(informal) to design or arrange something in a useful way "We laid out the web page so that the links were more clearly visible" "I laid out a healthy plan to keep me fit" "I laid out a college plan to succeed in the next English Language exam"

-(AmE) to work very hard on something, especially on something difficult "Martina and I sweat English Language exam out" "My brother is sweating out his career as software engineer" - To do hard physical exercise "I sweated out it at the park yesterday

to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something "I missed out the Cyber Monday's sales" -to not have the chance to experience something good. "Some children miss out because their parents can't afford to pay for school trips"

If a problem comes up, it appears or starts to affect you "The same negative thoughts come up every Sunday night" "Distractions come up when one is studying with loud music"

to say or show that what someone is saying is true "How will you back up his opinions? "There is little evidence to back up this claim"

- to leave a place, especially in order to do something. "Miranda goes off to work as usual" - if a machine goes up, it stops working. " if you alarm goes off, you must get up rapidly"

-to return to a place that you come from. -to think about a particular time in the past " if you go back 20 years ago, children do not play online games

to start doing something again after you have stopped for a period of time " He turned off the alarm and went back to sleep" "I don't want to go back to my old appearances"

-to start doing something again or talking about something again. "Last class, Ms. Whitehouse got back the second world war".

to ignore or stop listening to someone or something "I close windows and my room's door when I study to tune out the noises" "I use my headphones to tune out the city noises"

to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it. "Management is looking at ways of cutting costs"

Rely on/upon somebody/something

to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do. "I rely on my mum to eat a delicious meal" "Many people now rely on the Internet for news"

(spoken) to be likely to achieve the results you want "I stay on track to become a great English translator"

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Lay out	(informal) to design or arrange something in a useful way "We laid out the web page so that the links were more clearly visible" "I laid out a healthy plan to keep me fit" "I laid out a college plan to succeed in the next English Language exam"
Sweat something out	-(AmE) to work very hard on something, especially on something difficult "Martina and I sweat English Language exam out" "My brother is sweating out his career as software engineer" - To do hard physical exercise "I sweated out it at the park yesterday
Miss out	to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something "I missed out the Cyber Monday's sales" -to not have the chance to experience something good. "Some children miss out because their parents can't afford to pay for school trips"
Come up	If a problem comes up, it appears or starts to affect you "The same negative thoughts come up every Sunday night" "Distractions come up when one is studying with loud music"
Back up	to say or show that what someone is saying is true "How will you back up his opinions? "There is little evidence to back up this claim"
Go off	- to leave a place, especially in order to do something. "Miranda goes off to work as usual" - if a machine goes up, it stops working. " if you alarm goes off, you must get up rapidly"
Go back	-to return to a place that you come from. -to think about a particular time in the past " if you go back 20 years ago, children do not play online games
Go back to	to start doing something again after you have stopped for a period of time " He turned off the alarm and went back to sleep" "I don't want to go back to my old appearances"
Get back	-to start doing something again or talking about something again. "Last class, Ms. Whitehouse got back the second world war".
Tune out	to ignore or stop listening to someone or something "I close windows and my room's door when I study to tune out the noises" "I use my headphones to tune out the city noises"
Look at something	to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it. "Management is looking at ways of cutting costs"
Rely on/upon somebody/something	to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do. "I rely on my mum to eat a delicious meal" "Many people now rely on the Internet for news"
Be on track	(spoken) to be likely to achieve the results you want "I stay on track to become a great English translator"

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