| 24. Call at |
(visit a place to meet) I called at the residence of my boss yesterday. |
| 25. Call for |
(necessary, require) For the unity of the country discipline among the people is called for. |
| 26. Call in/call out |
(send for help) The police were called in without delay by the residents. |
| 27. Call off |
(suspend or abandon) We decided to call off the strike. |
| 28. Call on |
(go and visit a person) It is a tradition for the Prime Minister to call on the President. |
| 29. Call out |
(ask to come for help) The National Guards has been called out. |
| 30. Call up |
(to telephone, recall) Many of my friends called me up to congratulate me. |
| 31. Call upon |
(appeal, exhort) He was called upon to prove the correctness of the press reports. |
| 32. Carry away by |
(lose control) On bearing the news of his success he was carried away by joy. |
| 33. Carry on |
(continue) Now it is difficult to carry on this business in the teeth of stiff competition. |
| 34. Carry out |
(implement, obey, execute) it is not likely that your father will carry out the threat of disinheriting you. |
| 35. Cast away |
(throw away as useless) We usually give our servants the old clothes which we cast away. |
| 36. Cast down |
(dejecte4 down cast) Now |
| a |
days he is cast down as a result of his failure in the examination. |
| 37. Cast off |
(release, remove) Organization must cast off old fashioned practices in order to survive. |
| 38. Catch up with |
(make up for deficiency, overtake) He remained ill for many days but caught up with the pending work very soon. |
| 39. Come about |
(happen) It is not good that such an unfortunate accident came about. |
| 40. Come across |
(meet by chance) I came across my old friend in the market yesterday. |
| 41. Come by |
(get) How have you come by such a precious diamond? |
| 42. Come of |
(belong to) Recta comes of a family of freedom fighters. |
| 43. Come off |
(take place as arranged, fade, get separated) I was surprised to see that plaster had come off the walls. |
| 44. Come over |
get over, overcome) You can come over your problems by honest means. |
| 45. Come round |
(agree, recover from illness) My father at first refused to let me continue study but he came round in the end. |
| 46. Come upon |
(come across, get by chance) My friend came upon the evidence just by chance. |
| 47. Cope with |
(manage) They coped with all their problems cheerfully. |
| 48. Cut down |
(curtail, reduce) Since you are out of job these days, you must cut down your expenditure. |
| 49. Cut off |
(discontinue, die, remove) Gas supplies have now been cut off |
| 50. (Be) Cut out for |
(suitable) He is cut out for an administrative career. |
| 51. Cut out |
(to take a piece from the whole) He cut out a piece of the cake and put it in my plate. |
| 52. Cut up |
(distressed, cut into small pieces) She was cut up because she had been scolded by her teacher. |