Phrasal Verbs – Food

to egg somebody on – подстрекать, подначивать

egg_somebody_on

My friends egged me on to argue.

 

to boil down (to) – сводиться к

boil_down

The problem boils down to his laziness.

 

to water down – смягчать, разбавлять, сглаживать (острые углы)

It seems that the juice is watered down.

water_down

We don’t want our doctrine watered down.

 

to beef something up – улучшать

beef_something_up

We need more workers to beef up our production.

 

to fish for – напрашиваться (на комплименты)

fish_for

I hate it when you start fishing for compliments.

 

to fork out (for/on something) – тратить деньги (на что-нибудь) (неохотно)

fork_out

We forked out a fortune on this food.