I’m so stressed! The kids have been PLAYING UP all day… I need a drink!
The president’s press office attempted to PLAY DOWN the severity of the situation.
Stop PUTTING yourself DOWN – you’re doing the best you can given the circumstances.
The rules of the club are clearly SET DOWN in the member’s handbook.
My cousin PUT me UP on his sofa for two weeks while I was in Sydney.
He was so irritable in the meeting but we PUT it DOWN TO jetlag as he’d just got back from Tokyo.
I was off sick for two days last week and now I’m struggling to CATCH UP on the work I missed.
Bring your new laptop to my house and I’ll help you SET it UP.
Let’s go for a coffee this weekend and CATCH UP properly.
I needed you on Saturday and you didn’t show up! You really LET me DOWN.
My computer has been PLAYING UP all morning. I need to get it looked at.
I’m not going to PUT UP WITH this rudeness anymore!
It was a trap! He knew the FBI had bugged my phone; he SET me UP!
The wind dropped and the rain gradually LET UP.
He BROKE DOWN in tears when she told him she was breaking up with him.
We had to have our cat PUT DOWN last week; it was so sad.
My brothers fell out last summer but I think they’ve MADE UP now.
I needed you on Saturday and you didn’t SHOW UP! You really let me down.
He broke down in tears when she told him she was BREAKING UP with him.
Good morning, I’m just calling to FOLLOW UP my email from yesterday.
Local residents forced the council to BACK DOWN from its plans to build a power plant in the area.
He MADE UP a lame excuse for arriving late to class; of course, the teacher didn’t believe him.
I’ve BACKED UP my dissertation on a USB just in case.
save a copy (in case you lose the original)
start crying
decrease in intensity
minimise the importance of something
start/establish; get ready for use
officially state/record
misbehave
tolerate
disappoint; not do something you said you would
provide accommodation for somebody (often, but not necessarily, at your house)
criticise someone (it could be yourself!)
not work properly
explain the reason why something happened
pursue/investigate further
trick somebody, usually with the objective of them being caught, captured, killed etc.
invent
chat and exchange news
withdraw from a conflict, argument etc. or accept a compromise because of opposition
reconcile after a disagreement
kill an animal because it is old and/or sick
arrive/appear
get up to date
end a relationship (or a band!)