Feb 7 (17) Pat's Phrasal Verbs

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layaway
Stores can offer a layaway plan
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a method of buying goods in which a large deposit (= payment of part of the total) is made so that a store will keep the goods until the full price can be paid
lay down
The king laid down the rules.
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to establish
lay into
In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason.
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to attack someone physically, or to criticize someone in an angry way:
layoff
The recent economic crisis has led to massive layoffs.
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an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work:
lay out
We laid the pieces of the dress pattern out on the floor.
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to arrange in a pattern or design; to plan something by showing how its parts fit together
The designer laid out the book with pictures on every page.
leave out
You left out the best parts of the story.
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to fail to include something or someone; omit:
let down
You will be there tomorrow - you won't let me down, will you? When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down. This skirt is too long – I’ll have to let it down.
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to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do; to lengthen something when talking about sewing
blow it out your ear
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Go away and stop bothering me with your nonsense
take up
I’m not very good at golf – I only took it up recently. This skirt is too long – I’ll have to take it up.
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to begin to do something; to shorten clothes:
let out
I let my dog out. I let my pants out because I put on weight.
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to release; to make bigger (sewing)
let up
When the rain lets up we'll go for a walk.
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If bad weather or an unpleasant situation lets up, it stops or improves:
lie down
He lay down on the bed and tried to relax. I'd like to lie down for a minute
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to move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in order to sleep or rest:
lie - lay - lain
live up to
He never managed to live up to his parents' expectations. David's cooking was brilliant - we'll never live up to that. Did the holiday live up to your expectations?
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to be as good as something:

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