to start something big or important:

to give more details about something you have said or written:

(of a group of people) to jump or climb on top of someone:

to encourage someone to do something, esp. something unwise or bad:

to support a sports team or a sports player and want them to win:

to make problems, difficulties, or disagreements less serious or easier to solve, usually by talking to the people involved:

to start something new or important:

to jump out of an aircraft with a parachute because the aircraft is going to have an accident:

to immediately criticize a mistake:

to expect something to happen and make plans based on it:

to depend on something, or to need something in order to be successful:

to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest:

to watch what is happening and be careful:

to flow or fall out of a container:

to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:

to stop someone from talking or making suggestions, often in an unpleasant way:

to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid:

to move into a sitting position after you have been lying down, or to help someone else to do this:

to remove a part of something to make it smaller or shorter, using a sharp tool such as a knife:

to persuade a person or group to do something: