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| American Slang Verbs |
| ace -to finish something easily, with success Tammy aced her math test! boogie -to dance Rick likes to boogie for hours! check out -to look at, watch, examine We're going to check out that new movie tomorrow after work. chicken out -to lose the courage to do something Mary was planning to enter the car race but then she chickened out. gab -to chat Amy likes to gab on the phone with her best friend. grab a bite to eat -to go out to a restaurant I'm hungry. Let's grab a bite to eat somewhere. kick the bucket -to die John's neighbor just kicked the bucket! lift -to steal While Bob was on the train, someone lifted his wallet. take off -to leave Ann took off before the meeting was announced. snooze -to sleep I snoozed on the bus for a few minutes this morning! whine -to complain I wouldn't want to work with Chris because he always whines about everything! |
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