Phrasal-prepositional verbs

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A fresh batch to List One

bear down on:
I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.

bear up under:
How did he bear up under such extreme pressure. (withstand)

break out of:
The murderer broke out of the prison.

carry on about:
He kept carrying on about how much money he makes. (continue in an annoying way)

check out of:
We checked out of the hotel before ten. (leave a hotel, hospital )

come along with:
(2) How are you coming along with the research paper? (progress)

fill in for:
John filled in for me at the meeting yesterday because I was sick.

get by with:
You don't need a computer. You can get by with the typewriter.

get down to:
Let's get down to business.

get on with:
(2) Do you get on with your neighbors? (have a good relationship)

go on with:
I think we should go on with the meeting and stop wasting time. (continue)

hold off on:
We should hold off on making dinner until your parents arrive. (delay)

hold on to:
Make sure you hold on to the hand rail as you walk down the stairs.

hold out against:
They held out against enemy attack. (not give in, resist)

lay in on:
My mom really laid in on me when I got home at 4:00 in the morning last night. (scold or criticize)

wait up for:
Let's wait up for Mary to see how her date went. (not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something)
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peel away/off from:
They peeled away from the crowd and went down a side road. They peeled off from the demonstration when the police arrived.

bail out on:
Everybody bailed out on him when the scandal broke. (stop supporting)

cash in on:
Carpenters cashed in on the construction boom.

cast about/round for:
They cast about for new ways to make money on the farm. She is still casting around for someone to watch her son while she is at work. (look in many places for (something)

catch up in:
The tourists were caught up in the violence of the revolution. (become involved, often against one’s will)

catch up with:
(3) The tax authorities caught up with me for not submitting my tax returns. (punish someone after they have been
doing something wrong for a long time)

dine out on:
I've dined out on the story of his accident. (tell a story repeatedly)

double up as:
The display screen doubles up as a solar panel. (have a second function or purpose)

end up with:
He tried hard but ended up with a poor grade.

fill in on:
I'm sorry I missed the meeting; could you fill me in on what happened.

gang up on:
They ganged up on him because of the way he spoke. (harass, bully)

get across to:
How can I get across to my audience? (be convincing or make a good impression)

get along in:
How are you getting along in the company. (progress)

get along with:
(1) Pat is not easy to get along with. (have a good relationship with)

get along with:
(2) How are you getting along with the training course? (deal with, handle)

get away from:
(fig.) I think we're getting away from the point here--we need to concentrate on the main ideas.

get back at:
I'll get back at her for landing me in trouble. (take revenge)
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I wonder: Will there ever be an end to this list? :)

hit up on:
He's been hitting up on heroin for years. (inject drugs)

keep up at:
Learning a language is difficult, but if you keep up at it, you'll succeed in the end. (continue, not quit)

make away/off with:
The thieves made off with over a million dollars in the robbery. (steal)

nuzzle up to:
The calf nuzzled up to her mother's teat. (touch someone/something affectionately, especially with the nose or head)

order out for:
We ordered out for pizza. (have delivered)

pair off with:
I paired off with Trish for the test. (form a pair with)

zoom in on:
The camera zoomed in on his face. (focus more closely)

zone in on:
I zoned in on what they were saying when they started gossiping. (pay attention after not doing so)

reach out for:
In hindsight, it's so obvious now that she was reaching out for help with her problems, but we just didn't see it at the time.

scratch around for:
The press are scratching around for a story to attack him. (search for something that is hard to find)

tap off with:

