front 1 fall down | back 1 If someone or something falls down when they have been in an upright position, they drop to the ground. He tripped and fell down. |
front 2 get off | back 2 If you get off something that you are on, you move your body from it, usually onto the ground. He got off his bicycle. |
front 3 get out | back 3 If you get out, you leave a place or a vehicle. We got out of the car. |
front 4 get up | back 4 When someone or something gets up or gets up something, they move from a lower position or level to a higher one. By the time we'd got up to the top of the hill, we were exhausted. I knew he would have difficulty getting up those steps. |
front 5 get up | back 5 If you get up, you rise to a standing position after you have been sitting or lying down. He got up off the floor. |
front 6 get up | back 6 When you get up, or when someone gets you up, you get out of bed. She decided it was time to get up. \Ne had to get the children up and dressed. |
front 7 go back | back 7 If you go back, you return to a place where you were before. I have to go back to the US next week. It started to rain so I went back for my umbrella. |
front 8 go in | back 8 When you go in, you enter a building. Let's go in and have some coffee. I pushed open the door of the office and went in. note The opposite of go in is go out. |
front 9 go into | back 9 When you go into a room, building, or area, you enter it. She went into the bedroom and shut the door. |
front 10 go off | back 10 If you go off somewhere, you leave the place where you were, usually in order to do something. He's gone off to work. |
front 11 keep down | back 11 If you keep down or if you keep your head down, you stay in a lying or low position in order to avoid being seen or attacked. The soldier signalled to him to keep down. |
front 12 lay down | back 12 If you lay something down, you put it down on a surface. He laid the baby gently down on the changing table. |
front 13 move up | back 13 If someone or something moves up or moves up a place, they go from a lower position to a higher one. The sun had moved up in the sky. We moved up the hill a few metres. note: The opposite of move up is move down. |
front 14 run in | back 14 If someone runs in from outside a room or building, they enter it, moving fast. I'll run in and get them. |
front 15 run into | back 15 To run into a place means to enter it running. They had run into the nearest apartment and asked for help. |
front 16 run on | back 16 If you run on, you continue to run in the same direction. I ran on ahead. |
front 17 run out | back 17 If you run out of a room or building, you leave it, running. He ran out of the room and down the stairs. |
front 18 run out | back 18 If a substance runs out from somewhere, it flows from there. Water was running out from under the front door of the house. |
front 19 sit down | back 19 If you sit down or sit yourself down, you lower your body until you are sitting on something. We were both looking for a place to sit down. She sat herself down beside me. NOTE The opposite of sit down is stand up. |
front 20 stand up | back 20 If you stand up, you change your position so that you are standing rather than sitting or lying. The pupils stand up when the teacher comes into the room. note You can also use get up. |
front 21 turn back | back 21 If you turn back or are turned back, you stop a journey and return towards the place you started from. It was getting dark, so we turned back. We were turned back by heavy snow. |