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327 PHRASAL VERBS

 vomit; [ yediğini çıkarmak, kusmak]

My grandfather felt sick, coughed and then brought up most of his lunch.

 brush off (tr)

 refuse to listen to sb, ignore sb; [şiddetle reddetmek, başından defetmek]

I am very keen on Ann but she’s always brushing me off.
She is so arrogant that she brushes her friends off.

 brush up (on) (tr)

 refresh one’s memory, revise or improve knowledge of a subject; [ (bilgi vs.) tazelemek]

I have to brush up (on) my Arabic before I go to Syria.

 bump into (tr)

 meet sb by chance; [rastlamak]

I bumped into Jack two hours ago.
We occasionally bumped into one another last night.

 collide with sb/sth; [-e çarpmak, toslamak]

The blind man bumped into me on my way to school.

 buy off (tr)

turn from duty by a gift; [ rüşvet vererek görevi engellemek]

Unless they drop the charge, I’ll have to buy them off.

 buy out (tr)

 pay sb to give up a share in a business; [ bütün hakkını, hissesini, malını vs. satın almak]

When I decided to retire from business, my partner bought me out.
He sold the shops to buy out his partner.

 buy over (tr)

 bribe sb; [rüşvetle elde etmek, ]

He is now very rich because he bought one of the partners over.