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Blurt out |
Say something suddenly and without thinking about the effect it will have, usually because you are nervous or excited |
She blurted out his name, then she gasped as she realised what she'd done. |
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Catch on |
Understand; Become popular or fashionable |
He didn't catch on at first. Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. |
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Come out |
Become available to buy or see; Become easy to notice; Become known; Be spoken, heard, or understood in a particular way; |
The magazine comes out every Thursday. These differences don't come out until you put the two groups in a room together. He said it'll all come out in court. That came out wrong. Let me rephrase it. |
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Come out with |
Say something suddenly, usually something that surprises or shocks people |
You never know what the children are going to come out with. |
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Dry up |
Stop talking because you have forgotten what you were going to say |
I hope I don't dry up in the middle of my speech. |
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Get across |
Make people understand something |
We've got to get the message across more clearly. |
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Get (a)round |
If news gets (a)round, a lot of people hear it |
The rumors got around town very quickly, didn't they? |
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Get through (to) |
Be connected to a place by telephone; Make someone understand what you are trying to say |
I tried calling him, but I couldn't get through for some reason. The teacher feels he is not getting through to some of the kids in his class. |
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Let on |
Talk about something that is intended to be a secret |
He knows more than he lets on. |
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Pass on |
Give someone something, for example a message, that someone else has given you |
When you've read this message, please pass it on. |
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Put across/over |
Explain an idea, belief, etc in a way that is easy to understand |
Television can be a useful way of putting across health messages. |
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Set down |
Write something on a piece of paper so that it won't be forgotten and can be looked at later; State officially how something should be done |
She set all these events down in her diary. These conditions were set down by the United Nations. |
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Shout down |
Make it difficult to hear what someone says by shouting while they are speaking |
The Minister was shouted down as he tried to justify the government's decision. |
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Speak out |
State your opinion firmly and publicly about something, especially in order to protest against or defend something |
He had always spoken out in favour of women's rights. |
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Talk over |
Discuss a problem or a plan |
I know you're still angry; let's talk it over tonight! |
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Talk round |
Succeed in persuading someone to agree to something; Discuss something in a general way and without dealing with the most important issues |
I'm sure I can talk her round. We're just talking round the problem at the moment; let's try to come up with some concrete solutions. |