- Hand down: Pass on to the next generation: The jewellery has been HANDED DOWN in my family for generations.
- Hang together: Work together when things are difficult: We have to HANG TOGETHER if we’re going to finish this project.
- Hanker for: Want something a lot, especially if you shouldn’t want it or can’t have it: I have always HANKERED FOR a soft-top car.
- Head for: Move or travel towards: It’s getting late- I’m HEADING FOR home.
- Hear from: Receive a phone call, email, letter or other communication from someone: I haven’t HEARD FROM them since we left university.
- Help out: Give assistance: She really HELPED me OUT when I was going through my divorce.
- Hinge on: Depend very much or completely: Everything HINGES ON the results of the negotiations; if they go badly, we’ll be in real trouble.
- Hit back: Attack or criticise: The president HIT BACK at her critics in a speech last night.
- Hive off: Separate part of a company or service, often by selling it: They HIVED OFF the retail operations.
- Hold out: Resist: When the enemy attacked, they HELD OUT for six weeks.
- Hook into: Persuade someone to do something they don’t want to do: She HOOKED them INTO coming after all.
- Hook up: Meet someone|We HOOKED UP at the conference.
- Hound out: Force someone out of a place, job, position, etc.: The press HOUNDED the minister OUT after the scandal broke.
- Hunt up: Search for and manage to find something: He HUNTED UP a copy the book in the British library.
- Hutch up: Share accommodation with a number of people because of the high rent: Property prices are so high in London that many young people are HUTCHING UP.
