Phrasal verbs Flashcards
To withdraw from a position
To back down
To cancel an event
To call off
To not be punished for doing sth wrong
To get away w/
To refuse
To turn down
To demand that sth happens
To call for (sth to happen)
To accept/folllow a rule
To abide by sth
To finally realize, understand
To dawn on (sby)
To be able to do sth difficult/unlikely to do
To pull (sth) off
To fail to keep a commitment or a promise
To back out of sth
To be unable to speak (bc of stress, of fear)/to refuse to speak
To clam up
To think abt/consider sth in order to make a decision
To smull (sth) over
How a situation develops
To pan out
To talk at length w/out getting to the point
To ramble on
To fall asleep for a short period of time, especially when you shouldn’t
To nod off
To be lucky in a specific situation
To luck out
To retract your original position on a topic
To back down (from sth)
To gradually stop using sth
To phase (sth) out
To make sby aware of sth
To point (sth) out
To make a firm decision
To nail down (sth)
To repay money borrowed
To pay sby back
To make progress within a career/field
To get ahead
To be patient w/ sby
To bear w/ sby
To visit a location for a short period of time
To pop into somewhere
To reduce options to most important
To narrow down (sth) (to sth)
