verb + out

To defeat or outperform someone decisively, or to manoeuvre someone out of a position.

To perform or dramatise a situation, or to express emotions through behaviour rather than words.

To place a child (or sometimes an animal) with adoptive parents; to arrange for someone to be adopted by another family.

To become too old to qualify for or participate in a particular programme, benefit, or system.

To allow fresh air into a room or onto an object to remove stale smells or dampness, or figuratively to openly discuss a problem.

To settle a disagreement or find a solution by discussing it thoroughly, even if it involves debate.

To supply or distribute weapons or equipment outward to others, especially to external groups or allies.

To invite someone on a date or to a social outing, typically in a romantic context.

Vulgar slang meaning to abandon someone or withdraw from a commitment at the last moment.

To result in a middle or balanced figure when all values are considered together.

To withdraw from a commitment, agreement, or plan, especially after promising to take part.

To exit a building or secure area by scanning or presenting an electronic access badge, or to record departure in an access control system.

Australian slang meaning to criticize or speak negatively about someone.

To rescue someone from trouble, or to escape from a difficult or dangerous situation.

To abandon or desert someone, especially at a critical or difficult moment.

To use sustained heat to remove moisture, gases, or contaminants from a material or enclosed space.

When two opposing things or forces become equal, or when something compensates for something else.

British English spelling variant of 'bail out': to escape by parachute from an aircraft, or to rescue someone from difficulty.

To reprimand or scold someone angrily and loudly.

To produce something quickly, often without much care; to play something loudly on an instrument.

To prevent someone from entering a place; to exclude someone.

To vomit; also used as a slang exclamation of disgust (chiefly 1980s American slang).

To produce something quickly and without great care; to play music loudly and energetically.

To produce or complete something quickly, often without great care.

To resolve or settle something through intense struggle, competition, or argument.

To scold or reprimand someone loudly and angrily; or to shout or cry very loudly.

To be determined to get or achieve something, often for selfish or personal gain.

To confirm, support, or prove that something is true.

To defeat a competitor or rival; to extinguish fire by hitting it; to produce a rhythm by tapping.

To transfer young plants from a greenhouse or indoor setting into outdoor flower beds.

To become more muscular or physically larger; sometimes used informally to mean to back down from a confrontation.

To replace an offensive or inappropriate word in a broadcast with a beeping sound.

To produce a loud, resonant sound like a bell; occasionally used for singing or playing music loudly.

To shout or say something very loudly in a deep, powerful voice.

To swell outward in a rounded, bulging shape, like a sail filled with wind.

To sing or play music very loudly and with great energy and enthusiasm.

In poker and card games: to make the first bet in a betting round, especially when acting from an early position.

To harshly scold or berate someone; or (reflexive/intransitive) to back down from a challenge in a cowardly way.

To reveal a secret or private information carelessly and without thinking.

To lose consciousness or memory; to extinguish all lights; to censor by covering with black; or to suffer a total power failure.

To erase or cover something so nothing remains visible; or to suddenly lose the ability to think or remember; or to deliberately suppress a

To make a loud, harsh, or strident noise, especially from speakers, horns, or radios.

To send out sound, music, or an announcement at very high volume; or to expel or remove something with explosive force.

To lose so much blood from a wound that one dies or is in critical danger; also used for liquids or resources draining away completely.

To replace offensive or inappropriate words in a broadcast with a bleep sound so that the audience cannot hear them.

To scold or reprimand someone severely; a regional American expression, chiefly Southern U.S.

To gain a large amount of weight, becoming noticeably overweight; considered offensive or unkind.

To extinguish a flame by blowing air at it, or to fail suddenly.

To escape from a difficult or embarrassing situation by pretending to be confident or by using deception.

To say something suddenly and without thinking, often revealing something you did not mean to.

To arrange for a person or animal to live and eat somewhere other than their usual home, typically while paying for it.

To destroy a building or force people from their home by bombing; or (informal) to fail completely or be eliminated from a competition.

To remove the bones from meat, fish, or poultry in preparation for cooking.

To force someone to leave a place or position, often in a rough or unceremonious way.

To enlarge or shape a cylindrical hole using a boring tool; used in engineering and mechanics.

To lose one's nerve and decide not to do something at the last moment, especially something that required courage.

To reach the lowest or worst point of something, especially before improving.

To withdraw gracefully from a commitment, competition, or position, especially at the end of a career or role.

