come on=to walk on to the stage
The president came on the stage at
last.
come out=to be published
The book will come out soon.
come out=to stop work and go out
for strike
The workers came out for strike.
come up to=arrive at a place to
start anything
He came up to the university to
study.
come up to =to reach as far as a
particular point
Water came up to my neck.
come out of sth=to be removed from
a place where it is fixed; to develop from sth
The ball will not come out of the
hole.
cock and a bull story=a story that
is not true
The man told a cock and bull story
to you.
Crocodile’s tears=to cry pretending
to be sad
The girl shed crocodile’s tears.
crying need=urgent need
The book is now the crying need of
mine.
do away with sb/yourself=to kill
sb/yourself
The kidnapper did away with him
last night.
do away with sth=abolish/to make an
end
You should do away with your bad
habits.
do without=to manage without anyone
She can’t do anything without me.
do up=to fasten
She did her hair alone.
drive off=to leave
The robbers drove off the when the
police reached there.
drive sth up/down=to make sth such
as rise or fall quickly
The price of daily commodities
drives up regularly.
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