He tapped of with someone at the party on Saturday. (have sex with)
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go along with:
(1) We tried to convince him to support us but he refused to go along with us. He refused to go along with our plan. (agree to do or accept (what other people want)

go along with:
(2) If I want the job I have to accept the stress that goes along with it. (be part of)

hit out at:
The government hit out at the media for their negativity. (respond angrily)

reach out to:
I reached out to you when I was in trouble and you were a great help. (ask for help)

send off for:
I sent off for some jeans that I liked in the catalogue. (order by post)

send out for:
We couldn't be bothered to cook, so we sent out for a pizza. (order takeaway food by phone)

tee off on:
She teed off on me about the work I gave her. (criticize)

walk back from:
They declined to walk back on their comments despite the controversy. (retract)

walk off with:
(1) Someone walked off with my umbrella so I got soaked. (take without permission or steal)

(2)walk off with:
She walked off with the top prize. (win easily)

weigh down on::
The requirements of her new job weighed down on her. (burden with responsibilities, duties, etc)
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Here go a few more + the updated lists (in alphabetical order).
To be added to L.1

stick up for:
It's sweet the way he sticks up for his little brother.

warm up to:
She was not a person who was easy to warm up to. (begin to like or enjoy someone or something)

take up on:
I’ve decided to take you up on that job offer


and to L.2

worm... out of:
He wasn't going to tell me, but I managed to worm it out of him.

take...out on:
I know you've got a headache, but don't take it out on me! He took out his anger on his family

The update on L.1
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add up to: The company anniversary party added up to over ten thousand dollars.

average out at: My annual holiday varies, but it averages out at five weeks a year.

back out of: The buyer backed out of the deal the day before they were due to sign the contract.

bail out on: Everybody bailed out on him when the scandal broke. (stop supporting)

barge in on: I was getting angry because she kept barging in on our conversation.

be down with: She has been down with the flu for a week.

be in on: Susan was the only one who wasn't in on the plan. (involved in)

be on about: (1) I couldn't understand what he was on about—it made no sense. (meant/tried to say)

be on about: (2) She's always on about some new show she has started watching.
(spoke tediously and at great length)

be on to: I'll be on to you tomorrow about the details of our meeting.

be out for: He was out for revenge. (determined to get)

be up for: Are you up for the climb of Mt. Blanc? (enthusiastic about)

be up to: (1) He's not up to the job; get someone else.

be up to: (2): What those kids are up to, I wonder.

be/get fed up with: He got fed up with all the travelling he had to do.

bear down on: I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.

bear down on: I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.

bear up under: How did he bear up under such extreme pressure. (withstand)

beat up on: She didn’t like being beaten up on by the press.

belly up to (US, informal): The man swaggered in and bellied up to the counter and demanded

boil down to: His speech boiled down to a plea for more money.

break in on: I was talking to Mom on the phone when the operator broke in on our call.

break out in: When I saw the knife, I broke out in a cold sweat

break out of : The murderer broke out of the prison.

break up with: She broke up with her boyfriend last month.

brim over with: Her heart was brimming over with happiness.

brush up on: You’d better brush up on your French before going to Paris.

buddy up to (US, informal): ...businessmen buddying up to politicians in order to get their support

buddy up with (US, informal): New students are encouraged to buddy up with older students.

build up to: I could tell she was building up to some kind of announcement.

burst in on

butter up to:

carry on about: He kept carrying on about how much money he makes. (continue in an annoying way)

carry on with: They carried on with their conversation.

cash in on: Carpenters cashed in on the construction boom.

cast about/round for : They cast about for new ways to make money on the farm. She is still casting around for someone to watch her son while she is at work. (look in many places for (something)

catch up in: The tourists were caught up in the violence of the revolution. (become involved, often against one’s will)

catch up on/with: I have to catch up on my reading. I'm going home to catch up with my sleep.

catch up with: (2)His lies will catch up with him one day. (something negative starts to have an effect)

catch up with: (3) The tax authorities caught up with me for not submitting my tax returns. (Punish someone after they have been doing something wrong for a long time)

check out of : leave a hotel, hospital We checked out of the hotel before ten.

check up on: My mum checks up on me most evenings to see that I've done my homework.

chum up to: I don't want to have to chum up to anyone I don't want to work with. (try or seem to
become friendly with someone.)

