Burn out - 1. to burn completely; 2. to stop functioning 1. Several houses were burned out by the fire. 2. The light bulb in the kitchen is burned out, please replace it. After years of hard work he burned himself out. 1. , ; 2.
Burn up - 1. to burn brightly and strongly; 2. to burn completely; 3. to become very angry 1. We added a couple of dry logs and soon the fire burned up. 2. The paper burned up in a second. 3. He gets burned up every time someone mentions his daughter's divorce.1. , ; 2. ; 3.
burn with - to want something very much He's burning with the desire to get rich. ()
burst in - to rush in He never enters the room, he bursts in. ,
Burst into - 1. to rush in; 2. to start doing something suddenly 1. He burst into the room. 2. She burst into tears. He burst into singing. 1. ; 2. -
Burst out - 1. to rush out; 2. to start doing something suddenly 1. She jumped to her feet and burst out (of the room). 2. He burst out laughing. She burst out crying. 1. ; 2. -
Burst with - to be extremely full of something She was bursting with the desire to tell everyone about her success. He is bursting with pride. The room was bursting with people. -,
butt in - to interrupt someone's conversation I hate it when he butts in with remarks about everything.
Buy off - to bribe, to pay someone in order not to do something He tried to buy off a journalist who was going to expose his illegal activity. , , -
Buy out - 1. to become an owner by buying all of (stock, business, partner's share, rights); 2. buy out of - to bribe someone in order to be freed from something 1. He bought out his partner's share and became the sole owner of the company. 2. He faced serious criminal charges but his father bought him out of prison. He also bought him out of military duty. 1. , (, , , -); 2. , -
Call at - to dial someone's number and speak Call me at 555-3246. -
Call back - to return a call I called him at 6, but he wasn't in. He called me back at 7.
Call for - to go and get; to require something I'll call for you at 7. He called for help. This situation calls for quick action. This happy event calls for a celebration. -, -; -
