DC1C2-chance&nature phrasale

find or see someone or something when you did not expect to

chance upon

meet someone or find something by chance

come across

become cooler, or make something cooler

cool down

reduce the amount of something, especially money that you spend

cut back on

become weaker or less common and then disappear completely

die out

remove something from under the ground by digging; dig holes in an area of land; find information by searching carefully

dig up

if something dries up or is dried up, all the water comes out of it; stop being available

dry up

use or finish something; manage to deal with a difficult situation or stay alive until it is over; finish dealing with some work, a subject, etc.

get through

make something hot; become hot

heat up

destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead

kill off

if you xxx something xxx to a particular reason, you think it has happened for that reason

put down to

make a careless mistake

slip up

appear or be produced suddenly and quickly

spring up

keep a lot of something so that you can use it later; do something that will cause problems in the future

store up

get rid of something that you no longer want, for example by putting it in dustbin; force someone to leave a place or group; if someone in authority xxx xxx a plan, proposal, etc they refuse to accept it

throw out

produce something new or unexpected; cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air

throw up