In cricket, to dismiss a batsman by hitting the stumps with the ball; more broadly, to defeat or eliminate someone.

In basketball, to use your body to position yourself between an opponent and the basket; more broadly, to prevent someone from getting somet

To expand into new areas of activity, interest, or business beyond what you currently do.

To start suddenly and with force, escape from confinement, or develop a skin condition.

To launch or release a new product, or to reveal and develop a quality in someone.

(Slang) To socialise and have fun with male friends in a stereotypically masculine way, or to act in an exaggeratedly macho manner.

A partial reduction in electrical power causing lights to dim and appliances to work poorly, or (military) a partial blackout of lights for

To remove something by brushing, or to untangle and smooth hair using a brush.

Australian informal expression meaning to die.

For a plant to begin producing buds in spring, signaling the start of new growth.

To remove a scratch, mark, or dent from a surface by polishing or rubbing it with a buffing tool.

To leave rapidly in an emergency, to panic, or (of eyes) to bulge with surprise.

To expand or develop an existing structure, network, or product further.

To add extra material to something to make it larger, more substantial, or longer.

To make someone feel sad, disappointed, or depressed (North American informal).

To suddenly say something or begin an activity, especially a strong emotional reaction.

To grow outward thickly, forming a bush-like shape; said of plants, hair, or fur.

To escape from confinement; to suddenly produce or begin something; (US informal) to use or display something impressively.

To stop interfering or getting involved in something that is not your concern; usually used as an imperative.

To spread butter evenly over a surface, smoothing it out; a rare and marginal cooking term.

To purchase someone's entire share of a business or their contractual stake, giving you full control.

To purchase something that someone else was relying on or expected to own, leaving them without it.

To find an answer or result by performing a mathematical calculation.

To shout something; to publicly challenge or criticise someone; or to summon someone to a scene.

To pull the camera view outward or away from a subject, typically in video games, film, or virtual environments.

To sleep outside in a tent or in the open, or to stay somewhere for a long time waiting for something.

To persistently focus on, dwell on, or repeatedly return to a particular topic, issue, or position.

For two things to neutralize each other so that neither has any effect, or to eliminate something by balancing it with an opposing force.

To perform, execute, or complete a task, plan, duty, or instruction.

To create, establish, or achieve something for yourself through effort and determination, or to cut out a section from a larger piece.

To outline or plan something, often in a preliminary or rough way.

To discharge someone from military service under a specific chapter of military regulations.

To choose a cheap or low-quality option to save money, especially when something better was expected.

To choose a cheaper, inferior option when a better one was expected or appropriate.

In theatre, to turn or angle the body subtly toward the audience while appearing to face another actor.

To dishonestly take something from someone or prevent them from getting something they deserve.

To officially leave a hotel; to look at or investigate something; or (informally) to be very attracted to someone.

To withdraw from something or act in a cowardly or unimpressive way at a critical moment.

To scold or reprimand someone severely and angrily.

To remove something from a larger whole by chopping, or to clear a space by cutting

To throw something away or force someone to leave a place

To produce something quickly in large quantities, often without much care for quality

To move in an outward spiral or circular pattern away from a central point (uncommon, mostly literal)

To applaud someone as they leave or depart, especially as a farewell gesture; also used informally to describe something worn out or exhaust

To thoroughly remove all contents from a place and clean it; also to take all of someone's money or possessions.

To remove all unwanted items from a place; or to leave a place quickly.

To record the time you finish your work shift, typically using a machine or digital system.

To bring something to a final conclusion, especially a sale, account, or deal; also to sell remaining stock at reduced prices.

To exclude someone from a group, club, or set of activities.

To use a comb to remove tangles, knots, or unwanted material from hair; also to search through and remove unwanted elements.

To emerge, be published or released, or to publicly reveal one's identity or true feelings.

In programming, to temporarily disable lines of code by turning them into comments so they are not executed.

To measure, draw, or delineate the boundary or extent of something, especially using a compass or similar instrument.

In legal contexts, to disqualify a lawyer or firm from a case due to a conflict of interest.

To suddenly stop working, or to fall asleep from exhaustion.

To arrange for work to be done by an outside company rather than internally, or to formally withdraw from a scheme.

To formally and legally choose to remove oneself from a particular obligation, scheme, or agreement.

To cook food outdoors, typically on a grill or over an open fire; also used as a noun for such an event.

To relax, calm down, or to calm someone else down; chiefly informal American English.

To avoid a responsibility, difficult decision, or commitment in a cowardly or lazy way, often by making excuses.

