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Phrasal Verbs 12.09 Flashcards

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Ask after

A

Ask for the news about

Ex. Tony was asking after you and I told him you were fine

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Back down

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Stop demanding sth, stop saying that you will do sth

Ex. It seemed as if new man was going to start a fight with the manager, but he eventually backed down

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Back out

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Decide not to do sth you agreed to do

Ex. But you promised to help me this weekend- you can’t back out now!

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Bank on

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Depend on sth happening

Ex. I’m really banking on getting that job at the supermarket

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Break out (2 meanings)

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Escape (from prison)
Ex. Reports are coming in the t five prisoners have broken out of pentonwood prison

OR
Start suddenly (for a war, fire etc.)
Ex. It seems that the fire broke out in the kitchen.

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Break down

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Stop working (for a machine etc.)
Ex. That's the third time our car's broken down this month
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Bring forward

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Change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier

Ex. Because of recent events, the meeting has been brought forward to the 29th

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Bring in

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Introduce a new law or system

Ex. The government are planning to bring in a law banning hunting

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Bring on

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Cause (an illness etc.)

Ex. Being out in the fog always brings on my asthma

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Bring out

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Produce and start to sell a new product

Ex. Did you hear that REM have just brought out a new album?

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Bring up (2 meanings)

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Look after a child until he or she becomes an adult
Ex. Both Satah’s parents died when she was young and she was brought up by her grandmother

OR
Start discussing a subject
Ex. I hate to bring it up, but do you have that money you owe me?

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Call for (2meanings)

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Require, need
Ex. the manager said that the situation called for some difficult decisions

OR
demand
Ex. The farmers are calling for assistance from the government

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Call off

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Cancel

Ex.I hope they don’t call the concert off because of this rain

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Carry out

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Perform an experiment, etc.

Ex. The investigators have been carrying out tests in the pieces of plane recovered after the accident

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Carry on

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Continue

Ex. You carry on painting this wall and I’ll go and get some more brushes

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Catch on

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Understand
Ex. Greg is really clever and always catches  on in class very quickly
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Catch up with

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Reach the same point/level as

Ex. I ran a little faster to try to catch up with the others

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Chase after

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Follow sb/sth quickly in order to catch them

Ex. The shopkeeper ran out of the shop and chased after the shoplifter as she ran down the street

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Check in

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Register at hotel or an airport

Ex. Give me your passport and I’ll go to the desk to check in

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Check out (2 meanings)

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Leave a hotel
Ex. All guests must check out by midday

OR
investigate
Ex. Let’s check out that new website Bill was talking about

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Clear up

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Become brighter and better (for weather)

Ex. If it doesn’t clear up then I’m afraid we may have to cancel the race

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Close down

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Stop operating (for companies)
Ex. What is the government doing about the fact that dozens of local businesses are closing down every month?
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Come (a)round

A 
Happen again (for regular events)
Ex. Christmas soon comes around doesn't it?
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Come(a)round (to)

A

Be persuaded to change your mind (about)
Ex.
That’s a good point. Maybe I’m coming round to your way of thinking

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Come across

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Find sth or need sb by chance

Ex. I came across some old photographs while I was clearing out my desk

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Come by

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Get sth especially sth that is hard to get

Ex . How did you come by that painting?

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Come down with

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Start to suffer from minor illness

Ex. After being out in the storm Alice came down with a cold

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Come forward

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Offer help or information

Ex. After the police appealed for help from the public a number of people came forward with useful information

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Come into

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Inherit

Ex. At the age of eighteen Roger suddenly came into a fortune

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Come off

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Succeed

Ex. Well I think it’s a stupid plan and I’ll be amazed if it comes off

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Come on (2 meanings)

A

Develop or make progress
Ex. Your piano playing is really coming on isn’t it?

