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41 close down
1) ((of a business) to close permanently: High levels of taxation have caused many firms to close down.) hætta2) ((of a TV or radio station etc) to stop broadcasting for the day (noun closedown).) hætta útsendingu -
42 come down
(to decrease; to become less: Tea has come down in price.) lækka -
43 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) draga niður í, draga úr2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) draga úr -
44 die down
(to lose strength or power: I think the wind has died down a bit.) deyja út, dvína -
45 dust down
(to remove the dust from with a brushing action: She picked herself up and dusted herself down.) slá af sér ryk, þurrka af -
46 fall down
( sometimes with on) (to fail (in): He's falling down on his job.) bregðast; duga ekki -
47 flag down
past tense, past participle - flagged; verb (to wave at (a car etc) in order to make it stop: We flagged down a taxi.) veifa í til að stöðva -
48 get down
(to make (a person) sad: Working in this place really gets me down.) gera dapran -
49 get down to
(to begin working seriously at or on: I must get down to some letters!) drífa sig í að gera e-ð, koma sér að verki -
50 get down to brass tacks
(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) ræða kjarna málsins -
51 grind down
(to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) kremja -
52 hand down
(to pass on from one generation to the next: These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.) láta ganga (frá einni kynslóð til annarrar) -
53 hands down
(very easily: You'll win hands down.) auðveldlega -
54 hold down
(to keep or be allowed to stay in (a job): He is incapable of holding down a job.) halda, endast í -
55 hunt down
(to search for (someone or something) until found: The police hunted down the escaped prisoner.) leita (og finna), elta uppi -
56 look down on
(to regard as inferior: She looks down on her husband's relations.) líta niður á -
57 low-down
adjective (mean; contemptible: a low-down thief.) fyrirlitlegur -
58 mow down
(to kill in large numbers: Our troops were mown down by machine-gun fire.) stráfella -
59 pin down
(to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise: I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.) knÿja fram ákveðið svar -
60 play down
(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) gera lítið úr
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