Pass away

Meaning: Die

Example: His mother passed away last

year.

Run over

Meaning: Hit by a vehicle Example: Two

children were run over and killed.

Break out

Meaning: Develop skin sores or irritation

Example: The measles caused me to
break out in a rash.

Fight off

Meaning: Resist an illness

Example: I’m trying to fight off a cold.

Come to

Meaning: Become conscious

Example: When he came to, he was lying

on the floor with his hands tied behind
his back.

Pass out

Meaning: Faint, lose consciousness

Example: People everywhere were
passing out from the heat.

Get over

Meaning: Recover from something

Example: It’s taken me ages to get over
the flu.
Come down with

Meaning: Become sick (not seriously)

Example: I think I’m coming down with
the flu.

Throw up Meaning: Be sick, vomit

Example: The baby’s thrown up her
dinner.

Come round

Meaning: Become conscious

Example: Your mother hasn’t yet come

round from the anaesthetic.

Work out
Meaning: Train the body by physical
exercise

Example: I work out regularly to keep

fit.

Warm up

Meaning: Begin a physical activity

gradually

Example: It’s necessary to warm up

before exercise to prevent injuries.

Block up

Meaning: Stop something from moving

through something else

Example: My nose is blocked up.

Lay (Laid) up

Meaning: Unable to work, etc. because of

an illness or injury

Example: She’s laid up with a broken leg.

Swell up

Meaning: Become large, inflated, or

bulging

Example: The boy’s arm swelled up where

the bee had stung him.

Clog up

Meaning: Become or cause to become

obstructed

Example: High fat foods can clog up our

arteries.
Dose up (UK)

Meaning: Give medicine to

Example: You should dose up with vitamin

C to fight colds off.

Lay low Meaning: Render someone unable

to move or leave their bed

Example: The flu usually lays people low

for five to ten days.

Let up

Meaning: Become less strong or stop

Example: A cold continues at its peak for
several days, then it gradually let up.
Shake off

Meaning: Shake something in order to

get something off of it

Example: She has failed to shake off

her stomach injury.