to egg somebody on – подстрекать, подначивать
My friends egged me on to argue.
to boil down (to) – сводиться к
The problem boils down to his laziness.
to water down – смягчать, разбавлять, сглаживать (острые углы)
It seems that the juice is watered down.
We don’t want our doctrine watered down.
to beef something up – улучшать
We need more workers to beef up our production.
to fish for – напрашиваться (на комплименты)
I hate it when you start fishing for compliments.
to fork out (for/on something) – тратить деньги (на что-нибудь) (неохотно)
We forked out a fortune on this food.