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61bear with sb/sth phrasal — verb (T) 1 bear with me spoken used to ask someone politely to wait while you find out information, finish what you are doing etc: Bear with me a minute, and I ll check if Mr Garrard s in. 2 to be patient or continue to do something difficult or… …
62ˌcatch (sb/sth) ˈup — phrasal verb 1) to go faster so that you reach the person or vehicle in front of you 2) to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something He s missed so much school that he s going to find it hard to catch up.[/ex]… …
63ˌcome aˈcross sb/sth — phrasal verb to meet someone or find something by chance I came across a word I d never seen before.[/ex] …
64ˈcome uˌpon sb/sth — phrasal verb literary to meet someone or find something by chance …
65ˌdig sth ˈout — phrasal verb to find something that you have not used or seen for a long time I ll dig out my old college notes later.[/ex] …
66ˌdig sth ˈup — phrasal verb 1) to remove something from under the ground by digging They dug up a body in his garden.[/ex] 2) to find information by searching carefully When we investigated, we dug up some interesting facts.[/ex] …
67ˌferret sth ˈout — phrasal verb to find something by searching in a determined way …
68ˌhunt sb/sth ˈdown — phrasal verb to try very hard to find someone or something They ll actually hunt down old books for you.[/ex] …
69inˈquire ˌinto sth — phrasal verb to try to find out the truth about something The committee inquired into complaints made by several prisoners.[/ex] …
70ˌlook ˈout for sb/sth — phrasal verb to look carefully at people or things around you in order to try to find a particular person or thing We were told to look out for a blue van.[/ex] …