chum up with: She chummed up with some girls from Bristol on holiday. (to become friends)

close in on: The camera slowly closed in on the actor's face.

come along with: (1)I asked her if she wanted to come along with them to the beach. (accompany)

come along with: (2) How are you coming along with the research paper? (progress)

come down on: They're coming down heavily on people for not paying their licence fees.

come down with: come down with a cold every winter.

come out with: Computer companies are constantly coming out with innovative products.

come up against: If you come up against difficulties, let me know and I'll help out.

come up to: The food didn't come up to my expectations. (reach the usual or necessary standard)

come up with: I struggled to come up with an answer that would be both accurate and concise.

cozy up to:

creep up on: We tried to creep up on them but they heard our footsteps. Old age creeps up on us. The deadline had crept up on them.

cry out for: The country is crying out for a change in leadership.

cuddle/snuggle up to: She cuddled up to her mother.

cut back on: We've had to cut back on training this year. (to reduce the amount of money being spent on something)

cut down on: I’m trying to cut down on the amount of sugar I eat.

dine out on: I've dined out on the story of his accident. (tell a story repeatedly)

do away with: Computerization has enabled us to do away with a lot of paperwork.

double down on: Development agencies should double down on efforts to encourage saving (inctease commitment to)

double up as: The display screen doubles up as a solar panel. (have a second function or purpose)

drop in on: I was going to drop in on my Granny when I saw her approaching our house.

drop out of: I hope none of my students drop out of school this semester.

echo back to: This idea echoes back to the end of the last century, when people thought this way. (to recall something similar in the past)

end up with: He tried hard but ended up with a poor grade.

face up to: She has to face up to her problems now, or else they'll only get worse.

fall back on: She always has her teaching experience to fall back on.

fall behind on/with: I fell behind with my schoolwork when I had the flu. I've fallen behind on the mortgage payments.

fall out with: It looks like Jeff fell out with Jenny, or else why wouldn't they talk to each other?

feel up to (usually in questions and negatives): I don't feel up to jogging today.

fill in for: John filled in for me at the meeting yesterday because I was sick.

fill in on: I'm sorry I missed the meeting; could you fill me in on what happened.

fit in with: His explanation didn’t fit in with what I saw.

gang up against: My friends and I are going to gang up against that bully who was stealing all the little kid's money

gang up on: They ganged up on him because of the way he spoke. (harass, bully)

get across to: How can I get across to my audience? (be convincing or make a good impression)

get along in: How are you getting along in the company. (progress)

get along with: (1) Pat is not easy to get along with. (have a good relationship with)

get along with: (2) How are you getting along with the training course? (deal with, handle)

get around to: I still haven't got around to fixing that tap

get away from: (fig.) I think we're getting away from the point here- we need to concentrate on the main ideas.

get away with: That's such an old trick. I can't believe he gets away with it.

get back at: I'll get back at her for landing me in trouble. (take revenge)

get by on: Kelly earns very little money; I can't figure how she is able to get by on her salary.

get by with: You don't need a computer--You can get by with the typewriter.

get down to : Let's get down to business.

get in on: Why don't you go get in on the fun with the other kids?

get off with: Despite damning video evidence, the suspect got off with a misdemeanor, serving no time in jail.

get on for (British?): It was getting on for noon. He's getting on for 70.

get on with: (1) He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening. (continue an activity)

get on with: (2) Do you get on with your neighbors? (have a good relationship)

get out of: If I can get out of going to the meeting tonight, I will.

get round to: After weeks of putting it off, she finally got around to painting the bedroom.

get though to: I just don't seem to be able to get through to him these days.

get through with: You can go outside as soon as you get through with your homework.

go ahead with: Despite the bad weather, they decided to go ahead with the party.

go along with: (1) They were going to the fair so I asked whether I could go along with them.

