give away     give something to someone else for free     The filling station was giving away free gas.
give back     return an object     My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not about to give it back.
hand in     submit something (assignment)     The students handed in their papers and left the room.
hang up     put something on hook or receiver     She hung up the phone before she hung up her clothes.
hold up     delay     I hate to hold up the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom.
hold up (2)     rob     Three masked gunmen held up the Security Bank this afternoon.
leave out     omit     You left out the part about the police chase down Asylum Avenue.
look over     examine, check     The lawyers looked over the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (They looked them over carefully.)
look up     search in a list     You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it up.
make up     invent a story or lie     She knew she was in trouble, so she made up a story about going to the movies with her friends.
make out     hear, understand     He was so far away, we really couldn't make out what he was saying.
pick out     choose     There were three men in the line-up. She picked out the guy she thought had stolen her purse.
pick up     lift something off something else     The crane picked up the entire house. (Watch them pick it up.)
point out     call attention to     As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed out the major historical sites.
put away     save or store     We put away money for our retirement. She put away the cereal boxes.
put off     postpone     We asked the boss to put off the meeting until tomorrow. (Please put it off for another day.)
put on     put clothing on the body     I put on a sweater and a jacket. (I put them on quickly.)
put out     extinguish     The firefighters put out the house fire before it could spread. (They put it out quickly.)
read over     peruse     I read over the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it.
set up     to arrange, begin     My wife set up the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it up.
take down     make a written note     These are your instructions. Write them down before you forget.
take off     remove clothing     It was so hot that I had to take off my shirt.
talk over     discuss     We have serious problems here. Let's talk them over like adults.
throw away     discard     That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away.
try on     put clothing on to see if it fits     She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked.
try out     test     I tried out four cars before I could find one that pleased me.
turn down     lower volume     Your radio is driving me crazy! Please turn it down.
turn down (2)     reject     He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was turned down both times.
turn up     raise the volume     Grandpa couldn't hear, so he turned up his hearing aid.
turn off     switch off electricity     We turned off the lights before anyone could see us.
turn off (2)     repulse     It was a disgusting movie. It really turned me off.
turn on     switch on the electricity     Turn on the CD player so we can dance.
use up     exhaust, use completely     The gang members used up all the money and went out to rob some more banks.