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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

1
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To improve your knowledge of something already learned but party forgotten

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Brush up on

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To cause something to happen

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Bring about

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To stop talking because you are nervous or embarrassed about something

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Clam up

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To encourage someone to do something that is usually foolish or dangerous

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Egg on

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To feel a longing for someone or something that is absent or unattainable

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Pine for

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To cause an activity or event to begin to happen

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Set off

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To enter a situation or place suddenly and rudely without permission

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Barge in

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To find someone or something after looking for it or him or her in a lot of different places

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Track down

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To gather together or remove dirt by sweeping

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Sweep up

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To become established or comfortable in a new place or situation

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Settle in

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Eagerly accept or take advantage of an opportunity or offer

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Jump at

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To look out or appear briefly or partially from a place of concealment

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Peep out

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13
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To gradually exhaust someone mentally and emotionally through persistent pressure

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Wear someone down

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Consuming something quickly and eagerly

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Gobble up

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To take severe measures to stop or control a negative or undesirable behaviour

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Crack down on

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To rely or use someone or something for support or help when other options have failed or are unavailable

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Fall back on

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17
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To experience an unexpected difficulty or to meet someone who is difficult to deal with

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Run up against

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18
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To appear or happen, often unexpectedly or suddenly. It refers to issues, problems that emerge without warning

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Crop up

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To pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly

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Fork out

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To take action based on a particular piece of information, advice or situation

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Act on

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21
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To behave badly or cause trouble

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Act up

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22
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To develop liking or fondness for someone or something

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Take to

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To become clear to someone especially referring to a realization or understanding that gradually or suddenly becomes clear

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Dawn on

24
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To avoid something or stay away from it

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Steer clear of

25
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To adopt or engage with something new wether is a task, challenge…

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Take on

26
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To interrupt something before it’s completed

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Cut short

27
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To become less tense or formal and to relax

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Loosen up

28
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To attract someone or something to leave their current situation or location by offering something more appealing

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Lure away

29
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To give someone a lot of praise or presents

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Shower someone with something

30
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To present, suggest or propose an idea or plan for consideration

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Put forward

31
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To surprise or shock someone often causing them to be out of words

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Take aback

32
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To indicate that someone is annoyed, irritated or tired of something or someone

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Fed up with

33
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To prevent or repel something undesirable such as danger, illness or an attack from coming near or affecting you

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Ward off

34
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The main reason for it

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Boil down to

35
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To withdraw a claim , demand or commitment, retreating from a position after a challenge

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Back down

36
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To move away from a person, situation or place often for safety or to give someone more space

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Stand back

37
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The process of emotions and strong feelings becoming visible

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Well up

38
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To cause an unpleasant emotion or problem to begin to grow

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Stir up

39
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To sit or rest on something narrow or elevated in a precarious or balanced way

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Perch on

40
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To find and bring together a group of people or animals

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Round up

41
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To achieve less than someone or something else

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Lag far behind

42
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To put food into a dish or dishes for serving or eating/providing or offering something, often information, gossip or news

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Dish up

43
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Increase something, such as a production, effort or activity

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Ramp up

44
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To get rid of an illness or something bad

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Shake something off

45
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Closely connected or deeply involved in something. It suggests that one thing is inseparably linked to another often in a way that the two are mutually dependent

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Bound up with/in

46
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To start eating something eagerly

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Tuck into something/tuck in

47
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To waste time,money or an opportunity

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Fritter away

48
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To rely or depend on someone or something for support, assistance or comfort

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Lean on

49
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It continues slowly or with difficulty because it has been damaged or weakened

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Limp along

50
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To go somewhere with someone especially when they have not asked you to

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Tag along

51
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To give particular attention to something that someone has said or done

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Pick up on

52
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To decide that a planned event will not occur because it’s not possible or longer useful

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Call off

53
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To get ready

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Gear up

54
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To keep thinking or talking about something especially something bad or unpleasant

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Dwell on something

55
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To understand or figure something out

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Make out

56
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To ignore or dismiss someone in a casual manner. The person is not given attention to and not respected

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Brush off someone

57
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To do something that you have intended to do for a long time

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Get around to

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