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• cheer up — PHR V ERG When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful. [V n P] I think he misses her terribly. You might cheer him up... [V pron refl P] I wrote that song just to cheer myself up... [V P …   English dictionary

• average out — PHR V ERG If a set of numbers average out to a particular figure or if you average them out to that figure, their average is calculated to be that figure. [V P to/at n] There are six glasses of wine in one bottle, which averages out to 50p a… …   English dictionary

• balance out — PHR V ERG If two or more opposite things balance out or if you balance them out, they become equal in amount, value, or effect. [V P] Outgoings and revenues balanced out... [V P n (not pron)] The strenuous exercise undergone could balance out the …   English dictionary

• blast out — PHR V ERG If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced. [V P n (not pron)] ...loudspeakers blasting out essential tourist facts in every language known to man... [V P] Pop music can be heard 10 miles away blasting out… …   English dictionary

• block up — PHR V ERG If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it. [V n P] Any holes in the kitchen where the mice are getting through? I ve blocked them up. ... [V P n (not pron)] Powdering a… …   English dictionary

• boil away — PHR V ERG When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour. [V P n (not pron)] Remove the lid and boil away all the liquid... [V P] Check every 20 minutes that the water has not boiled… …   English dictionary

• boil down — PHR V ERG When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour. [V P n (not pron)] He boils down red wine and uses what s left... [V P] …   English dictionary

• burn down — PHR V ERG If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire. [V P] Six months after Bud died, the house burned down... [V P n (not pron)] Anarchists burnt down a restaurant. [Also V n P] …   English dictionary

• clog up — PHR V ERG When something clogs up a place, or when it clogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through. [V P n (not pron)] 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements... [V P] The result is that the lungs clog up with a… …   English dictionary

• cool off — PHR V ERG If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot. [V P] Maybe he s trying to cool off out there in the rain... [V n P] She made a fanning motion, pretending to cool herself off... [V P …   English dictionary

• dry off — PHR V ERG If something dries off or if you dry it off, the moisture on its surface disappears or is removed. [V P] They are then scrubbed with clean water and left to dry off for an hour or two in a warm room... [V n P] When the bath water… …   English dictionary