To reproduce a piece of writing in full by writing it out again, usually from an existing source.

An architectural/construction term: to build or project a structure outward from a wall, supported by corbels (stone or wooden brackets).

Rare dated slang meaning to fall asleep or lose consciousness, especially from exhaustion or intoxication.

To calculate or estimate the total cost of a project, plan, or set of activities.

To expel something from the throat or lungs by coughing, or to say something with difficulty while coughing.

To exclude someone from a plan, or to count items one by one while distributing them.

To suddenly produce or bring out something, often with energy or enthusiasm.

To produce something quickly and in large quantities, often suggesting a mechanical or routine process.

To fail or stop working suddenly; to withdraw from a commitment at the last moment; to lose in a dice game (gambling origin).

To fall asleep very quickly due to exhaustion; or to be eliminated from a competition.

To make someone feel uncomfortable, uneasy, or disturbed in a skin-crawling way; or to leave quietly without being noticed.

A deeply offensive and derogatory slang expression — included here only to warn learners never to use it. It variously means to become incap

Gaming slang for achieving a critical hit that eliminates or severely damages a target; also informally used for emphatically criticising so

To appear at the surface of the ground, or to remove an unwanted part from the edge of a photograph or image.

To draw a line through a word or piece of text to show it is wrong, should be ignored, or has been removed.

To force something or someone out by filling the available space, leaving no room for them.

To extinguish something by pressing or squeezing; or to eliminate something completely by crushing it.

To shout or exclaim loudly, usually because of pain, fear, surprise, or strong emotion.

To be in urgent, obvious need of something; to desperately require something.

In freight and logistics: to fill a shipping container, truck, or vehicle to its maximum volume (cubic capacity) before reaching the weight

To hit or strike someone with an open hand, often lightly or dismissively.

To direct a stream of angry, abusive, or profane language at someone.

To verbally attack someone using a lot of swear words and angry insults.

To remove something by cutting; to stop doing something; for an engine or machine to stop working suddenly; or to be naturally suited for so

To remove a substance (such as a stain or liquid) by pressing and lifting gently with a cloth or similar material.

Australian informal: to dress or behave in an unstylish, dorky, or charmingly uncool way.

To express a feeling, story, or idea through dance, or to leave a place by dancing.

Informal/internet slang: to be eliminated from a situation, gene pool, or competition due to one's own stupidity, recklessness, or poor deci

To become outdated, obsolete, or expired due to the passage of time.

Genealogy/heraldry: (of a family name or male line) to become extinct because a family produces only daughters who, on marrying, take their

To distribute something among several people, or to inflict something such as punishment.

To decorate a place or dress a person in an elaborate or impressive way.

To make a phone call from a telephone system to an external number, or to remove noise/interference from a signal.

To lose courage and withdraw from something at the last moment (vulgar slang).

To become extinct or completely disappear over time.

To remove or rescue something or someone from a surrounding mass; or to find and retrieve something after searching.

To reduce the brightness of lights, especially as a wartime or safety measure; or to become gradually darker.

To inform on or betray someone to the authorities (American slang).

To eat a meal at a restaurant or another place outside the home.

To repeatedly use an amusing story or past experience to entertain people and gain social attention or status.

To fail to get something or be unlucky (Australian English); or to leave a place quickly and quietly.

To distribute or give out something, often in large amounts; also means to serve food.

To leave or abandon a place, person, or commitment suddenly and without fulfilling obligations.

To clean or redecorate a room thoroughly; or to cheat someone out of something they are entitled to. (British English)

To deprive someone of something they deserve through trickery or unfair means.

To insult, criticise harshly, or disrespect someone. (American slang)

To distribute or give out something in small portions, often reluctantly or in a controlled manner.

To pay money out for something, often used informally to mean spending. (Informal, rare)

To figure out something through careful thought or clever reasoning.

To behave in an enthusiastically nerdy or socially awkward way about something.

To sleep rough or in an outdoor or improvised location.

To make something last longer than necessary, or to pull someone or something out of a place by force.

To drink at a bar, pub, or other venue outside of one's home.

To force a person, group, or thing to leave a place permanently.

To withdraw from a course, competition, organisation, or conventional lifestyle before completion.

To make a sound or voice impossible to hear by being louder, or to overwhelm something so it cannot be perceived.

To officially and publicly expel someone from an organization, especially in a shameful or ceremonial way.

