
1. Tear
Tear something up: rip into pieces
eg: I tear up my ex-boyfriend's letters and give them back to him.
Tear down: destroy
eg: The country decided to tear down the dilapidated school and build a new one.
2. Fall
Fall down: fall to the ground
eg: the picture that you hung up last night fell down this morning.
Fall out: separate from an interior
eg: the money must have fallen out of my pocket.
3. Break
Break down: get upset
eg: the woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.
Break up: end a relationship
eg: My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.
4. Stand
Stand for: represent
eg: word SCUBA stand for "self contained underwater breathing apparatus"
Stand up to: keep your principles when challenged by an authority
eg: she stand up to the police when they tried to corrupt her.
5. Keep
Keep something/someone out: stop from entering
eg: try to the wet dog out of the living room
Keep something up: continue at the same rate
eg: if I keep those results up you will get into a great collage.
6. Turn
Turn something down: refuse
eg: I turned the job down because while the guests are here
Turn up: appear suddenly
eg: our cat turned up after we put all over the neighborhood.
7. Pull
Pull through: barely survive
eg: I didn't think she was going to make it, but pulled through in the end.
Pull away: when a vehicle moves from a place
eg: the car pulled away from the lights at high speed.
8. Walk
Walk away from: walk away for something
eg: when you walk away from something, you leave an unpleasant situation instead of
dealing with it.
Walk on: when you walk, you continue walking
eg: he stopped and had a chat with her and then walked on.
9. Back
Back something up: reverse
eg: you'll have to back up your car so that I can get out.
Back someone up: support
eg: my wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
10. Take
Take something back: return an item
eg: I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work
Take off: start to fly
eg: my plane takes off in five minutes.