Call off

Example

The strike was called off, unions achieved a good contract enhancement

Call for

Example

The judge called for more evidence at a later hearing

Kick off

Example

Steve Vai's tour will kick off in June in UK

Fit through

Example

The  little mouse realized that the apple was too bulky to fit through the small opening

Wear down

Example

His recurrent complaining wears me down.

Stand someone up

Example

Sandra has stood me up again, I won't ask her to go out with me again.

Bail out

Example

We organized a bike ride, but almost everyone bailed out

Bring up a subject

Example

It's not a good idea to bring up politics with William

Walk in

Example

The door was left ajar so I walked in

Knock it back

Example

Larry knocked back two vodka in ten minutes

Knock off

Example

Instead of picking you up in 4 minutes, how about we knock 1 $ 75 c off and we pick you up in 22 minutes?

Catch someone off guard

Example

I apologize, the thief caught me off guard and stole my watch

To get across

Example

We need to make sure our message gets across

Get hold of someone

Example

The only plumber we could get hold of was miles away

To lag behind

Example

Three tomatoes are walking down the street, a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him..