to give attention to something, because it is of special interest or often because you think it is the cause of a problem:
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Called in on youto visit someone for a short time:
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Pitches into somethingto criticize or attack someone or something forcefully:
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Scared him offto make someone so worried about doing something that they decide not to do it:
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Sorted them outto deal successfully with a problem, a situation, or a person who is having difficulties:
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Tarts them upto try to make yourself look more attractive by putting on make-up, jewellery, and fashionable clothes:
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Making up to someoneto do something good for someone because the person has been good to you, or because you have been bad to the person:
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Towers over somebodyto be much bigger and more successful than another thing of the same type:
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Passed it outto leave a military college after successfully finishing the course:
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Knocked him downto cause someone or something to fall to the ground by hitting him, her, or it
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Boards them upto cover a door or window with wooden boards:
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Shown one upto arrive somewhere in order to join a group of people, especially late or unexpectedly:
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Screws her upWhen bad experiences or people screw you up, they make you worried and unhappy or damage your personality:
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Propped it upto lift and give support to something by putting something under it:
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Pepping them upto make someone or something more energetic or interesting:
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Sorts one outto separate one type of things from a group of things:
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Hook someone up to somethingto connect a machine to a power supply or to another machine, or to connect a person to a piece of medical equipment:
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Digging one outto get someone or something out of somewhere by digging:
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To run her through themIf a quality runs through something, it is in all parts of it:
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To fat-fingera situation in which you press the wrong button by accident when you are using a computer keyboard