Medication & Treatment

• Cut out – eliminate from diet/treatment.
• Cut down – reduce intake
• Cut back – decrease usage.
• Carry on – continue treatment.
• Go on – start medication
• Stick to – follow plan strictly.
• Build up – accumulate effects
• Wear off – lose effectiveness.
• Phase out – gradually stop
• Switch over – change medication

Symptoms & Feelings

• Come on – begin suddenly.
• Bring on – trigger symptoms.
• Break out – develop rash/spots.
• Come down with – contract illness.
• Flare up – worsen suddenly.
• Pass out – faint.
• Throw up – vomit.
• Fight off – resist infection.
• Clear up – resolve symptoms
• Set in – establish firmly

Patient Care & Instructions

• Lie down – rest horizontally.
• Sit up – rise to sitting position.
• Get up – stand from bed.
• Turn over – change position in bed
• Slow down – reduce activity.
• Speed up – increase pace.
• Calm down – relax emotionally.
• Check up on – monitor condition.
• Look after – care for patient.
• Pull through – recover from illness

Tests & Procedures

• Rule out – exclude diagnosis.
• Carry out – perform procedure.
• Follow up – continue monitoring.
• Write up – record notes
• Fill in – complete forms.
• hand in – submit documents
• Take off – remove dressing.
• put on – apply bandage
• Draw up – prepare injection
• Dring in – admit patient

Recovery & Lifestyle

• Work out – exercise
• Warm up – prepare body
• Cool down – relax after exercise
• Cut back on – reduce unhealthy habits
• Give up – quit smoking/drinking
• Take up – start healthy activity
• Keep up – maintain routine
• Slow down – reduce exertion
• Get over – recover fully
• Bounce back – regain health quickly

Mental Health & Communication

• Open up – share feelings
• Bottle up – suppress emotions
• Break down – suffer emotionally.
• Cheer up – become happier.
• Calm down – reduce stress.
• Talk over – discuss issues
• Point out – highlight concern
• Bring up – mention topic.
• Go over – review information.
• Spell out – explain clearly

Emergencies

• Call out – summon help
• Check out – discharge patient
• Take over – assume responsibility
• Hold on – wait/stabilize
• Keep on – continue effort
• Pick up – detect signs
• Bring back – resuscitate
• Carry on with – continue procedure
• Cut off – stop bleeding
• Go under – lose consciousness