to show up
to show up: to appear, to arrive; to be found or located
Examples of TO SHOW UP
- He promised to come on Tuesday but he never showed up.
- It really gets on my nerves that Grace shows up late for every meeting.
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to die out
to die out: not to exist anymore; to be in the process of disappearing Examples of TO DIE OUT Even the idea that all the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago is now passe. That strange, new style of dancing is slowly dying out.
according to
according to: in the order of; on the authority of Examples of ACCORDING TO Around $386 billion was spent, according to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Demand for this game was, according to ticket seller StubHub, at a record level.
to keep track of
to keep track of: to keep or maintain a record of; to remember the locationof Examples of TO KEEP TRACK OF We’re going to keep track of your sales figures, to determine how much of a bonus you’ll receive. The manager didn’t expect how many projects he would be given and expected to keep track…
to eat in/to eat out
to eat in/to eat out: to eat at home/to eat in a restaurant Examples of TO EAT IN/TO EAT OUT We decided to eat in and I made spaghetti and meatballs. We decided to eat out and tried a new restaurant downtown.
to come across
to come across: to meet or find unexpectedly (also: to run across); to be perceived or judged as (also: to come off) Examples of TO COME ACROSS A woman walking her dog came across a butchered body left on a pile of branches. I came across this story out of Georgia on a National Park…
to go up to
to go up to: to approach (also: to come up to, to walk up to, to run up to, to drive up to, etc.)The related forms have the same meaning, but the type of movement isdifferent. Examples of TO GO UP TO A woman came up to the pair, and Calipari expected her to ask for…