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Angle for
Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting.
Trade up
to exchange a lower-level product for a specific higher-level product.
Reach out to
Offer help.
Laugh off
Pretend something (an injury, news, etc.) isn’t important.
Bear on
Influence, affect. / be relevant to (something). "two kinds of theories which bear on literary studies"
Bog into
Eat something enthusiastically.
Dash off
Do something quickly, especially writing.
Drill into
Repeat something many times to make someone learn it.
Dry out
Dry something fully.
Get through to
Make someone understand.
Bump off
Kill.
Carried away
Get so emotional that you lose control.
Drop in
Visit without having made arrangements.
Shut away
Imprison or remove someone's freedom.
Scale down
Make something smaller than originally planned.
Lead to
Result in.
Live off
Be financially supported.
Loosen up
Become more relaxed or comfortable.
Buzz off
Leave somewhere.
Scrape into
Be accepted somewhere, but only just.
Slob around
Be lazy, do nothing.
Talk up
Make something appear more important or significant than it really is.
Knock out
Sell, distribute.
Zoom out
Focus less closely.
Toss about
Discuss something freely and openly, but not very seriously.
Step out
Leave a place for a very short time.
Leak out
Become public knowledge.
Carve out
Create or get a area where you can be special or successful.
Gussy up
Dress smartly or improve the appearance of something.
Come apart
Break into pieces.
Act out
Express an emotion in your behaviour.
Trade down
Sell something and replace it with something cheaper.
Move in on
Approach, often stealthily.
