111. Lay by | (save money) The wise men always lay by money for their old age. |
112. (Be) Laid up with | (confined to bed) She is not going out as she is laid up with the flu. |
113. Lay down | (establish a rule, sacrifice, surrender) The conditions laid down by the Department of Health were violated by the nursing homes |
114. Lay off | (to discontinue work; dismiss temporarily) The workers have been laid off for want of raw material. |
115. Lay out | (plan building, garden etc.) A number of gardens were laid ‘out by the Moghuls. |
116. Let down | (humiliate, to lower down) We should never let down our friends. |
117. Let into | (allow to enter) After repeated requests he was let into the classroom. |
118. Let off | (to free from punishment, pardon) She was let off by the Principal with light punishment. |
119. Let (somebody) in on | (share a secret) I will not let her in on my plans. |
120. Let up | (cessation, respite) There is no let up in heat during May. |
121. Live on | (depend for food (staple food) The lion is carnivorous and lives on flesh. |
122. Live by | (means/manner) You must learn to live by honest means. |
123. Live off | (source of income) They were living off rental income. |
124. Look about | (in search of on the watch) The thirsty crow was looking about water here & there. |
125. Look after | (take care of) In her old age she has no one to look after her. |
126. Look at | (see carefully) The boys are looking at the sky. |
127. Look back on | (to think of the past) People can often look back and reflect on happy childhood memories. |
128. Look for | (search for a lost thing) She was looking for her lost books. |
129. Look down upon | (hate, despise) It is folly on your part to look down upon the poor students. |
130. Look into | (investigate the matter) A committee was set up to look into the problem. |
131. Look on | (to see as a spectator) His parents looked on with a triumphant smile. |
132. Look over | (examine carefully, go over) The examiner has yet to look over practice note books. |
133. Look out | (watch out, careful, beware) Look out, there is a snake under the bush. |
134. Look out for | (in search of on the watch) He is looking out for a decent job. |
135. Look to | (rely upon, be careful) The poor look to financial help from the government. |
136. Look up | (consult some book for a word, rise) Please look up this word in the dictionary. |
137. Look upto | (respect) His younger brother looks upto him and obeys his every order. |
138. Look upon | (consider, regard) We must look upon social evils as nuisance. |