go along with: (2) We tried to convince him to support us but he refused to go along with us. He refused to go along with our plan. (agree to do or accept (what other people want)

go along with: (3) If I want the job I have to accept the stress that goes along with it. (be part of)

go back on: She's gone back on her word and decided not to give me the job after all.

go down with: So many people have gone down with the flu this year.

go in for: I don’t really go in for playing football.

go in on (with somebody) (for somebody): Do you want to go in on a wedding present for Doug and Cheryl with us?

go in with: My brothers are opening a garage and they want me to go in with them.

go on with : I think we should go on with the meeting and stop wasting time.

go through with: She went through with the wedding, even though she had doubts.

grow out of: I'll never grow out of liking sweets.

hit out at: The government hit out at the media for their negativity. (respond angrily)

hit up on: He's been hitting up on heroin for years. (inject drugs)

hold off on : We should hold off on making dinner until your parents arrive. (delay)

hold on to: Make sure you hold on to the hand rail as you walk down the stairs.

hold out against: They held out against enemy attack. (not give in, resist)

hold out for: The workers are holding out for higher pay.

keep up at: Learning a language is difficult, but if you keep up at it, you'll succeed in the end. (continue, not quit)

keep up on: I find it hard to keep up on the news.

keep up with: He talks so fast that I can't keep up with what he's saying.

kiss up to: He's always kissing up to the teacher, so it isn't surprising that no one else
in the class likes him.

lay in on: My mom really laid in on me when I got home at 4:00 in the morning last night. (scold or criticize)

lead up to: The moments leading up to the accident are very confused in my mind.
length. (primarily heard in UK)

listen in on: I wish Dad would stop listening in on my phone conversations.

listen out for: Would you listen out for the phone while I'm in the garden?

live up to: Did the holiday live up to your expectations?

look back on: It wasn't such a bad experience when I look back on it.

look down on: She thinks they look down on her because she doesn't have a job.

look forward to: I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year.

look in on: I plan to look in on some old friends when I'm in town.

look out for: We were told to look out for a blue van.

look up to: He was a wonderful teacher and many students looked up to him.

make away/off with: Example: The thieves made off with over a million dollars in the robbery. (steal)

make off with - Somebody broke into the shop and made off with several TVs.

make out with: Boys at that age are only interested in making out with girls.

make up for: No amount of money can make up for the death of a child. What he lacks in size, Hayes makes up for in toughness on the basketball court.

make up to: Have you seen the disgusting way she makes up to the boss?

make up with: So get over it, and make up with your best friend before it's too late.

miss out on: Ruth came late to the party and missed out on all the fun

move in on: (1) The police are beginning to move in on their principal suspects. (2) A number of competitors are moving in on our sales territory.

move on to: Now, let's move on to the next topic.

nuzzle up to: The calf nuzzled up to her mother's teat.

open up to: Finally, he opened up to the suggestion that he should leave.

order out for: We ordered out for pizza. (have delivered)

own up to: He won't own up to his mistakes.

pair off with: I paired off with Trish for the test. (form a pair with)

peel away/off from: They peeled away from the crowd and went down a side road. They peeled off from the demonstration when the police arrived.

play up to: Julia knows how to play up to the supervisors - she can always get time off work when she wants it.

push on with: I’ve pushed on with the work because I want to finish it today.

put down to: The failure can be put down to a lack of preparation.

put in for: I'm putting in for a job at the hospital.

put up with: I don't know how he puts up with their constant complaining.

rain down on: Bombs rained down on the city all night.

reach out for: In hindsight, it's so obvious now that she was reaching out for help with her problems.

reach out to: I reached out to you when I was in trouble and you were a great help. (ask for help)

run off with: They said Phil had run off with his wife’s best friend.

run out of: What a nuisance! We've run out of coffee.

run up to: A little girl ran up to me, crying for her daddy.

scratch around for: The press are scratching around for a story to attack him. (search for something that is hard to find)

sell out of: We sold out of the T-shirts in the first couple of hours.

