- Call forth: Make something happen: The protests CALLED FORTH a strong reaction from the police.
- Calm down: Stop being angry or emotionally excited: When I lose my temper, it takes ages for me to CALM DOWN again.
- Carried away: Get so emotional that you lose control: The team got CARRIED AWAY when they won the championship and started shouting and throwing things around.
- Carry on with: Have an affair: He’s been CARRYING ON WITH someone at work for years.
- Chase down: Try hard to find or get something: The press CHASED us DOWN when the story broke.
- Cheat on: Be sexually unfaithful: She CHEATED ON me with my friend.
- Chip in: Contribute some money: Everybody CHIPPED IN to pay the bill.
- Clear up: Cure or recover from an infection: I took the antihistamines and the rash CLEARED UP right away.
- Cling on: Hold tight: |He told me to CLING ON as the motorbike accelerated.
- Come up with: Think of a solution, excuse, etc.: Nobody could COME UP WITH a satisfactory explanation for the accident.
- Count upon: Expect something to happen and base plans on it: I was COUNTING UPON their support and lost because they didn’t vote my way.
- Cozy up: Make yourself comfortable: It was cold and I COZIED UP by the fire.
- Cozy up to: Make yourself popular with someone: He’s been COZYING UP TO our boss because he wants a pay
- Crop up: Appear unexpectedly: I’m going to be late tonight as something has just CROPPED UP at work.
- Cut back: Reduce: The firm CUT BACK production because sales were sluggish.
- Cut through: Deal quickly with a complex issue that is causing trouble: She CUT THROUGH the bureaucracy that was holding us up and got the deal done.