To become completely dry after being wet or moist, or to help someone stop drinking alcohol.

To remove or erase a section of audio from a recording, or to transfer audio from one format to another.

To leave a place discreetly or to avoid a responsibility, often at the last minute.

To knock someone out or defeat someone in a fight; a less common variant of 'duke it out'.

(Informal, chiefly American) To suddenly become unable to speak, think clearly, or respond, often due to shock or confusion.

In computing or programming, to replace a real function or component with a dummy (placeholder) version; rarely, to back out of something.

To quickly empty the contents of a container by tipping or turning it over.

(Very informal, chiefly American) To fail out of or withdraw from school, a program, or a competition.

To clean the inside of something by removing dust, typically by wiping, brushing, or blowing.

To drain or protect an area of land using dykes or embankments.

In golf, to complete a hole in two strokes under par.

To generate enough revenue or royalties to cover a previously paid advance.

To have a meal at a restaurant or café rather than at home.

To defeat or displace someone or something by a very small margin.

To remove something from a piece of writing, film, broadcast, or other content during editing.

To make a limited supply last as long as possible, or to just barely manage to achieve or obtain something.

To remove all the contents from a container or space, or for a place to become completely empty of people.

To eventually arrive at a particular situation or outcome; a regional variant of 'end up.'

To transfer a cheque or financial instrument to a third party by signing the back of it.

When a computer program or system stops running and displays an error message because it has encountered a problem it cannot handle.

To become or make something balanced, equal, or smooth, either physically or in terms of distribution.

To endure or brazen out a difficult, embarrassing, or challenging situation until it is resolved.

To remove, exclude, or isolate a variable or common element, either in mathematics or in analytical thinking.

To gradually decrease in strength, visibility, or volume until disappearing, or to bring something to an end gradually.

To become or make very tired or exhausted.

To be forced to leave a school, university, or programme because of failing grades or not meeting academic requirements.

To deceive or bluff someone with a false move or misleading action.

To drop or detach from a container, or to have a disagreement that damages a relationship.

An archaic or literary expression meaning to rush out and attack, or to chance upon someone.

To discover or obtain information, a person, or a thing by searching carefully and persistently.

A rare or non-standard formation; not an established phrasal verb in standard English. Possibly used loosely to mean fielding or deploying s

An archaic term meaning to dress up, adorn, or equip someone or something elaborately.

To settle or resolve a dispute, competition, or conflict by fighting or competing until a conclusion is reached.

To understand or solve something through thinking and reasoning.

To leave a place in an orderly single-file line, one person after another.

To complete all required fields on a form or document, or to become fuller and more rounded in body.

A rare or non-standard expression occasionally used to mean filming on location outside a studio, or to indicate a production moving its fil

To remove unwanted elements, noise, or impurities from a set or stream, or to exclude certain people or things from consideration.

To discover information or a fact, either by searching, asking, or being told.

To continue and complete a fixed period, season, contract, or role through to its natural end.

To fail to honour a commitment or promise, especially by backing out at the last moment; or to inform on someone to an authority.

To expel someone forcefully, or to shoot or deliver something outward rapidly.

To retrieve something from inside a bag, pocket, body of water, or other container, often with some searching.

To provide a person, ship, room, or building with all the necessary equipment or furnishings.

To lose carbonation, energy, or momentum — a less common variant of 'fizzle out'.

To end or fail gradually and in a disappointing, unexciting way.

To fall asleep or become suddenly exhausted; or (especially American) to cancel plans unreliably.

To fail suddenly and dramatically, especially after a promising start; or for an aircraft engine to stop working.

To widen or spread outward, like the shape of a flare; or for a flame or light to spread outward.

To make something soft and light expand outward by shaking or spreading it.

To succeed or escape a bad situation purely by chance or a stroke of luck.

To be forced to leave school, college, or a course because of failing grades.

To clean something by pushing water through it; or to force a person, animal, or information out of hiding.

To depart from a place by aircraft; or to transport someone or something away by air.

To become covered in or eliminated by fog; or to become mentally confused or unfocused.

To open or extend something by unfolding it outward from a folded position.

To compel someone or something to leave or be removed, usually against their will.

To pay money for something, especially reluctantly or when it seems expensive.

In sports, to be removed from a game for committing too many fouls.

To build the structural frame or skeleton of a construction; or to establish the broad structure of a plan or argument.

To become extremely anxious, frightened, upset, or excited; or to cause someone else to feel this way.

