- come down with- to become sick
Each year thousands of African children come down
with polio.
- make up for – to compensate
My
father asked me how he could make up for his absence during my childhood.
- put in for - to make a (formal) request
She put in for a council flat because she had to wrench free
from her violent husband.
- go through with - to finish
He
was so hungry that he bought two pizzas, but eventually he couldn’t go through
with them.
- come up against - to have a problem
She came up against a huge problem because she didn’t
pay her taxes on time.
- come out in - to have a rash
After having eaten shrimps, he came out in red spots,
so he realized he was allergic to crustaceans.
- come across as- to make an impression
He
came across as a generous person when he gave his sister a piece of his cake.
- fall in with- to agree to a suggestion
He fell in with the plan of spending holidays on the
Canary Island to avoid his wife’s sulks.
- look down on – to see something or someone as inferior
His parents
looked down on me because I had children from my previous marriage.
10.
look up to- to respect, admire
someone
I’ve always looked up to my grandfather, a former major-general.
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