call around | phone many different places/people | We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed. |
call someone back | return a phone call | I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend. |
call something off | cancel | Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé. |
call on someone | ask for an answer or opinion | The professor called on me for question 1. |
call on someone | visit someone | We called on you last night but you weren't home. |
call someone up | phone | Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. |
calm down | relax after being angry | You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car. |
not care for someone/something | not like (formal) | I don't care for his behaviour. |
catch up | get to the same point as someone else | You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. |
check in | arrive and register at a hotel or airport | We will get the hotel keys when we check in. |
check out | leave a hotel | You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. |
check someone/something out | look at carefully, investigate | The company checks out all new employees. |
check out someone/something | look at (informal) | Check out the crazy hair on that guy! |
cheer up | become happier | She cheered up when she heard the good news. |
cheer someone up | make happier | I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. |
chip in | help | If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon. |
clean something up | tidy, clean | Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. |
come across something | find unexpectedly | I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet. |
come apart | separate | The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. |
come down with something | become sick | My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. |
come forward | volunteer for a task or to give evidence | The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints. |
come from somewhere | originate in | The art of origami comes from Asia. |
count on someone/something | rely on | I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. |
cross something out | draw a line through | Please cross out your old address and write your new one. |
cut back on something | consume less | My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods. |
cut something down | make something fall to the ground | We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the storm. |
cut in | interrupt | Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. |
cut in | pull in too closely in front of another vehicle | The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. |
cut in | start operating (of an engine or electrical device) | The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C. |
cut something off | remove with something sharp | The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured. |
cut something off | stop providing | The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill. |
cut someone off | take out of a will | My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried. |
cut something out | remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper) | I cut this ad out of the newspaper. |
do someone/something over | beat up, ransack (Br.E., informal) | He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang. |
do something over | do again (N.Amer.) | My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic. |
do away with something | discard | It's time to do away with all of these old tax records. |
do something up | fasten, close | Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing! |
dress up | wear nice clothing | It's a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up. |
drop back | move back in a position/group | Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike. |
drop in/by/over | come without an appointment | I might drop in/by/over for tea some time this week. |
drop someone/something off | take someone/something somewhere and leave them/it there | I have to drop my sister off at work before I come over. |
drop out | quit a class, school etc | I dropped out of Science because it was too difficult. |
N.B.. All are completely copied from http://www.englishclub.com thanks to the Team of English Club.
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