to take the place of someone who would normally do a particular job or go to a particular meeting:

to increase because of something, or to use something to succeed or get advantages:

If something that needs power or energy powers up, or if someone powers it up, it is turned on or prepared so that it is ready for use or action:

to be considered by someone:

the best or only way to achieve something:

to say something forcefully and repeatedly to someone so that they remember it:

to produce something in a way that causes it to spread out from a central point:

to be able to stop something from affecting you, upsetting you, or influencing you:

to pay for or buy something, often for someone else:

to develop something that was started in the past or created by someone else:

to get something from a particular place:

to not include something or someone on a list:

to hope that someone will do something for you:

to quickly and easily write something that is usually slow or difficult to write, such as a piece of poetry or music:

to lead someone through a place:

to help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period, usually by lending them money:

to help someone to work or operate normally through a difficult period, usually by lending them money:

to criticize someone in order to make them feel ashamed or to make other people lose respect:

to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic:

to try to do something difficult or dangerous: