Carry away carried away

1. carry away (with) p.v. [always passive] When you getcarried away orcarried

away with something, you do more than is necessary or proper because you enjoy it or because you think it is important.

l was going to make a dozen cupcakes for desert tonight, but I gotcarried away and ended up making forty.

You should always start a new exercise program slowly. If you getcarried away with it, you might hurt yourself.

Kick out

kick out & kicks out kicked out kicking out kicking out

1. kick... out (of) p.v. When youkick peopleout orkick peopleout of a group, place, building, room, and so on, you order them to leave.Throw out is similar tokick out.

David drank too much and got himself kickedout of the bar.

Bob's in our car pool, but he's always arguing with the other guys about something, so we're going tokick himout.

1. lock... up p.v. When you lock all the doors and windows of a building, you lock itup.

The manager alwayslocks up before he goes home.

Welocked our houseup before we went on vacation.

locked up part.adj. After all the doors and windows of a building have been locked, it islocked up.

You can't get in the house — it'slocked up.

2. lock... up p.v. When youlock peopleup, you put them in prison.

The policelocked Hankup after they caught him shoplifting.

Whoever committed that terrible crime ought to belocked up forever.

locked up part.adj. Someone who has been put in prison islocked up.

Beinglocked up in jail was a terrible experience.

lockup n. A prison or other place where people arelocked up is alockup.

Omar was put in thelockup after he was arrested for drunken driving.

Mix up

mix up & mixes up mixing up mixed up mixed up

1. mix... up p.v. When youmix somethingup that has two or more ingredients, you stir it so that the ingredients will be thoroughly combined.

Put in the eggs, butter, sugar, flour, and water and thenmix itup well.

An electric mixer willmix up the ingredients better than a hand mixer.

2. mix... up p.v. When youmix two things up, you confuse them with each other.

Jerry and his twin brother look exactly the same, and everyonemixes themup.

Newborn babies sometimes getmixed up in the hospital.

mixed up part.adj. When you are confused about something that you want to understand, or when you have emotional or behavioral problems, you aremixed up.

Can you help me with my calculus homework? I'm reallymixed up.

Jimmy is amixed-up kid who gets in trouble with the police a lot.

mix-up n. A mistake, misunderstanding, or confused situation is amix-up.

Waiter, I think there's been amix-up. I asked you for a chicken salad sandwich, but you brought me a tuna salad sandwich.

1. piss... off p.v. [informal and offensive to some people] When you make people angry, youpiss themoff.

You'd better stop that! You'repissing meoff.

Don't make a lot of noise when Mark is trying to study; itpisses himoff.

pissed off part.adj. When you are angry, you arepissed off.

Melon ie got really pissedoff at Heather for borrowing her necklace without asking and then losing it.

Rip off

rip off & rips off ripping off ripped off ripped off

1. rip ...off p.v. [informal] When yourip people off, you steal something from them, cheat them, or charge them more money for something than it is worth.

Don't do business with Marvin; herips everyoneoff.Hank gotripped off by the drug dealer.

rip-off n. When someone steals something from you, cheats you, or charges too much for something, this is arip-off.

I paid nine dollars to see that awful movie? What arip-off!stress out

stress out & stresses out stressing out stressed out stressed out

1. stress... out p.v. [informal] When people or thingsstress youout, they make you worried, nervous, or tense.

Having that new manager around watching me all the time isstressing meout.

Sally's sister has to take care of quadruplets all day without any help. That must stress herout.

stressed-out part.adj. When you are worried, nervous, or tense, you are stressed-out.

l had to make a speech at work today, and I was sostressed-out afterward that I took the rest of the day off.

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 662