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Notes 15. Trump up (concocted, fabricated): The details of his various escapades seem trumped up.
16. To be well of (in comfortable circumstances): Despite her being so well off, she thinks twice before
spending even a penny.
17. Bore away (won): The soldier bore away many prizes for bravery.
18. To break into (enter by force): The students broke into the Vice Chancellor’s office and smashed
all the windows.
19. Break with (quarrel with): I gave him no cause to break with me.
20. Brought about (caused): The income tax he paid, brought about his ruin.
21. Brings in (yield as rent): His agricultural output brings in at least a thousand rupees a month.
22. Call off (withdraw): The strike was finally called off after a month with everyone feeling contented.
23. Come by (get): How did he come by this book?
24. Come to grief (suffer): He will certainly come to grief if he does not mend his ways now.
25. Done to death (murdered): He was done to death by the dacoits.
26. Draw over (win over): The politician was trying to draw over the votes of the poor people.
27. Get the better of (advantage over): He got the better of his partner in that business.
28. Give out (proclaim): It was given out that the fort had been captured.
29. Given to (addicted): My uncle is given to drinking.
30. Go in for (compete for): Are you going in for the M.A. degree?
31. Hold to (adhere to): She always holds to her principle.
32. Intrude on or upon (encroach upon): Hope I am not intruding upon your privacy.
33. Keep back (conceal): She keeps back nothing from me.
34. Look upon (regard): We look upon her as our mother.
35. Make over (transfer): I want to make over my house to my daughter.
36. Pull through (recover from illness): The psychology of the patient helps him a lot to pull through
his illness.
37. Put by (save): My grandmother always urged my mother to put by something for old age.
38. Put off (postponed): The marriage was put off owing to the sudden demise of a close relative.
39. Run through (waste): Do not run through your savings.
40. See through (discern): He was too innocent to see through any of her tricks.
41. Set about (begin): He set about his job assiduously.
42. Set in (start): Winter has begun to set in.
43. Take after (resemble): The baby has taken after her grandmother.
44. Take down (note): Please take down these points.
45. Turn down (reject): The officer turned down my request.
46. Work on (influence): We tempted him with many promises, but nothing would work on him.
47. Work up (excite, agitate): He gets extremely worked up if his daughter gets back late from college.
48. Throw over (abandon or desert): When he became rich, he threw over all his old friends.
49 Set apart (reserved): These seats are set apart for ladies.
50. Run up (increased): Recently, my expenses have run up considerably.
51. Done for (ruined): If this business venture fails, then I’m done for.
52. A wild goose chase (fruitless task/endeavour): His trying to go abroad for studies is a wild goose
chase.
53. A red letter day (an important day): It was a red letter day in the history of the nation.

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