- SAVE UP
- (separable) to collect money for future use
Max is saving up for a brand new car.
- SCREW UP
- (separable) to make a mistake or do something wrong
Max screwed up his relationship with Mary.
- SELL OUT
- (separable) to compromise one's values for personal gain
Catherine sold out. I guess power and money mean more to her than what she said were her personal values.
- SELL OUT
- (separable) to sell everything in the store
We can't go to the concert. The tickets have been sold out
- SEND BACK
- (separable) to return something
I sent the soup back to the kitchen because there was a fly in it.
- SET UP
- (separable) to start, organize, or configure
Max asked Mary to set up his computer.
- SETTLE DOWN
- (intransitive) to become calm; to start living a quiet family life
Max started to look for a wife because he thought it was time to settle down.
- SETTLE DOWN
- (separable) to get someone to become calm
Settle John down. The neighbors are trying to sleep.
- SHAVE OFF
- (separable) to remove hair by shaving
Michael Jordan first shaved off all of his hair when he was in his twenties.
- SHOOT DOWN
- (separable) to make something hit the ground by shooting it
yugoslavia shot down one US warplane.
- SHOUT OUT
- (separable) to speak very loudly; to announce
Max shouted the directions to his house out.
- SHOW OFF
- (separable) to try to impress by doing or showing
When Bill did that trick with the cigar, he was just showing off.
- SHRUG OFF
- (separable) to dismiss something as unimportant
The president shrugged off his extremely low poll numbers.
- SIMMER DOWN
- (intransitive) to become less angry
Bill allowed his wife to simmer down before he asked for forgiveness.
- SIT AROUND
- (intransitive) to just sit not doing much
I don't do much work besides sitting around because to do anything more would be a violation of union rules.
- SORT OUT
- (separable) to arrange or separate by type, class, category, etc.
Max sorted his socks out.
- SORT OUT
- (separable) to resolve problems or difficulties
Max tried to sort out the misunderstanding he had with Mary.
- SPEAK UP
- (intransitive) to speak more loudly
Speak up. I can't hear you.
- SPLIT UP
- (separable) to divide
The bank robbers split the money up equally.
- STAND IN FOR
- (inseparable) to take someone's place
Mary stood in for her boss while he was away.
- STAND OUT
- (intransitive) to be prominent or conspicuous
Max's car stands out among all of the cars in the parking lot because of its florescent green paintjob.
- STAND UP
- (intransitive) to rise to an erect position
All of the people in the courtroom stood up when the judge entered.
- STAY IN
- (intransitive) to not go out
Bill decided to stay in this weekend because he was tired of going out.
- STAY OUT
- (intransitive) to not return home past the regular time
Bill got angry when his wife stayed out all night.
- STOP BY
- (inseparable) to stop for a brief visit (usually on the way to somewhere else)
Max stopped by Mary?s house on his way home from school.