Chapter 7 Flashcards
Back out
Drive (a car, etc.) backward from a place
Blow out
Burst, lose air suddenly (a tire)
Break down
Stop working, stop running or operating (an automobile or there machine)
Check in
Arrive and register as (hotel, airport, etc.)
Come up
Arrive (usually by chance)
Come near, approach, arrive (storm)
Cut in
Move suddenly in front of (a driver or a vehicle)
Dine out
Eat dinner in a (usually expensive) restaurant
Figure on
expect (informal)
Get back
Arrive at the place where one started, return
Get in
Enter (a car, etc)
Get into
Enter (a car, etc.)
Get off
Leave (plane, bus, train or horse)
Get on
Enter (a large plane, bus or train)
Get out
Leave (a car, small plane) (often followed by of)
Head into
Drive or fly (a car, plane, etc.) into
Head out
Move away from one’s present location
Jack … up
Raise (Part of a car, etc.) on a tool called a jack
Let … down
Cause to go down (as the wheels of a plane or as a car on a jack)
Pile out
Go out of quickly and disorderly way (refers to a group, not just one perso) (informal)
Plow into
Bump hard against, collide with
Pull in
Arrive, drive, or move into the place to which one is going
Pull over
Drive (a car, etc.) to one side of the road and stop there
Put … on
Fasten (something) in position
Run off
Drive (usually unintentionally) of the road, etc. where the vehicle belongs
Run over
Drive (usually unintentionally) across the top of something
See … off
Watch (someone) go away, go with someone to the place where his or her trip begins
Send … off
Say goodbye in a friendly way
Set out
Start (a trip)
Take off
Leave the ground, go into the air (an airplane)
Take … off
Remove
Turn around
turn to face in the opposite direction, make either a half circle or a full circle
Weave in and out
Quickly past and in front of one vehicle and then another
