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English Grammar – Idiom and Phrases 14 (SSC CGL)

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  1. Called name – Abuse
  2. Held up – Detained
  3. Square up – Settle
  4. Cut out – Suitable
  5. Pare down – Reduce indictment
  6. Pass off – Pretend to be
  7. Bid fair – Seems likely to be
  8. Blown up – Exaggerated
  9. Set down – To snub
  10. Cut to quick – Hurt intensely
  11. Die out – Disappear
  12. Cry down – Depreciate
  13. Over and above – In addition to
  14. Work upon – Influence
  15. Casting aspersions – Passing slanderous remarks
  16. Look up – Visit
  17. Fall out – Had a quarrel
  18. On edge – Nervous
  19. Worked upon – Influence
  20. Carried off – Killed
  21. Tore up – Ran up
  22. At home – Comfortably
  23. Put across – To convey
  24. Cried up – Extolled /praised
  25. Put out – Disturbed
  26. Make away – Steal
  27. Make away with – Get rid of, commit suicide
  28. part with – Give up, give away, desert
  29. Play at – To do something without any effort or real interest
  30. Push off – Go leave
  31. Put in for – Apply for
  32. Send for – Summon , ask or order somebody / something to come
  33. Make after – Chase , follow
  34. Brought home – Emphasised
  35. Hold over – Postponed
  36. Fall in – Agree
  37. Work up – Excite
  38. Rake up – Revive
  39. Hold out – Resisted
  40. Put out – Irritate
  41. Eaten away – Corroded
  42. Taken aback – Surprised
  43. Out and out – Thoroughly
  44. Hard up – Not having enough money
  45. Knocked about – Wandered about
  46. Cine round – Recover
  47. Went for – Attacked
  48. Laid out – Invested
  49. Standing off – Championing the cause off
  50. Drawn off – To withdraw