send away for: She sent away for an application form.

send off for: I sent off for some jeans that I liked in the catalogue. (order by post)

send out for: There's not much to eat in the fridge. Let's send out for a pizza.

send out for: We couldn't be bothered to cook, so we sent out for a pizza. (order takeaway food by phone)

sign up for: Did you remember to sign up for the class?

sit in for: I’ll be sitting in for the secretary at the meeting tonight.

sit in on: You guys, mind if I sit in on your discussion?

sneak up on: Sometimes our expectations sneak up on us unawares. I managed to sneak up on him when you knocked on the door.

speak up for: You can speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.

square up to: I thought she squared up to the situation admirably.


square up with: I'll square up with you later if you pay the whole bill now.

stand in for: Sam is sick. Can you stand in for him?

stand out for (Br.?): We are standing out for a fair reward for our hard work.

stand out from: The applicant we hired was so well qualified that she stood out from all the rest.

stand up for: You have to stand up for your rights - you can't let them walk all over you.

stand up to: He wasn't afraid to stand up to bullies.

stick out for: The workers are sticking out for a 6% pay rise.
stick up for: It's sweet the way he sticks up for his little brother.

suck up to: She’s always sucking up to the boss, telling him how wonderful he is.

switch over to: He played football for ten years before switching over to coaching.

take away from: The ugly door takes away from the beauty of the house.

take up on: I’ve decided to take you up on that job offer.

take up with: I don’t want you to take up with the wrong crowd.

talk down to: I wish politicians wouldn't talk down to us as if we were idiots.

talk out of: Her parents tried to talk her out of getting engaged.

tangle up in: I was not about to get tangled up in their argument.

tap off with: He tapped of with someone at the party on Saturday. (have sex with)

team up with: I don't want to team up with him.

tee off on: She teed off on me about the work I gave her. (criticize)

toady up to: Plenty of people toady up to her now that she's become so wealthy and powerful.

think back over: I am thinking back over the questions he asked in the interview and am not sure how well I answered it

think back to: Now, try and think back to the night of January 16.

trick out of: She was tricked out of her savings.

wait up for: Let's wait up for Mary to see how her date went. (not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something)

wake up to: Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be cleaned up.

walk back from: They declined to walk back on their comments despite the controversy. (retract)

walk in on: She walked in on me when I was getting undressed.

walk off with: (2) Someone walked off with my umbrella so I got soaked. (take without permission or steal)

walk off with: She walked off with the top prize. (win easily)

walk out on: My sister walked out on Fred because she was fed up with him.

waltz off with: The thieves waltzed off with a giant screen television in broad daylight.

warm up to: She was not a person who was easy to warm up to. (begin to like or enjoy someone or something)

watch out for : Watch out for the snakes in the bushes.

weigh down on:: The requirements of her new job weighed down on her. (burden with responsibilities, duties, etc)

wriggle out of: He promised he'd help me paint the living room, but now he's trying to wriggle out of it.


zero in on: We must decide on our target market, then zero in on it.

zone in on: I zoned in on what they were saying when they started gossiping. (pay attention after not doing so)

zoom in on: The camera zoomed in on his face. (focus more closely)
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beat ... out of sb.: The men claimed that the police had beaten the confession out of them.

chalk ... up to: They're a very young team, so we'll chalk this loss up to inexperience and nerves.

cut ... in on: They better cut me in on the deal—I came up with the original concept!

fix ... up with: Larry wanted some film and the clerk fixed him up with the best.

do...out of: Jane tried to do me out of my inheritance but the lawyer wouldn't let her.

get sb. off with: Thankfully, my attorney was able to get me off with rehab.

get it off/on with someone (Sl.): She said all he wanted was to get it off/on with just anybody.

get it over with: I know you have to draw blood, so go ahead, get it over with!

