| Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel |
| Engels | Nederlands |
| back down vi phrasal | (give in, yield) | zich terugtrekken wk ww |
| (pejoratief) | terugkrabbelen onoverg.ww |
| opgeven overg.ww |
| Despite the evidence, he refused to back down. |
| bear down on [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | (push, press on) | drukken onoverg.ww |
| Bear down on the pen to make clear carbon copies. |
| bear down on [sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (weigh heavily upon) (figuurlijk) | zwaar wegen op, zwaar drukken op onoverg. uitdr. |
| Emma felt the full weight of her financial worries bearing down on her. |
| bear down on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | UK (rush towards) | snel afkomen op onoverg. uitdr. |
| The truck came bearing down on the brothers as they were crossing the street. |
| bear down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (approach threateningly) | dreigend afkomen op iemand onoverg. uitdr. |
| The man was bearing down on Jim along the path. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (sun: shine brightly and hot) (zon) | branden onoverg.ww |
| The sun was beating down on our backs. |
| beat down vi phrasal | (rain: pour heavily) | stortregenen onoverg.ww |
| (informeel) | gieten, hozen overg.ww |
| The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (negotiate lower price from) | afdingen bij ww + vz |
| (informeel) | pingelen onoverg.ww |
| Amy beat the seller down to £20 for the vase. |
| beat [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (price: negotiate lower) | afdingen op ww + vz |
| (informeel) | pingelen onoverg.ww |
| We beat the price down to $45. |
| beat [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (demoralize) | terneerslaan onoverg.ww |
| ontmoedigen overg.ww |
| moedeloos maken overg.ww |
| Doris admitted that life was beating her down. |
| bed down vi phrasal | (go to bed) | naar bed gaan onoverg. uitdr. |
| gaan slapen onoverg. uitdr. |
| I usually bed down at about eleven o'clock. |
| bed [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (provide bed for) | een slaapplaats bieden overg. uitdr. |
| Emily fed, bathed, and bedded down the children. |
| bend down vi phrasal | (lean over) | zich bukken wk ww |
| bukken, voorover buigen onoverg.ww |
| The mother bent down to tie the child's shoe laces. |
bog [sth] down,
bog down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | usually passive, informal (vehicle: mire) | vastlopen onoverg.ww |
| The jeep got bogged down in a huge mud puddle. |
| De Jeep is vastgelopen in een immense modderpoel. |
| bog [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative, usually passive, informal (person: hinder, burden) | hinderen overg.ww |
| Work is really bogging me down lately. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (liquid: reduce) | inkoken onoverg. ww |
| The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy. |
| boil down vi phrasal | (liquid: be reduced) | inkoken onoverg. ww |
| Heat the water until it boils down to a volume of about 10ml. |
| boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (be essentially) | neerkomen op ww + vz |
| What it all boils down to is a failure to plan. |
boil [sth] down,
boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (information, argument: reduce) | samenvatten overg. ww |
| terugbrengen tot ww + vz |
| If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means. |
| bow down vi phrasal | (bend or kneel as sign of respect) | neerbuigen, neerknielen onoverg.ww |
| She was asked to bow down in front of a statue of their god. |
| break down vi phrasal | (machine: stop working) | kapot gaan, stuk gaan onoverg.ww |
| Opmerking: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| The car broke down on the way home. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (person: cry) | in huilen uitbarsten frase |
| Stella broke down when the police told her about her husband's accident. |
| break down vi phrasal | figurative (collapse, become weak) (figuurlijk) | instorten onoverg.ww |
| The union called a strike after talks broke down over retirement benefits. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (door, wall: knock down) (deur) | intrappen overg.ww |
| slopen overg.ww |
| (muur) | neerhalen, afbreken overg.ww |
| The police broke down the door when they raided the house. |
| break [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (substance: disintegrate) (v.e. stof) | afbreken overg.ww |
| Alcohol wordt voornamelijk afgebroken door de lever. |
break [sth] down,
break down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (analyze) (figuurlijk) | opsplitsen overg.ww |
| analyseren overg.ww |
| We can break down the process into a number of separate stages. |
| bring [sb/sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (cause demise) | neerhalen over. ww |
| ten val brengen onoverg. uitdr. |
| calm down vi phrasal | (become calmer) | kalmeren, bedaren onoverg. ww |
| rustig worden, tot rust komen onoverg. ww |
| The street market is closed until the weather has calmed down. |
calm [sb] down,
