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  • 71slow sb/sth up — UK US slow (sb/sth) down/up Phrasal Verb with slow({{}}/sləʊ/ verb [I or T] ► to become slower or less active, or to make something slower or less active: »Growth in the business slowed down rather than increasing as expected. slow down the… …

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  • 72slow sth down — UK US slow (sb/sth) down/up Phrasal Verb with slow({{}}/sləʊ/ verb [I or T] ► to become slower or less active, or to make something slower or less active: »Growth in the business slowed down rather than increasing as expected. slow down the… …

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  • 73slow sth down/up — UK US slow (sb/sth) down/up Phrasal Verb with slow({{}}/sləʊ/ verb [I or T] ► to become slower or less active, or to make something slower or less active: »Growth in the business slowed down rather than increasing as expected. slow down the… …

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  • 74slow sth up — UK US slow (sb/sth) down/up Phrasal Verb with slow({{}}/sləʊ/ verb [I or T] ► to become slower or less active, or to make something slower or less active: »Growth in the business slowed down rather than increasing as expected. slow down the… …

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  • 75strip sth from sb — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …

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  • 76turn sb/sth down — UK US turn sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with turn({{}}/tɜːn/ verb [I or T] ► to refuse an offer, a job, or a request: »The rival energy company s bid of 640p a share was turned down. turn sb down for sth »He was turned down for the job because of… …

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  • 77turn sth down — UK US turn sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with turn({{}}/tɜːn/ verb [I or T] ► to refuse an offer, a job, or a request: »The rival energy company s bid of 640p a share was turned down. turn sb down for sth »He was turned down for the job because of… …

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  • 78write sth off — Ⅰ. UK US write sth off Phrasal Verb with write({{}}/raɪt/ verb (wrote, written) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE to accept that an amount of money has been lost, for example, from a bad investment or a debt that will never be paid, and show it as a loss in… …

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  • 79ˌcut sth ˈout — phrasal verb 1) to remove something from a larger piece by cutting I cut this article out of a magazine for you.[/ex] 2) to stop eating something or doing something because it is bad for your health I ve cut out chocolate completely.[/ex] 3) cut… …

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  • 80wait and see — phrase to stay calm and delay doing something until you see what happens Let’s just wait and see what they have to say. Thesaurus: to delay or avoid making a decisionsynonym Main entry: wait * * * wait to find out what will happen before doing or …

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