- Ease off: Reduce pressure: She EASED OFF the accelerator to let the car slow down.
- Eat away: Destroy slowly: The disease EATS the liver AWAY.
- Eat out: Eat in a restaurant: We couldn’t be bothered to cook so we ATE OUT last night.
- Egg on: Encourage: The other students EGGED him ON when he started arguing with the teacher.
- Eke out: Make something like money last as long as possible; Most students have to EKE OUT their income because they have so little money to live on.
- Embark on: Start a project or venture: Piere EMBARKED ON an MBA at Insead last autumn.
- Empty out: Empty something completely: I must EMPTY OUT the rubbish before I leave for work.
- End up: Become or do something unplanned: We couldn’t get tickets for Egypt so we ENDED UP going to Turkey instead.
- Enter into: Become involved in or accept: They ENTERED INTO an agreement with their rivals.
- Eye up: Look carefully at someone: The guy EYED the other man UP because he was behaving suspiciously.