calm down [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (make calmer) | kalmeren onoverg. ww |
| tot rust brengen overg. ww |
| She gave the baby a bottle to calm him down. |
| close down vi phrasal | (business: cease trading) | sluiten, dichtgaan onoverg. ww |
| When the doctor was killed, the clinic was forced to close down. |
| close [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (prevent [sth] from operating) | sluiten, opheffen overg. ww |
| The Women's Anti-Exploitation League vowed to close down the porno shop. |
| come down vi phrasal | (descend) | naar beneden komen bw + ww |
| Go upstairs and tell your sister to come down for dinner. |
| come down with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (fall ill) | oplopen, krijgen overg. ww |
| I've just come down with a cold. |
| cool down vi phrasal | (become less hot) | afkoelen onoverg.ww |
| Give the cookies ten minutes to cool down. |
| cool down vi phrasal | figurative, informal (become less angry) (figuurlijk) | afkoelen onoverg.ww |
| bedaren onoverg.ww |
| It took Andy a while to cool down after the argument with his brother. |
| cool [sth/sb] down vtr phrasal sep | (make less hot) | doen afkoelen overg.ww |
| Ben took a cold shower to cool himself down after the race. |
| crack down on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (not tolerate) | stevig aanpakken bw + ww |
| (Belg.) | hard aanpakken bw+ww |
| The principal is starting to crack down on unexcused absences. |
| crack down on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (punish) | met harde hand optreden tegen frase |
| Every holiday, police set up checkpoints to crack down on drunk drivers. |
| cut down vi phrasal | (reduce consumption) | minderen onoverg.ww |
| If you can't give up smoking altogether, you should at least try to cut down. |
| cut down vtr phrasal sep | (reduce) | minderen met ww + vz |
| I'm cutting down on my electicity usage by installing CF bulbs in all my lamps. |
| cut down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (kill, strike down) | doen sneuvelen overg.ww |
| Many soldiers were cut down by enemy fire. |
| die down vi phrasal | (diminish, subside) | bedaren, afnemen onoverg.ww |
| The shouting died down when the rock star began singing. |
| double down vi phrasal | US (blackjack: double the bid) (blackjack) | verdubbelen overg.ww |
| The blackjack player took the risk of doubling down. |
| double down vi phrasal | mainly US, figurative (become more stubborn) (figuurlijk; inzet, energie) | hardnekkiger worden bn+koppelww |
| When criticized for his views, he doubled down and his remarks caused more outrage. |
| double down on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | mainly US, figurative (become more stubborn about [sth]) (figuurlijk) | hardnekkiger verdedigen bn+overg.ww |
| When the interviewer questioned her, she doubled down on her support for the President. |
| drag [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | figurative (demoralize) (figuurlijk) | naar beneden halen overg.ww |
| verpesten overg.ww |
| His attitude is dragging the rest of us down. |
| drag down vtr phrasal sep | (lower the status, reputation of) (fig., v. reputatie) | neerhalen, verlagen overg.ww |
| Marrying that reprobate will certainly drag down her reputation. |
| drop down vi phrasal | (computer menu: be displayed) | uitklappen overg. ww |
| Click here and a list of options will drop down. |
| dumb down vi phrasal | informal (present [sth] in less educated way) | versimpelen overg. ww |
| The news media these days is dumbing down, with more photos of celebrities than real news stories. |
| dumb [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (present in less educated way) | versimpelen, vereenvoudigen overg. ww |
| You may need to dumb down your presentation for this audience. |
face [sth/sb] down,
face down [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (overcome by confronting) | iemand confronteren overg.ww |
| I faced down my attacker and he ran away. |
| fall down vi phrasal | (structure: collapse) (bouwwerk) | omvallen, instorten onoverg.ww |
| The brick wall fell down. |
| fall down vi phrasal | (person: trip, slip) (persoon) | vallen, neervallen onoverg.ww |
| Mike fell down and injured his back. |
| fall down vi phrasal | figurative (person: fail) | mislukken onoverg.ww |
| (informeel) | op zijn bek gaan frase |
| Many students fall down on this test task. |
flag [sb/sth] down,
flag down [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (stop by signalling: taxi, etc.) | signaleren ww |
| It's hard to flag down a taxi during the rush hour. |
| Julie was lost and had no signal on her phone; she had to flag down a passing car to ask for help. |
| get down vi phrasal | (from vehicle, horse) | uitstappen onoverg.ww |
| (paard) | afstijgen onoverg.ww |
| The truck driver got down from his cab to inspect the tires. |
| De vrachtwagenchauffeur stapte uit uit zijn cabine om de banden te inspecteren. |
| get [sb] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (depress) | deprimeren overg.ww |
| somber maken bn+ww |
| Try not to let your exam results get you down. |
| Laat jouw examenresultaten je niet deprimeren. |
