| take sth up | to fill an amount of space or time This desk takes up too much room. Too much of this report is take |
| pick it up | to learn a new skill or language by practising it, not by studying it: When you live in a count |
| give up sth | If you give up something bad, such as smoking, you stop doing it or having it: I gave up smokin |
| brush up on something | to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten: You’d better brush |
| call something off | to decide that something that is planned will not happen: The game was called off because of ba |
| get rid of something | to throw something away: We must get rid of some of those old books.to end something unpleasant |
| get over something | to feel better after being sick or sad: She’s just getting over a cold. |
| get by | to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of someth |
| get along with something | If two or more people get along, they like each other and are friends: Karen and Dianne don’t g |
| get away | to leave or escape from a place or person, often when it is difficult to do this: We walked to |
