Abide by
- Accept or follow a decision or rule
Account (1)
Account for
- To explain
Ache (1)
Ache for
- Want something or someone a lot
Act (4)
Act on
- To take action because of something like information received
- Affect
Act out
- Perform something with actions and gestures.
- Express an emotion in your behaviour
Act up
- Behave badly or strangely
Act upon
- To take action because of something like information received
- Affect
Add (3)
Add on
- Include in a calculation
Add up
- To make a mathematical total
- Be a satisfactory explanantion for something
Add up to
- Have a certain result
- Come to a certain amount or figure
Agree (1)
Agree with
- Affect- usually used in the negative to show that something has had a negative effect, especially is it makes you feel bad
Aim (1)
Aim at
- To target
- Intend to achieve
Allow (2)
Allow for
- Include something in a plan or calculation
Allow of
- Make possible, permit
Angle (1)
Angle for
- Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting
Answer (2)
Answer back
- To reply rudely to someone in authority
Answer for
- Be held responsible for a problem
- Speak on behalf of someone or from knowing them
Argue (2)
Argue down
- Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument
- Persuade someone to drop the price of something they're selling
- Try to persuade people not to accept a proposition, motion, etc
Argue out
- Argue about a problem to find a solution
Ask (8)
Ask about
- Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally and in terms of health
Ask after
- Enquire about someone's health, how life is going
Ask around
- Ask a number of people for information of help
- Invite someone
Ask for
- To provoke a negative reaction
- Request to have or be given
Ask in
- To invite somebody into your house
Ask out
- To invite someone for a date
Ask over
- Invite
Ask round
- Invite someone
Auction (1)
Auction off
- Sell something in an auctio