Verb > Bring up 1 bring (someone) up or bring up (someone) : to take care of and teach (a child who is growing up) I was born and brought up (=raised, reared) in Chicago. My grandparents brought me up Read More …
Verb > Bring up
Category: Verbs
Verb > Owe
Verb > Owe 1 : to need to pay or repay money to a person, bank, business, etc. (+ object) I still owe money on the car. (=I have not yet paid back all the money I borrowed to buy Read More …
Verb > Aspire
Verb > Aspire (no object) to want to have or achieve something (such as a particular career or level of success) — often + to Both young men aspire to careers in medicine. (=both young men want to have careers Read More …
Verb > Tear down
Verb > Tear down to completely destroy (something, such as a building or wall) They tore down the old hospital and built a new one. We’re planning to tear down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. – Read More …
Verb > Dole out
Verb > Dole out phrasal verb dole out (something) also dole (something) out to give (something) to people She is always doling out advice on relationships. The organization has doled out millions of dollars in grants. The nurse doles the Read More …
Verb > Discombobulate
Verb > Discombobulate Our word “discombobulate” is only a few hundreds years old. It probably arose as a slangy, silly version of a word like “disconcert” (meaning “to bother, to confuse, to throw someone out of whack”). When something discombobulates Read More …
Verb > Tweak
Verb > Tweak (+ object) 1 : to change (something) slightly in order to improve it : to make small adjustments to (something) The company may have to tweak (=adjust) its image. Our software developers are tweaking (=fine-tuning) the program. Read More …
Verb > Bear
Verb > Bear 1 : to accept or endure (something) (+ object) He bore (=tolerated) their insults patiently. — usually used in questions and negative statements with can, can’t, could, and couldn’t He could hardly bear (=stand) the pain. I Read More …
Verb > Dodge
Verb > Dodge 1 a (+ object) : to move quickly to one side in order to avoid being hit by (someone or something) He dodged the first punch but was hit by the second. dodging traffic b always followed Read More …
Verb > Mobilize
Verb > Mobilize 1 a : (+ object) : to bring (people) together for action The President mobilized (=rallied) his supporters. They couldn’t mobilize enough support to pass the new law. 1 b : (no object) : to come together Read More …