To deliberately exclude or ignore someone in order to make them feel unwanted or to force them out.

For a machine or device to malfunction, behave erratically, or stop working.

Niche internet/fandom slang meaning to enthusiastically engage with or react to Boys' Love (BL) manga, anime, or content in the manner of a

Niche internet/fandom slang meaning to react with intense enthusiasm to Boys' Love (BL) manga, anime, or media, as a self-identified fujoshi

An informal, somewhat dated expression meaning to lose one's nerve or back down from something out of fear or cowardice.

A technical construction term meaning to attach strips of wood or metal (furring strips) to a wall, ceiling, or floor to create a level surf

An archaic or formal expression meaning to equip or supply a space, ship, or person with everything necessary.

To become blurry, indistinct, or unclear, especially in terms of an image, sound, or mental state.

To leave a place or vehicle, or to help information or a product reach the public.

To distribute something to a group of people, to stop working or functioning, or to come to an end.

For a device, program, or system to malfunction erratically or behave in an unexpected, unpredictable way.

To leave a place, to be extinguished, to be in a romantic relationship, or to be eliminated from a competition.

A dialectal or very informal British variant of 'conk out', meaning to fall asleep suddenly or (of a machine) to stop working.

To act in a stupid, aggressive, or oafish way; to behave like a goon.

To fully embrace or express a goth aesthetic in appearance or style.

To remove something by digging, cutting, or forcing it out, leaving a hole or cavity; often violent in connotation.

To experience a partial loss of vision or consciousness; or in digital design, to make an interface element appear dim and inactive.

To become ill — especially dizzy, pale, and nauseous — from consuming too much cannabis.

To become dim, dull, or semi-transparent — used of UI elements being disabled, vision becoming impaired, or something losing vibrancy.

To produce something slowly and laboriously, or to extinguish something by crushing it.

To disgust or nauseate someone, or to feel intensely disgusted.

In baseball, to be put out by hitting a ground ball; more broadly, to come to a halt or fail to advance.

To allow hair or a dye to return to its natural state by letting it grow; or for a plant or shoot to grow outward.

To become too big or too mature for something, or to stop doing something as a result of growing older.

To dig up and remove plants, roots, or stumps from the ground by the roots.

To endure or complete something very difficult through sheer determination and willpower.

An emphatic informal variant of 'gut out': to endure something very difficult with great courage and determination.

To fade away gradually and die out, like a candle flame guttering before it goes out.

To produce or reach something (a deal, agreement, or solution) after long and difficult discussion or effort.

To distribute something to a number of people, either physically or figuratively.

To personally and carefully select someone or something from a group. (Note: non-standard; 'handpick' or 'pick out' are strongly preferred.)

To spend relaxed, informal time with friends or in a place; also to display something by hanging it in the open air.

To discuss and settle something thoroughly through careful, often lengthy debate or negotiation.

To emerge from an egg, or for an idea or plan to develop and come into being.

To pull or drag something out from somewhere, especially with considerable effort.

To have something removed from your body, usually by a doctor or dentist.

To leave a place and go somewhere, usually in a casual or purposeful way.

To listen to someone fully and completely, allowing them to finish what they are saying without interruption.

In dog training, to command a dog to swing its hindquarters outward away from the handler.

To give assistance to someone who needs it, especially in a difficult situation.

To shape or create something by cutting into a hard material such as rock or wood; also used figuratively to mean creating something through

To stay in a secret or hidden place in order to avoid being found, usually by people in authority or by enemies.

To walk out of a remote or wilderness area on foot; in sailing, to lean one's body outward over the side of the boat for balance.

To make something or one's services available for payment, either by an owner or by a worker.

In golf, to complete a hole by successfully hitting the ball into the cup

To remove the inside of something to make it empty, or to gradually weaken or empty something of its substance

To forcibly remove or eject someone from a place

To force or drive someone out of a position, territory, or situation.

To shout or cry out something loudly, passionately, or in pain.

To suddenly lose control and become extremely angry or physically aggressive, like the Marvel character the Hulk.

To search for and retrieve something that is hidden, stored away, or difficult to find.

To deliberately ignore or exclude someone from a social group or conversation as a form of rejection or punishment.

To officially discharge someone from military service or a job because they are too ill or injured to continue.

A non-standard or highly regional expression occasionally used to mean to stop participating or to connect outward.

To leap out of something or somewhere; figuratively, to be immediately noticeable or striking.