help ... off with: If you need money for the tip, I can help you out with a few dollars.

help ... on with: I'll help the kids on with their bathing suits while you get their towels.

hit it off with: When the old man came visiting, my wife and I were invited over and at once hit it off with him.

let ... in on: My children never want to let me in on what they do in school.

make it up to sb: He'd neglected his children and wanted to make it up to them by spending more time with them.

pass ... off as : Maurice is trying to pass himself off as a journalist to get admitted to
the press conference.


put ... down to: I put the children's bad behavior down to the fact that they were tired.

put ...up to: ‘"Did Shirley put you up to this?" "No, it was my own idea."

squeeze... out of: You can't squeeze any more hours out of Beth — he's already reached the maximum for this pay period.

take...out on: I know you've got a headache, but don't take it out on me! He took out his anger on his family.

take up on: I’ve decided to take you up on that job offer.

talk ... out of: Her parents tried to talk her out of getting engaged.

turn someone on to: Have you heard this band before? Tina turned me on to them.

wean ... away from: Doctors currently don't recommend weaning babies away from breast milk before they are six months old.

worm... out of: He wasn't going to tell me, but I managed to worm it out of him.
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Since I'm especially interested in List 2,...))
VictorB пишет: 21 янв 2021, 13:16 worm... out of:
He wasn't going to tell me, but I managed to worm it out of him.
out of is such a tight-knit combination that it feels more like a preposition - as in 'pull it out of the hat'.
Otherwise, there're dozens of idiomatic expressions constructed on the pattern verb + st + out of + st/sb.)
VictorB пишет: 21 янв 2021, 13:16 take...out on:
I know you've got a headache, but don't take it out on me! He took out his anger on his family
I'm afraid it's a duplicate.=)
VictorB пишет: 30 дек 2020, 13:50 take ... out on: I know you've got a headache, but don't take it out on me!
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Yety пишет: 21 янв 2021, 14:22 worm... out of:
He wasn't going to tell me, but I managed to worm it out of him.
Yety пишет: 21 янв 2021, 14:22 out of is such a tight-knit combination that it feels more like a preposition - as in 'pull it out of the hat'.
Otherwise, there're dozens of idiomatic expressions constructed on the pattern verb + st + out of + st/sb.)
I got your drift, thanks;)
At the same time, since one usually gets bits of information or takes something from someone, I think that "out of" with "worm" is something that makes it valid for my list.
Thanks for a new one I got from your link, to be added on List Two:
take it out of someone:
Running around after 25 preschoolers takes it out of me by the end of the week. (make someone very tired)
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VictorB пишет: 21 янв 2021, 13:16From L. 2:
pass ... off as : Maurice is trying to pass himself off as a journalist to get admitted to the press conference.
Sorry to pick, but this one doesn't seem to belong to the list:
pass off
1. Misrepresent something or someone, as in They tried to pass off that piece of glass as a gemstone, or Bill passed her off as his sister. [Late 1700s] Also see palm off.

1. To offer, sell, or circulate something that is an imitation as though it were genuine:
Some dishonest merchants are able to pass off glass as a gemstone.

2. To present someone as something else***. Often used reflexively:
He tried to pass himself off as a banker, even though he has no experience in finance. The clever spy passed herself off as a store clerk. My friend passed the refugee off as a visiting cousin when the landlord asked who he was.

3. To disregard or ignore something by considering it to have some negative quality:
I passed his snide comment off as a joke. They pass off everything I say as ignorant.
*** Another example of this usage from the net:
... how the couple had created a church in their backyard and passed off one of the kids as a cancer healer.
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Yety пишет: 21 янв 2021, 21:21 Sorry to pick, but this one doesn't seem to belong to the list
I agree. This one is deleted, a new one with the verb "pass" added:
Let's pass on to the next item on the agenda. (change topic or subject)
Thanks awfully a lot. (I've just remembered having been told that "thanks awfully" is obsolete (or it just grates on the ear), but somehow forgot about it.)
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Here's the one I came across a minute ago (goes to L.2):

