Keel over
- Turn upside down
- Surrender, give in
- Fall to the ground
Keep around
- Keep something near you
Keep at
- Continue with something difficult
Keep away
- Don't allow someone near something
Keep back
- Maintain a safe distance
Keep down
- Not vomit
Keep from
- Control yourself, refrain
Keep in
- Not allow someone out
Keep off
- Not talk about
- Not tread on something
Keep on
- Continue
Keep out
- Not allow someone to enter
Keep to
- Stay within limits
Keep up
- Not let someone go to bed
Keep up at
- Continue, not quit
Keep up with
- Move at the same rate
- Stay up to date
Key in
- Enter numbers or information into a computer or electronic system
Kick about (around)
- Discuss
Kick around with
- Spend time with
Kick back
- Pay someone illegally as part of the price
- Resist
Kick down
- Break something with your feet
Kick in
- When a drug starts to take effect
- Break something with your feet
Kick off
- Start a game of football
- Die
- When trouble starts
- Argue, protest and refuse to co-operate
Kick out
- Expel
Kick up
- Cause trouble or pain
Knock about
- Beat someone
Knock down
- Demolish
- Hit and injure someone
Knock it off!
- Stop doing something annoying
Knock off
- Finish work for the day
Knock out
- Hit and make somebody unconscious
- Sell, distribute
Knock up
- Become or get someone pregnant.
- Play a bit before a match to get ready
Knuckle down
- Make a great effort
Knuckle under
- Submit to authority
Lap up
- Appreciate something
Large it up
- Have a good time when intoxicated
Lark about
- Behave in a silly way
Lark around
- Behave in a silly way
Lay down
- Establish rules or procedures
- Kill, murder
Lay into
- Criticise angrily
Lay off
- Make an employee redundant
Lay on
- Organise, supply
Lay out
- Spend money
Lead to
- Result in
Leak out
- Become public knowledge
Lean on
- Put pressure on someone to get them to do what you want
Leave on
- Not turn off
Leave out
- Not include
Let down
- Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement
- Make clothes longer
Let in
- Allow someone to enter
Let off
- Not punish
Let on
- Tell a secret
Let out
- Allow to leave or go out
- Make a sound
- Make clothes bigger
Lie down
- Rest
Lie with
- Have the right to make a decision
Lift off
- Leave the ground- rocket or spaceship
Light up
- Light or start smoking a cigarette
- Illuminate
Lighten up
- Be less serious
Line up
- Arrange in a line
- Arrange something in a line
- Arrange events for someone
Listen out for
- Listen for a particular noise or sound
Live by
- Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour
Live down
- Stop being embarrassed about something
Live for
- Believe something is extremely important
Live in
- Live in the place where you work or study.
Live it up
- Have a good time by spending a lot of money
Live off
- Use money earned
Live on
- Use money for basic necessities
- Not be forgotten
Live out
- Stay somewhere until you die
- Fulfill an ambition or fantasy
- Not live at the place where you study or work
Live through
- Experience different times
Live together
- Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying
Live up to
- Meet expectations or standards
Live with
- Accept something unpleasant
- Have a relationship and live in the same place without marrying
Load down
- Burden
Load up
- Take illegal drugs
- Fill a machine or vehicle
Load up on
- Consume a lot of something for a particular purpose
Lock up
- Close all doors, windows, etc.
Log in
- Enter a restricted area on a computer system
Log into
- Enter a restricted area of a computer system
Log off
- Exit a computer system
Log on
- Enter a computer system
Log out
- Exit a computer system
Look after
- Take care
Look back
- Think about the past
Look down on
- Have a low opinion of
Look for
- Try to find
Look forward to
- Wait for or anticipate something pleasant
Look in
- Make a quick visit
Look in on
- Visit briefly to see if everything's all right
Look into
- Research, investigate
Look on
- Watch something like a crime without helping
Look on as
- Consider, regard
Look out
- Be careful
Look over
- Inspect
Look round
- Inspect a house
Look to
- Expect, hope
Look up
- Consult a reference work (dictionary, phonebook, etc.) for a specific piece of information.
- Improve
- Find, trace an old friend
Look up to
- Respect
Look upon as
- Consider, regard
Luck out
- Be very lucky
Make do with
- Accept something less satisfactory because there's no alternative
Make for
- Head in a certain direction
Make into
- Change something into something else
Make it
- Arrive or get a result
Make it up to
- Try to compensate for doing something wrong
Make off with
- Steal
Make out
- Make a cheque payable to somebody
- Pretend
- Progress
- Kiss and pet
Make over
- Change appearance
Make up
- Stop being angry with someone
- Put on cosmetics
- Invent a story
Make up for
- Compensate
Make with
- Give (usually used as an imperative)
Mark down
- Give a student a lower grade for a particular reason
- Reduce the price of something
Mark down as
- Consider someone or something to be of a certain group, type, etc.
Mark off
- Tick, cross out or otherwise mark something to show that it has been dealt with
Mark out
- Draw lines to enclose an area
Mark out for
- Show promise for the future
Mark out from
- Stand out because of certain qualities
Mark up
- Increase the price of something
Marry in
- Marry someone of the same ethnicity, religion, etc
Marry out
- Marry someone of a different ethnicity, religion, etc
Mash up
- Crush something until it becomes a paste
- Mix sources of audio, video or other computer sources.
- Break or damage
Meet with
- Have something happen to you
Mess about
- Not be serious, not use something properly
Mess around
- Not be serious, play with something
Mill around
- Walk around without going anywhere
Mix up
- Confuse
- Make something lively
Monkey about (around)
- Not be serious
Mooch about (around)
- Spend time doing little or nothing
Mop up
- Resolve a problem
- Kill or capture the last few enemy soldiers after a victory.
- Eat a sauce with bread to finish it
- Remove a liquid that has been spilt
Mope about (around)
- Move around being miserable
Mount up
- Increase over time
Mouth off
- Speak angrily about something
Move on
- Change the subject or your job
- Make people move from a place
Mug up
- Study quickly, revise
Mug up on
- Study something quickly, revise
Mull over
- Think about an issue or problem
Muscle in
- Become involved in something when your involvement is not wanted
Muscle in on
- Become involved in something despite opposition to your involvement
Muscle into
- Become involved even though there is opposition to your involvement
Muscle out
- Use power, contacts, etc, to force someone out
Naff off
- Get lost, go away (used as imperative)
Nag at
- Repeatedly criticise someone verbally
Nail down
- Succeed in getting, achieve
- Understand fully
- Get full information from someone
Name after
- Give someone a name to remember another person
Nip off
- Go somewhere quickly
Nip out
- Go somewhere quickly
Nod off
- Fall asleep
Nose about (around)
- Look for something hidden or secret
Note down
- Write something short like a phone number for future reference.
Nut out
- Find an answer to a problem
Occur to
- Enter one's mind
Open up
- Start to talk freely about something
- Open a shop or business for the day
- Allow goods into a market
Opt for
- Choose
Opt out
- Choose not to be part of something
Owe to
- Be the reason for something
Own up
- Confess
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