cheer up	(separable): help someone feel less worried / depressed / sad. "Suzie's brother was depressed about not getting a promotion, so she sent him a funny card to cheer him up."
chew out	(separable): scold someone severely; berate. "Tom's father was really angry when Tom didn't come home until 3:00 AM. He chewed Tom out and then said Tom had to stay at home for two weeks."
chicken out	(no object): lose the courage or confidence to do something--often at the last minute. "Sam said he was going to ask Lulu for a date, but he chickened out."
chip in	(inseparable): contribute / donate \| (often money) to something done by a group. "We're going to buy a birthday cake for our boss and I'm collecting donations. Do you want to chip in?"
clam up	(inseparable): suddenly become quiet / refuse to talk about something. "Lila wouldn't talk about the accident. When I asked her what happened, she clammed up."
come across	(inseparable): find \| (unexpectedly). "I've lost my extra car keys. If you come across them while your're cleaning the room, please put them in a safe place."
come down with _____	(inseparable): become ill with _____ . "George won't be at the office today. He came down with the flu over the weekend."
come to (2)	(1. inseparable): total. "Your charges come to $124.38. Will you pay by check, in cash, or with a credit card?" (2. no object): regain consciousness. "When I told Gina that she'd won a million dollars, she fainted. When she came to, I told her it was a joke and she almost hit me!"
count on	(inseparable): depend on; trust that something will happen or that someone will do as expected. "I'm counting on you to wake me up tomorrow. I know I won't hear the alarm."
cross out	(separable): show that something written is wrong or unnecessary by making an X across it. "We can't afford to buy everything on your shopping list, so I've crossed all the unnecessary things out."
cut back	(on) \| (often without an object; with an object, cut back on [inseparable]): use less of something. "You drink too much coffee. You should cut back." "You should cut back on the amount of coffee that you drink."
do in (2)	(1. separable): cause to become very tired. "Those three games of tennis yesterday afternoon really did me in. I slept for ten hours after I got home." (2. separable): to kill; to murder. "The said that the murdered man was done in between 10 and 11 o'clock last night."
do over	(separable): do something again. "Oh, no! I forgot to save my report before I turned the computer off! Now I'll have to do it over!"
drag on	(no object): last much longer than expected or is necessary. "I thought the meeting would be a short one, but it dragged on for more than three hours."
draw up	(separable): create a formal document. "The Ajax and Tip-Top Banks have decided to merge. Their lawyers will draw all the official documents up sometime this month."
drop off	(separable): deliver something; deliver someone \| (by giving him/her a ride). "Yes, I can take those letters to the post office. I'll drop them off as I go home from work." "You don't have to take a taxi. You live fairly close to me, so I'll be happy to drop you off."
drop in	(on) \| (inseparable): visit informally \| (and usually usually without scheduling a specific time). "If you're in town next month, we'd love to see you. Please try to drop in. \| (Please try to drop in on us."
drop by	(inseparable): visit informally \| (and usually without scheduling a specific time). "If you're in town next month, we'd love to see you. Please try to drop by the house."
drop out	(of) \| (inseparable): stop attending / leave school or an organization. "No, Paul isn't at the university. He dropped out. / He dropped out of school."
draw out	(separable): prolong something \| (usually far beyond the normal limits). "I thought that speech would never end. The speaker could have said everything important in about five minutes, but he drew the speech out for over an hour!"
egg on	(separable): urge / encourage greatly toward doing something \| (usually something negative). "At first Bob and Chuck were just having a mild argument, but Bob's friends egged them on until they started fighting."
end up (2)	(1. no object): finally arrive at; arrive at an unexpected place. "We got lost last night and ended up in the next town." (2. no object): arrive somewhere as a result or consequence. "You're working too hard. If you don't take it easy, you'll end up in the hospital!"
fall through	(no object): not happen. \| (Note: describes something that was planned but didn't happen.) "We had originally intended to go to Mexico for our vacation, but our trip fell through when I got sick."
feel up to	(inseparable): feel strong enough or comfortable enough to do something. "I know the accident was a terrible shock. Do you feel up to talking about it?"
figure out (2)	(1. separable): logically find the answer to a problem; solve a problem by thinking about it carefully. "For a long time I couldn't understand the last problem, but I finally figured it out." (2. separable): understand why someone behaves the way she/he does. "I can't figure Margie out. Sometimes she's very warm and friendly and sometimes she acts as if she doesn't know me."
fill in (3)	(1. separable): add information to a form. "The office needs to know your home address and phone number. Could you fill them in on this form?" (on) \| (2. separable): supply information that someone doesn't know. "I wasn't able to attend the meeting yesterday, but I understand that it was important. Could you fill me in? / Could you fill me in on what was discussed?" fill in for \| (inseparable): temporarily do someone else's work; temporarily substitute for another person. "Professor Newton is in the hospital and won't be able to teach for the rest of the term. Do you know who's going to fill in for her?"
fill out (2)	(1. separable): complete a form by adding required information. "Of course I completed my application! I filled it out and mailed it over three weeks ago!" (2. no object): become less thin; gain weight. "Jerry used to be really skinny, but in the last year he's begun to fill out."
find out	(about) \| (inseparable): learn / get information \| (about). "I'm sorry that you didn't know the meeting had been canceled. I didn't find out \| (find out about it) myself until just a few minutes ago."
get across	(separable): make something understood; communicate something understandably. "Alan is really intelligent but sometimes he has problems getting his ideas across."
eat out	(no object): have a meal in a restaurant. "I'm too tired to cook tonight. Why don't we eat out?"
face up to	(inseparable): admit to; take responsibility for. "You can't pretend that you're doing OK in this course, Joe. Sooner or later, you'll have to face up to the fact that you're failing it."

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