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Common & Useful Idioms

ꓐꓯ ꓘꓶꓽ ꓔꓯ ꓬꓲ. ꓔꓱ, ꓬꓲ. ꓕꓲꓽ ꓕꓻ ꓥˍꓟꓲ ꓣꓱꓽˍꓟ ꓙꓳˍꓡꓳ= ꓖꓳ ꓡꓱ ꓣꓱꓽˍꓟ ꓗꓪ ꓐꓰ ꓬꓲ ꓟ. ꓟꓲꓽ ꓬꓲ ꓔꓱ, ꓬꓲ. ꓕꓲꓽ ꓔꓱ, Dꓳ ꓡˍꓡꓳ=(ꓕꓱ ꓟ ꓔꓯ Idioms ꓐꓯ ꓛꓲˍꓡꓳ=) Idioms ꓔꓯꓻ ꓥꓳꓽ// ꓐꓲꓼ ꓡꓯꓼ ꓪꓵꓼ // ꓢꓯꓼ ꓟꓽ ꓙꓳ/ ꓟꓽ ꓔꓲ,/ ꓦꓲꓼ ꓟꓽ ꓐ ꓡ=

• Get out –
• Dꓳ ꓙꓰ/ ꓛꓰ, ꓙꓰ=

• Give up –
• ꓠꓽ ꓡꓰ/ꓠꓽ ꓗꓷ/ ꓥꓳ ꓡꓳ. Dꓴ ꓖꓴ ꓡꓰ=

• Give off –
• Dꓳ ꓡ ꓝꓲ=

• Give in –
• ꓡꓯꓼ ꓙꓱ/ ꓪ ꓡꓰ/ ꓫꓳ ꓡꓰ=

• Give way –
• ꓠꓽ ꓡꓰ ꓫꓳ ꓡꓰ/ꓠ ꓡꓳ.=

• Give away –
• ꓑꓶꓻ ꓒꓬꓱ=

• Give over –
• ꓠꓽ ꓗꓷ/ ꓡꓳ ꓗꓷ=

• Go into –
• ꓢꓪ. ꓠꓬꓲ ꓦꓲꓽ ꓠꓬꓲ=

• Go down –
• ꓙꓵꓻ ꓡꓰ ꓚ ꓡꓰ/ ꓙꓬꓽ ꓡꓰ=

• Go off –
• ꓕꓴ. ꓙꓰ/ ꓒꓬꓱꓼ ꓙꓰ=

• Go over –
• ꓡꓳ. ꓠꓬꓲ/ ꓔꓱ, ꓠꓬꓲ=

• Go through –
• ꓫ. ꓙꓵ/ ꓡꓳ. ꓠꓬꓲ ꓔꓱ, ꓠꓬꓲ=

• Hold out –
• ꓟꓳ. ꓖꓶꓽ/ꓖꓶꓽ=

• Bear down –
• ꓫꓴ. ꓡꓰ ꓝꓲ=

• Bear up –
• ꓠꓲ, ꓪꓴꓽ=

• Bear with –
• ꓠꓲ, ꓟ ꓦꓲꓻ ꓖꓶꓽ=

• Break down –
• ꓠꓽ ꓡꓰ/ꓣꓱꓽ ꓟꓽ ꓙꓲꓻ ꓡꓰ=

• Break off –
• ꓞ, ꓐꓰ ꓠꓽ ꓡꓰ=

• Break with –
• ꓔꓳ, ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ=

• Break into –
• ꓦꓲꓻ ꓕꓴꓻ ꓢꓲ ꓘꓴꓽ ꓠ, ꓟ Dꓵꓽ ꓡ=

• Bring about –
• ꓒꓬꓱꓼ ꓡ ꓝꓲ=

• Bring out –
• ꓟꓳ. ꓖꓶꓽ=

• Bring up –
• ꓫꓳꓻ/ ꓦꓱꓻ=

• Bring in –
• Dꓵꓽ ꓡ/ ꓔꓯ, ꓡ=

• Bring around –
• ꓪꓽ ꓡ ꓝꓲ=

• Call for –
• ꓣꓱꓽ ꓬꓯꓼ=

• Call in –
• ꓘꓴ ꓬꓰ/ ꓡ ꓝꓲ=

• Call on –
• ꓜꓲ ꓬꓰ/ ꓗ, ꓬꓰ=

• Call up –
• Dꓵꓽ ꓙ ꓛꓲ ꓡ ꓝꓲ=

• Carry out –
• ꓬꓰ/ ꓬꓰ ꓐꓲ ꓡꓲ ꓝꓲ=

• Carried away –
• “ꓪꓴ. ꓙꓰ”/ ꓮʼ ꓡꓰ=

• Carry on –
• ꓬꓰ ꓙꓰ ꓔꓬ,/ ꓬꓰ ꓔꓬ,=

• Come about –
• ꓒꓬꓱꓼ ꓡ=

• Come by –
• ꓪ ꓡꓰ/ ꓟꓶ ꓡꓰ/ ꓔꓳ, ꓜꓳꓽ=

• Come out –
• ꓒꓬꓱꓼ ꓡ Dꓳ ꓡ=

• Come around –
• ꓡꓲꓼ ꓡ=

• Come around –
• ꓪꓽ ꓡ=

• Cry down –
• ꓟꓽ Dꓳ, ꓟꓴ/ ꓕꓼ/ꓙꓽ ꓘꓶꓽ=

• Cry against –
• ꓔꓳ,/ ꓟꓽ ꓪ=

• Cut off –
• ꓫꓵꓻ/died

• Cut down –
• ꓣꓳ ꓡꓰ ꓝꓲ/ ꓞꓰ ꓡꓲ ꓝꓲ=

• Cut out for –
• ꓬꓰ ꓒꓲ.ˍꓟ/ ꓪˍꓟ=

• Done for –
• ꓫꓴ. ꓡꓰ/ ꓖꓳꓽ ꓡꓰ=

• Done up –
• ꓪꓴꓽ ꓧꓶ ꓡꓡꓰ=

• Fall in with –
• ꓟꓳ ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ ꓜꓲ ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ=

• Fall in love with –
• ꓠꓲ, ꓠꓵ ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ ꓡꓰ=

• Fall through –
• ꓟꓽ ꓳ ꓡꓰ/ꓟꓽ ꓧꓪ. ꓡꓰ=failure

•  Fall out –
• ꓐꓯ ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ/ ꓢꓰꓼ ꓡꓯ ꓘꓳ=

• Fall off –
• ꓫꓴ. ꓡꓰ/ ꓙꓬꓽ ꓡꓰ=

• Get off –
• ꓡꓵ. ꓗꓷ/ꓫꓶ. ꓬꓯꓼ ꓙꓰ=

• Get on with –
• ꓪ ꓡꓯꓽ ꓘꓳ/ꓛꓳ ꓡꓯꓽ ꓘꓳ ꓙꓲꓻ=