To identify or classify something using a key or system; in video/photo editing, to remove a specific colour or background.

To forcefully remove someone from a place, group, or position.

To remove a kink, twist, or bend from something flexible such as a hose, cable, or hair.

(British informal) To sleep outside or away from one's own home, often in informal or improvised conditions.

To render someone unconscious with a blow, to eliminate a competitor, or to impress someone greatly.

To fall asleep suddenly from exhaustion, or (of a machine or engine) to stop working unexpectedly.

To strike out at someone or something with force; to hit out aggressively.

To be immediately and strikingly obvious or noticeable, or to jump out of somewhere suddenly.

To grant the use of property, land, or equipment to someone else in exchange for payment under a formal agreement.

To not include someone or something, either deliberately or accidentally.

(Sports) To run as fast as possible to complete a play, especially in baseball or cricket.

To gradually become longer or to make something longer over time.

To allow someone or something to exit, to make a sound suddenly, or to expand clothing at the seams.

To become flat, stable, or consistent after variation or change.

Vulgar slang for acting in a stereotypically lesbian manner or engaging in same-sex activity between women.

Informal slang meaning to express strong feminist or liberal political views, often used dismissively.

To lick the inside of a container clean; also a vulgar slang term for performing oral sex on a woman.

To leave quickly, especially to escape or head toward a destination without delay.

To reach the maximum legal number of fish or game that a hunter or angler is permitted to catch in one day.

To arrange in a line; a specific restart method in rugby; or an audio output signal connection.

To prolong or draw out a period of time, often tediously or mournfully (archaic/literary).

To provide a hyperlink that directs users to an external website or resource outside the current page.

In golf, when a ball rolls to the edge of the hole (the 'lip') and spins out without dropping in.

To pay active attention in order to hear a specific sound, signal, or piece of information.

To prevent someone from entering a place by locking the door, or to be accidentally denied access.

To end your session on a website, app, or computer system by officially signing out.

A warning to be alert to immediate danger, or to watch carefully for something.

To watch over and protect someone, or to be alert so you can help them.

To be at a disadvantage or fail to gain something because of competition or bad luck.

To experience good fortune; to have things turn out well by chance (American English) — or conversely, to be unlucky (British English).

To carry something heavy or bulky out of a place with considerable physical effort.

To eat lunch at a restaurant, café, or public eating establishment rather than at home or at one's desk.

Slang: to kiss passionately or engage in physical intimacy; related to 'make out' but rooted in AAVE slang.

To see, hear, or understand something with difficulty; to claim something is true; to kiss and caress romantically; or to write a cheque/for

To create or construct something using a particular material or set of available resources.

To kiss and physically caress someone in a romantic or sexual way.

(Corporate euphemism) To gradually and deliberately guide an underperforming employee toward leaving an organisation, often through performa

To plan or describe something in detail, showing all the stages, steps, or features in a clear and organised way.

To systematically exclude or push people or groups to the periphery of society, an organisation, or a process until they are effectively rem

To identify someone as having special qualities that distinguish them; or to draw lines on a surface to indicate where something should go.

To marry someone from outside one's own community, religion, or social group.

To be formally discharged or released from military service.

To reach the maximum limit of something, especially a credit card, capacity, or physical effort.

To take a precise, specific quantity of something, usually using a measuring tool.

To be formally discharged from military service or a program due to a medical condition or injury.

To relax and become less tense, intense, or aggressive; to become more easy-going over time.

To melt and come free or be extracted from a surrounding material; used mainly in geology and technical contexts.

To formally distribute or dispense something, especially punishment or justice.

To communicate or perform something using body movements and gestures alone, without speaking.

To be careful or to move out of the way to avoid a hazard.

To fail to experience, enjoy, or take advantage of something good, or to omit something from a list.

To publicly ridicule or humiliate someone in a pointed and deliberate way.

British slang meaning to sit around doing nothing, in a dazed or lazy state.

A very rare informal expression meaning to relax completely, doing nothing, or to become settled and inactive like moss growing on a surface

To leave a place where you have been living and go to live somewhere else.

To clean out an animal's living area by removing waste and old bedding.

To become stuck in or blocked by mud, especially of a vehicle or location.

To become dark, cloudy, or murky (of weather or visibility).

To formally discharge someone from military service.

To displace or defeat someone or something by a small margin or gradually.

To emotionally shut down or become unfeeling, often as a response to stress, trauma, or overwhelm.

To solve a problem or work out the details of something through careful thought or discussion.