OR
start to be broadcast
ex. That quiz show you wanted to watch comes on in half an hour

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Come out

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Be published

Ex. I can’t wait until the next Harry Potter book comes out

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Come round/ come to

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Become conscious

Ex. After a worrying few minutes Sean started to come round and opened his eyes

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Come up with

A 
Think of (an idea, a plan etc)
Ex. Who do you think came up with the idea of the bicycle?
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Count on

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Rely on, trust

Ex. Don’t worry - you can count on me to help if you need it

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36
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Cross out

A

draw a line through sth written

Ex. Danny realized that he’d made s spelling mistake and crossed the word out

37
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Cut down (on) (2 meanings)

A

Do less of (smoking etc)
Ex. If you can’t give up smoking you could at least try to cut down

OR
reduce an amount of
Ex. My doctor has advised me to cut down on fat

38
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Cut off (3 meanings)

A

Make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with
Ex. The snow meant that the village was cut off for over a month

OR
Stop the supply of sth
Ex. When we move don’t forget to tell them to cut the water and electricity off

OR
disconnect
Ex. I was talking to Gordon on the phone when we were suddenly cut off

39
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Dawn on

A

you realise it for the first time

Ex. It suddenly dawned on me that Sharon loved Oscar and that was why she was behaving so strangely

40
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Deal with

A

Handle, cope with

Ex. My job mostly involves dealing with complains from members of the public

41
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Die down

A

Become less noisy, powerful or active

Ex. The actor waited for the laughter to die down before continuing

42
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Do away with

A

Get rid of

Ex. I think they should do away with double yellow lines and just let people park where they want

43
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Do up

A

Repair, paint or improve

44
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Do without

A

Live without (sth you can’t afford)

45
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Draw up

A

Create (plans etc)

46
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Dress up

A

Put on fancy or unusual clothes

47
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Drop in (on)

A

visit unexpectedly

48
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Drop off (2 meanings)

A

Let someone get out of a vehicle

OR
fall asleep

49
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Drop out (of)

A

Leave school before you have finished the course

50
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Drown out

A

Prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise

51
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Face up to

A

Accept sth and try to deal with it

52
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Fall for (2 meanings)

A

Fall in love with

OR
Belive (a lie/trick/joke)

53
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Fall out (with)

A

Have an argument with and stop being friends

54
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Feel up to

A

Feel well enough to do

55
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Fill in

A

Add information in the spaces on a document

56
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Find out

A

Discover information etc

57
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Flick through

A

Turn and look at the pages of a magazine

58
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Get (sb) down

A

Make sb feel sad or lose hope

59
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Get along (with)

A

Have a good relationship (with)

60
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Get at

A

Try to express

61
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Get away with

A

Escape punishment for

62
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Get back

A

Return from place

63
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Get by

A

Manage to survive (financially)

64
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Get on (with)

A

Have a good relationship (with)

65
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Get on for

A

Be almost a particular time, number, age

66
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Get on with

A

Continue doing

67
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Get over

A

Recover from illness

68
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Get round to

A

Start (after planning to do sth for a long time)

69
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Get through

A

Use all of, finish

70
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Get up to

A

Do sth you should not do

71
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Give away (2 meanings)

A

Give free of charge

OR
Reveal sth you are trying to hide

72
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Give in

A

Stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult

73
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Give off

A

Produce sth such as best or a smell

74
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Give up

A

Stop doing sth you do regularly

75
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Go away

A

Go on holiday

76
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Go down (as)

A

Be remembered for having done something

77
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Go in for (2 meanings)

A

Enter (a competition etc)

OR
like

78
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Go into

A

Deal with sth in detail

79
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Go off (3 meanings)

A

Be no longer fresh

OR
explode, be fired (for a gun, usually accidentally)

OR
stop liking

80
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Go on

A

Do sth after doing sth else

81
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Go over

A

Repeat or think about again in order to understand completely

82
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Go/come round

A

Go/come to sb’s house to visit them

83
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Grow on

A

If sth grows on you you start to like it more

84
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Grow out of (2 meanings)

A

Develop from

OR
become too big for

85
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Grow up

A

Become older

86
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Hand down

A

Give something valuable to your children or grandchildren usually when you die

87
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Hand in

A

Give to a person in authority

88
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Hand out

A

Give things to people in a group

89
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Hold up (2 meanings)

A

Rob while threatening violence

OR
delay

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