink, and it clogged the drain up."
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🟣give in

✍ to surrender to something you really don't want to do after refraining from doing it for so long.

⭕️For example:

"No matter how rough the road gets on your journey to success, never give in to the trials and tribulations you face."
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🟣come over

✍ to make a visit.

⭕️For example:

"We came over to visit earlier today."
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🟣clear out

✍ to remove things completely from an area or place

⭕️For example:

"The landlady is clearing our the trash from the apartment so the new renters can move in."
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🟣do away with

✍to dispose of something

⭕️For example:

"Spring cleaning is the perfect time to do away with things you no longer use."
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🟣do with

✍to make a connection between two or more things.

⭕️For example:

"Physics and Mathematics both have to do with logic."
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🟣chop up

✍to cut something into pieces with a knife.

⭕️For example:

"The recipe says to chop up the chicken, not dice it."
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🟣snuff out

✍to extinguish something, especially a flame, a noun or pronoun can be used between "snuff" and "out."

⭕️For example:

"She snuffed the flame of the candle out between her fingers."
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🟣come down with

✍when you start to experience the symptoms of a disease or illness.

⭕️For example:

"I think we're coming down with the flu."
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