Fill Up

fill to capacity

• If you have a concert at a large venue you have to fill it up otherwise it will look empty.
• When I go to the gas station, I always tell them to fill it up.

Try On

put clothing on to see if it fits

• I hate trying on clothes when I go shopping because the lines are always so long.
• Online shopping will always be risky because you can’t try things on before you buy them.

Fill Out

complete a form

• Fill out this application form and mail it in.
• Every time you go to the hospital in America there is a lot of paperwork to fill out.

Turn Up

raise the volume

• When the DJ saw the crowd enjoying a song, he turned it up.
• Grandpa couldn’t hear, so he turned up his hearing aid.

 

Call Off

cancel

• They called off negotiations last night and decided to keep the companies separate for the moment.
• The protest was called off at the last minute but the police were ready to take action.

Turn Off

switch off electricity

• We turned off the lights before anyone could see us.
• My sister never turns the tv off before going to bed.

repulse

• When I saw the way he treated his mother, it really turned me off.
• You are being really aggressive and it is really turning me off.

Bring Up

mention a topic

• If you really want a raise, bring it up during your yearly evaluation.
• I’m telling you once and for all, don’t ever bring this up again or I’ll tell your wife about your affair.

Blow Up

explode

• The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station.
• The soldiers had orders to blow up the oil reserves.

Get over (something)

 to start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened to you

• It can take weeks to get over an illness like that.
• Robin is pretty upset that there are no more chestnuts to pick, but he’ll get over it.

Get Along

If people get along, they like each other and are friendly to each other

• I get along well with most of my colleagues.
• We’re not together anymore, but we get along great.
• Richard and his sister don’t get along.

Give Away

give something away

to give something as a gift

• He gave away most of his money to charity.
• (informal) Check out the prices of our pizzas—we’re virtually giving them away!

give somebody away

Entrust your daughter to her husband through the marriage ceremony

• He gave his daughter away and told the groom to look after her.

give something or somebody away

Tell a secret, often unintentionally

• She didn’t give anything away about the party so it came as a complete surprise to me.

 

Find out

to discover a fact or piece of information

• We just found out how to cross the lake.
• We may never find out the truth about what happened.
• The police are determined to find out who killed Louise.

Hang Up

1 to finish a telephone conversation

• If a caller is rude, just hang up.

2 hang something ↔ up to hang clothes on a hook etc

• She took her coat off and hung it up.

3 hang up your hat/football boots/briefcase etc informal to stop doing a particular kind of work

• I want a few trophies and medals to reflect on when I eventually hang up my boots.

 

Get Up

1. When someone who is sitting or lying down gets up, they rise to a standing position.

• I got up and walked over to where he was.

2.When you get up, you get out of bed.

• They have to get up early in the morning.

Zip Up

zip up

1. to close or connect (something) with a zipper

• He zipped up his jacket.

2. to use a zipper to fasten someone’s clothing

• Will you zip me up, please?

Zoom in

zoom in

to adjust the lens of a camera so that the image seems to be bigger and closer —often + on 

• I zoomed in on her face to show her reaction.

• The TV cameras zoomed in on the winner’s face.

 often used figuratively

• We’re trying to zoom in on the cause of these problems before they get worse.