Idioms P

pass by = to go past a place or to stop at a place for a short time.
If you pass by the store today, please get some bananas.

pass out = to give to many people; to distribute.
The woman is passing out flowers to everyone she meets today.

pass up = to decide not to do something.
She passed up an opportunity to work for a big company in order to stay home with her baby .

pick out = buy; choose from a group of things.
There were a lot of great guitars to choose from at the pawn shop. He picked out this telecaster.

pick up = get or buy
I'm going to pick up some Chinese food after work.
(the "going to" future tense)

point out = to explain something important; to show
The chef points out the need for having fresh vegetables at his restaurant every day.

put off: to do something later; to postpone.
Hang and her boyfriend didn't want to put off geting married any longer, so they got married last year.

a. put out = to extinguish a fire or a cigarette; to stop a fire.
Please put your cigarette out in the ashtray.

b. put out = produce a product; make
This newspaper has been putting out a daily paper for over 70 years.


put up with: to tolerate; to permit something.
Harold could no longer put up with a boss who was always yelling at him, so he quit.