con someone out of something:
Jack is trying to con his dad out of more allowance by telling him that he had never received it.
(to persuade someone to give or do something through lies and deception)
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VictorB пишет: 21 янв 2021, 13:16 beat ... out of sb.: The men claimed that the police had beaten the confession out of them.
do...out of: Jane tried to do me out of my inheritance but the lawyer wouldn't let her.
squeeze... out of: You can't squeeze any more hours out of Beth — he's already reached the maximum for this pay period.
talk ... out of: Her parents tried to talk her out of getting engaged.
worm... out of: He wasn't going to tell me, but I managed to worm it out of him.
VictorB пишет: 21 янв 2021, 23:31 con someone out of something:
Jack is trying to con his dad out of more allowance by telling him that he had never received it.
(to persuade someone to give or do something through lies and deception)
It's built on the same model as do someone out of something from the quote above, while the rest follow the pattern of coax something out of someone.

Y told you you were opening a can of worms with that 'out of' preposition):
drag st out of sb
force st out of sb / force sb/st out of st
winkle st/sb out of st/sb
prise st out of sb
{Mind 'from' as an equivalent of 'out of' in the definition:
prise something out of somebody (also prise something from somebody)...,
which only goes to show that you wouldn't do a double take if you came across the latter variant first.}
...
And it's only about 'persuading someone to tell you something'. =)
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rub off on sb:
The woman's arrogance and selfishness rubbed off on her daughter as well.
Peter's been very unruly lately. I think that new kid is rubbing off on him.
It seems like your boss's greed is rubbing off on you. Is money all you care about now?
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gnaw away at:
Their behavior gnawed away at our trust in them.(harm gradually)
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clamp down on:
The local authorities have decided to clamp down on illegal parking in handicapped parking places. (to act strictly to prevent something)
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team up with:
You want us to team up with you?

P. S. Not sure but something tells me "team up" is also possible (as in Let's team up and see what we can do together).
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Zlatko_Berrin пишет: 26 янв 2021, 22:13 Not sure but something tells me "team up" is also possible (as in Let's team up and see what we can do together).
No doubt about that. However I take it that "Let's team up and see what we can do together" is an offer to form a group,
whereas "let's team up with" is a proposal to join someone or a group already formed (to whatever activity they've already been engaged in).
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hang around with:
I got into drugs because I was hanging around with the wrong people. (spend time time with):

crack down on:
The school is cracking down on smoking. (start dealing with sth. much more strictly)

jump out at:
I checked for errors, but nothing jumped out at me.
(immediately get the attention )


leech off of:
The parasitical moocher seeks to leech off of others, rather than engage in productive work.

To List Two:

have it in for someone:
John's had it in for her ever since she forced him to sell his shares in the business. (wish to cause harm to, or harass someone)
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He walks around at 90 kg, but after weight-cutting he weighs in at around 85 kg.
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VictorB пишет: 25 янв 2021, 22:11 gnaw away at:
Their behavior gnawed away at our trust in them.(harm gradually)
This "away at" part conveys the idea of a continuous effort.
Consider these examples.
To chip away at
to gradually make something weaker, smaller, or less effective

The company’s dominance of the market is gradually being chipped away.
chip away at: Her comments were beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dic ... /chip-away
To grind away at
(grind away at something) to gradually reduce the strength, value, or importance of something

Powerful economic forces have been grinding away at the position of workers.
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dic ... nd-away-at
The same goes for "to hammer away at"
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lose out on:
Because I was so sick last week, I lost out on the chance to see my sister while she was in town.
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stock up on:
We stocked up on bottled water and canned goods, so we should be fine during the storm.
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nibble away at:
(1) The mice nibbled away at the huge wheel of cheese.
(2) The waves nibbled away at the base of the cliff, year after year.
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