Phrasal Verb B2 Flashcards
Check out
to find out if something is correct, or if somebody is acceptable
EX:The police are checking out his alibi
Drop off
Fall asleep
EX: After a long day, Owen dropped off in front of the Tv
Get back
Return from the place
EX When did you get back from holiday?
Go away
Go on a holiday
Ex: We go away every summer and this year we’re thinking about Russia
Make / head for
to go towards
Ex We were making for home when something unusual happened.
Pull in
Stop by the side of a road in car
Ex Could you pull in for a second so that I can buy some chewing gum?
Run over
If a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over him, her, or it:
Ex I think we’ve just run a rabbit over
Turn round
Go back in the opposite direction
Ex I realized I’d forgotten my phone so I turned round and went back
Bring forward
to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier than planned:
Ex The elections were brought forward by three months.
Get round to
to do something that you have intended to do for a long time:
Ex I still haven’t got around to fixing that tap.
Get up to
to do something, often something that other people would disapprove of
My brother and I used to get up to lots of things that our parent didn’t know ưhen we were young
Go off
Stop liking
Knock out
Defeat and remove from a competition
Look out
Be careful
Pull out
to stop being involved in an activity or agreement:
