Phrases & Expressions

To put on warm clothes, or to dress someone in warm clothes.

• Bundle up — it's freezing outside.
• She bundled the baby up in a thick blanket.

To work very hard, staying up late and getting up early, until you are exhausted.

• She's been burning the candle at both ends to finish the project.
• If you keep burning the candle at both ends, you will get ill.

Used to ask if something is possible, especially when you do not expect it.

• By any chance, do you know where the station is?
• Did you by any chance see my keys?

To stop doing something and go to bed or go home for the night.

• We walked around downtown for hours; it was so cold we were ready to call it a night by nine.
• Let's call it a night and meet back at the office at seven tomorrow.

A change in someone's opinion or feelings about something.

• He had a change of heart and decided to stay.
• What caused her change of heart about the job?

To leave a place quickly, often because someone has rudely told you to.

• The owner shouted at the boys to clear off.
• Clear off and don't come back!

To fasten something into place with a clip, often with a click.

• Clip the battery in until you hear a click.
• Make sure the harness clips in properly before you start.

To block a place so that people cannot enter it.

• The police closed off the street after the accident.
• They closed off part of the museum for cleaning.

To move forward, often used as an instruction to a vehicle or person.

• The marshaller waved his arms to tell the pilot to come ahead.
• The ground crew signalled the truck to come ahead slowly.

Used when you suddenly remember or realize something.

• Come to think of it, I saw him yesterday.
• Come to think of it, that makes sense.