To unfold, expand, or widen into a larger shape or space; or to become more communicative and relaxed.

To choose not to participate in something, or to withdraw from a system or arrangement you were part of.

In programming, to have a compiler or optimiser automatically remove code that is unnecessary or has no effect on the output.

To order food from a restaurant or delivery service rather than cooking at home; chiefly North American.

To have a total amount of money that is currently owed to various people or organisations.

To measure a distance or area by walking across it and counting paces; or to walk back and forth anxiously.

To fill a venue completely with people; to be attended by a capacity crowd.

To make something longer or bulkier by adding unnecessary or low-quality material.

(Computing) To move data from active memory to secondary storage to free up RAM.

To cover something completely with paint so that it can no longer be seen.

To extend the hand with the palm facing outward, as a gesture.

To happen or develop in a particular way, especially as hoped or planned.

To divide something into portions and distribute them among several people or uses.

To dismantle a vehicle or machine and sell or distribute its individual components separately.

To statistically remove the influence of one or more variables from a dataset in order to examine the relationship between the remaining var

To lose consciousness suddenly, or to distribute something to a group of people.

To retire or dismiss a person or animal that is considered too old or no longer productive.

To gradually decrease and then stop or disappear entirely.

To gradually stop using, producing, or providing something until it is completely eliminated.

To choose or select something from a group, or to identify or notice something among others.

In motorsport, to exit the pit lane and rejoin the racing circuit.

To throw or discard something, or to remove someone forcibly.

To organize and decide on all the details of something carefully and thoroughly.

To transfer young plants or seedlings from pots or trays into outdoor ground or garden beds.

In chemistry or electroplating, to deposit metal onto a surface, sometimes as an unwanted byproduct.

To happen or develop over time, or to act out a scenario, or to reach the end of play in a game.

To resolve a criminal case by entering a plea bargain rather than going to trial.

To plan or chart something in detail, marking out each stage or element systematically.

To remove something by pulling it sharply with the fingers or a tool

To remove an electrical plug from a socket; to disconnect a device from its power supply

To direct someone's attention to a fact, error, or feature, either verbally or physically

To extend or project out from a surface or container, or to push something outward through an opening

To bulge or protrude outward in a soft, rounded way.

To become too tired to continue, or for a machine or device to stop working.

To leave a place briefly, or for something to appear or emerge suddenly.

To eat a very large amount of food in one sitting, especially unhealthy food.

To divide something into portions and distribute it among people.

To plant seedlings or cuttings out of a main container into individual pots or into open ground.

To produce something with great energy or force, especially music, writing, or rhythmic sounds.

To release liquid from a container, or to express feelings or information freely and completely.

British slang for becoming extremely anxious, paranoid, or panicked, often after taking drugs.

Culinary slang: to complete all the preparation tasks for a dish or for a kitchen service period.

To remove wrinkles or creases by applying pressure, or to extract something by pressing.

To remove something or someone from a place, or to withdraw from an activity, agreement, or location.

To produce or emit something in large quantities, or to remove liquid using a pump.

To record the end of one's workday, to hit someone, or to cut a shape out of material.

To lose one's nerve and refuse to do something out of fear; to act in a cowardly way.

To force someone or something out of a position, place, or market, often gradually.

A milder spelling variant of 'pussy out': to avoid doing something because of fear or cowardice.

Vulgar slang: to withdraw from a commitment or challenge because of cowardice.

To extinguish a flame or light; to publish or release something; to cause someone inconvenience or annoyance; to dislocate a body part.

To find the answer to something difficult through careful, patient thinking.

In typography and printing, to fill remaining space on a line with blank quad characters to align or complete the line.

To be formally eliminated from a competition, program, or process by failing to meet the required qualifying standard.

To settle a dispute or disagreement by arguing it through to a conclusion.

In LGBTQ+ and drag slang, to express oneself in an exaggeratedly dramatic, flamboyant, or 'queenly' way.

Military slang: to lie down and sleep, especially on a bunk or rack.

To dress someone up in elaborate or fine clothing; or informally, to scold or reprimand someone sharply.

To protest or complain angrily and at length; or, in a physical sense, to enclose or separate an area using rails.

To cause an outdoor event to be cancelled or stopped because of rain.

To clear out ashes, debris, or other material by raking; or to search through something thoroughly.

To inform on or betray someone to an authority, typically breaking loyalty.

To become sexually explicit, crude, or to introduce raunchy content into something.

