to use up, or reduce the amount of, something of value
Eat out
If you eat out, you eat in a restaurant instead of at home.
eat up (1)
to eat all or most of something
eat up (2)
If something eats up your time or money, you spend a lot of time or money on it.
Egg on INFORMAL
If you egg someone on, you encourage them to do something foolish or risky.
Embark on
to begin something, usually something that will be challenging and time-consuming
Empty out
to remove everything from inside something
End in
to have a certain result at the end of something
End up
If you end up being somewhere, or doing something, it's because of decisions you've made in the past.
End with
to have something act as the final part of something
Engage in FORMAL
to become involved in something related to competition or conflict, such as a debate, a battle, or a dispute.
Enter into
to become involved in something like a discussion, an agreement, or a partnership.
Entitle to
If you are entitled to something, you have the right to have it or the right to do it.
Entrust to
to give somebody responsibility for something of importance or value
Entrust with
to give someone responsibility for something of importance or value
Even up
to make something more equal or to make it fairer
expose to (1)
If you expose someone to something, you introduce them to something they might not otherwise see or experience.
expose to (2)
to make someone face a danger or a hazard
Extricate from FORMAL
to get someone out of a difficult situation or a dangerous place
Face up to
If you face up to a difficult or challenging situation, you accept that you have to deal with it, and then do something about it.
Face with
If you are faced with something like a problem or a challenge, you have to deal with it.
Factor in
to include a certain item when calculating or planning something
Fade away
to slowly become weaker, softer or dimmer
Fall apart
If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces or parts start falling off.
Fall back on
to use or do something else because what you used or did first has failed
Fall behind
If you have fallen behind other people, they have advanced faster than you and they are ahead of you.
fall for (1)
If you fall for something like a trick or a scam, you believe it's real or genuine even though it's not.
fall for (2)
If you fall for someone, you fall in love with them.
fall in (1)
If a roof or a ceiling falls in, it falls to the floor because it's been weakened or damaged.
fall in (2)
to form a line by standing side by side or one behind the other
