Important Idioms and their Meanings for Competitive Exams - Set 4

May 29, 2016 Share Like Labels: gr8

Go along! You are treading on my feet (move forward).
- treading meaning - to press something down with your foot
He has never yet gone back on his word (failed to keep his promise)
The days go by so quickly (pass)
This train goes by electricity (functions by means of)
That shop has gone down lately (deteriorated)
- deteriorated meaning - to become worse
The prices never seem to go down (fall)
His speech went down very well (was received)
He went for the doctor (went to fetch)
He went for the burglar with a stick (attacked)
Shall we go for a walk, a drive, a run or a swim ? (go to have)
They went into the whole mater of political secrecy (investigated)
He is going in for medicine (making his career in)
Another atom bomb went off yesterday (exploded)
This meat has gone off (lost its freshness)
The baby went off to sleep at once (fell asleep)
Please go on with your work (continue)
She goes on at him until he leaves the house (talks angrily to him)
Put some coal on the fire or it will go out (die. Used for light and heat)
The tide has gone out a long way (receded).
He can be relied on to go through with the work (complete)
He says he can't go without his tea (sacrifice, accept lack of)

She has some money laid by in case of emergency (put away)
Those soldiers laid down their arms (relinquished)
- arms meaning - weapons
- relinquished meaning - to give up something
These soldiers laid down their lives for their country (sacrificed)
He keeps lying down the law to me about my wifely duties (formulating dogmatically)
The house is ready: the water is already laid on (connected)
We laid out a lot of money on the garden (spent)
He was laid out by a blow on the head (knocked unconscious)
They laid up a large store of coal (amassed)
- amassed meaning - to get a large amount of something
She was laid up for weeks with influenza (confined to bed - passive only)
- confined meaning - to limit / restricted to an area

He was looking at the beautiful view (regarding; observing)
Her grandmother will look after the children (take care of)
They look down on us because we haven't got a car (despise)
- despise meaning - to feel a strong dislike for someone because you think that that person has no value
I'm looking for a new house (seeking)
She looked in just to see if we needed anything (visited in passing)
Will you look into the matter of the lost books ? (examine)
He looks on my parties with disgust (regards, views)
Look out! The saucepan is burning ! (be careful)
His work is looking up now (improving)
They looked up to this great man (respected, admired)
She looked round and saw someone following her (looked behind)

Shared by Bhargav Gupta Yechuri