To disentangle or unwind threads, or to clarify and untangle something complex.

To extend your arm to touch something, or to make contact with someone, especially for help or connection.

To read something aloud so that others can hear it, typically from a written source.

To scold or criticise someone severely and angrily, often in a humiliating way.

To find an answer or solution by thinking logically and carefully through all the steps.

To calculate or work out a sum, amount, or solution, especially by going through the steps carefully.

To drive a vehicle backwards out of a space or location.

To express, discover, or determine something through rhyme or wordplay; largely archaic or dialectal.

To modify a car with showy, often cheap cosmetic accessories that give the impression of performance without actually improving it.

To clear a place of unwanted things or people; a dialectal/regional form of 'rid'.

To endure a difficult period or situation until it passes.

To dress someone in a particular outfit or equip someone or something with necessary gear.

In golf and basketball, for a ball to hit the rim or edge of the hole/hoop and bounce out without scoring.

A sound is heard loudly and clearly, or a bell/shot/voice projects outward into the surrounding space.

To clean the inside of a container or fabric by filling or running water through it to remove soap, residue, or dirt.

To remove something from its place by tearing or pulling with great force.

To smoke a cannabis cigarette (joint) all the way down to the very end, i.e. to the roach (the butt or stub).

To say something very loudly and with great force, as if roaring; or for a powerful roaring sound to be projected outward.

A regional or dialectal variant of 'rob', meaning to steal from someone or to burgle a place completely.

To play rock music or dance to it with great energy and abandon.

To introduce or launch something new in a planned, gradual way, or to flatten something by rolling.

To find and remove or eliminate something harmful or unwanted, especially something deeply embedded.

To descend or extract someone/something using a rope; or (in climbing) to lower oneself or something down by rope.

To produce a quick, unfinished version of a plan, design, or piece of work as a starting point.

To make something more complete, balanced, or well-rounded by adding what is missing.

To remove a mark or writing by rubbing with an eraser; also criminal slang for killing someone.

To have no more of something left, or to leave a place by running

To suddenly abandon someone who is depending on you, especially in a cowardly or irresponsible way

To leave a place in a great hurry, or to release or publish something very quickly, sometimes without adequate preparation

To become so corroded by rust that something is weakened or destroyed, or (figuratively) to become mentally or physically stagnant through i

Informal American expression meaning to go to sleep or take a nap.

A chemistry term: to cause a substance (such as a protein or soap) to separate from a solution by adding salt.

To increase capacity or reach by adding more parallel units or instances rather than making existing ones larger.

To discover or locate something by smell, or by following subtle clues.

To panic, lose control, or behave in a wildly erratic or agitated manner.

To examine, investigate, or survey a place or situation carefully, especially before taking action.

To delete a word or passage by drawing a line through it.

To clean the inside of something thoroughly by scrubbing hard, or (of water/erosion) to hollow out a cavity.

To explore or investigate a place or option in advance in order to gather useful information.

To cancel or remove written words by drawing lines through them, or to laboriously write or carve something.

To write something in a messy or illegible way.

To say or emit something in a loud, high-pitched, or harsh voice.

To exclude people, items, or factors from a group or process through a formal evaluation.

To write something out in full detail as a script or formal written plan

To obtain something by begging or foraging, often from an unlikely or tight source

To remove something by scrubbing vigorously, or to clean the inside of something thoroughly

To find someone or something by searching thoroughly and determinedly

To not participate in an activity or event, remaining on the sidelines; a rare variant of 'sit out'

To distribute something to multiple people, or to emit a signal or signal.

To order food or drink from an outside establishment to be delivered or collected.

To divide a mixture or group into distinct components, or to identify something as distinct.

To complete a fixed period of time, such as a prison sentence or term of office, or to distribute food to people.

To begin a journey or task with a clear purpose, or to arrange and display things, or to explain something clearly.

To resolve a problem or bring a confused situation into order.

To be clearly noticeable or superior compared to others in a group.

To protrude beyond a surface or boundary, or to be conspicuously noticeable.

To remove something from a place, or to bring someone somewhere as a social outing.

To persuade someone not to do something they were planning or intending to do.

To discard something unwanted, to forcibly expel someone from a place, or to reject a proposal.

To test something or someone in practice to evaluate performance or suitability.

To result in a particular way, or to come to a place in large numbers.

To be alert and careful to avoid danger or an unpleasant situation.

To exercise physically, or to find a solution to a problem, or to develop successfully.