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Pick up – to collect or lift something
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Example: Can you pick up some groceries on your way home?
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Go on – to continue happening
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Example: The meeting will go on until 5 p.m.
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Get out – to leave a place
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Example: He told me to get out of his car.
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Go back – to return to a place
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Example: I forgot my phone, so I had to go back home.
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Come on – used to encourage or persuade someone
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Example: Come on, let’s go! We’re going to be late!
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Come back – to return to a place
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Example: She will come back from vacation next week.
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Sit down – to take a seat
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Example: Please sit down and make yourself comfortable.
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Come out – to appear or become available
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Example: A new movie is coming out this Friday.
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Come in – to enter a place
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Example: Come in and have a cup of tea.
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Look for – to try to find something
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Example: I am looking for my keys. Have you seen them?
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Get up – to rise from bed or a sitting position
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Example: I usually get up at 6 a.m. on weekdays.
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Come up – to happen unexpectedly
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Example: Something important came up, so I couldn’t attend the meeting.
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Look down – to regard someone or something as inferior
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Example: He always looks down on people who don’t have a college degree.
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Go out – to leave home for social activities
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Example: We usually go out for dinner on Saturdays.
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Take off – to remove clothing or for a plane to leave the ground
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Example: He took off his jacket because it was too warm inside.