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Informal and Formal Words List
Informal | Formal |
Ask | Inquire |
Back down | Retreat |
Blow over | Subside |
Blow up | Explode |
Break down | Analyze |
Break out | Erupt |
Bring up | Mention |
Call off | Cancel |
Catch on | Understand |
Catch up | Converse |
Check | Verify |
Chill out | Relax |
Clear up | Clarify |
Come across | Encounter |
Come along | Accompany |
Come up with | Devise |
Cut down on | Reduce |
Drop by | Visit |
Fall apart | Disintegrate |
Fall through | Fail |
Figure out | Ascertain |
Fill in | Complete |
Find out | Discover |
Fix | Repair |
Get | Obtain |
Get together | Convene |
Give back | Return |
Give up | Abandon |
Go ahead | Proceed |
Go down | Decrease |
Go over | Review |
Go through | Examine |
Go up | Increase |
Hang out | Associate |
Head out | Depart |
Help out | Assist |
Hold on | Wait |
Hurry up | Expedite |
Keep | Retain |
Keep on | Continue |
Kick out | Eject |
Kids | Children |
Lay off | Dismiss |
Lay out | Arrange |
Leave out | Omit |
Let down | Disappoint |
Look at | Observe |
Look forward to | Anticipate |
Look into | Investigate |
Look over | Inspect |
Look up to | Admire |
Make do | Manage |
Make out | Perceive |
Make sure | Ensure |
Make up | Fabricate |
Mess up | Err |
Need | Require |
Pass away | Decease |
Pass out | Distribute |
Pick out | Select |
Point out | Indicate |
Put down | Criticize |
Put off | Postpone |
Put out | Extinguish |
Put together | Assemble |
Put up with | Tolerate |
Rack up | Accumulate |
Run into | Encounter |
Run out of | Exhaust |
Run over | Rehearse |
Say sorry | Apologize |
Set up | Establish |
Settle down | Stabilize |
Show | Demonstrate |
Show off | Exhibit |
Show up | Appear |
Sorry | Apologize |
Speak up | Articulate |
Stand for | Represent |
Start | Commence |
Take apart | Dismantle |
Take off | Depart |
Take on | Undertake |
Tell | Inform |
Think about | Consider |
Think over | Contemplate |
Think through | Evaluate |
Throw away | Discard |
Throw up | Vomit |
Try out | Test |
Turn down | Decline |
Turn up | Arrive |
Use up | Consume |
Wake up | Awaken |
Watch out | Beware |
Work on | Improve |
Work out | Calculate |
Wrap up | Conclude |
Chill | Unwind |
Yap | Articulate |
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