Phrasal Verbs 3 Flashcards
dress up
When someone dresses up, they put on special clothes. When you dress up as someone, you put on the sort of clothes that that person wears.
Mr White dressed up as a clown to entertain the children.
dress in
If you dress in something, you wear it. If you are dressed in something, you are wearing it.
Paula dressed in black for the funeral.
wrap up
If you wrap up, you put on warm clothing.
If you’re going out, wrap up. It’s going to snow.
strip off
If you strip off, you remove most or all of your clothes.
John stripped off and dived into the water.
lounge around
When you lounge around, you spend time in a lazy or relaxed way.
He spent the whole morning lounging around in the garden.
look ahead
When you look ahead, you talk or think about what will happen in the future.
I’m looking ahead to the party tomorrow night and wondering what I should wear.
cloud over
When the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
It’s starting to cloud over and I’m afraid it’s going to rain.
pour down
When it pours down, it rains very hard.
It’s pouring down outside and you’ll get soaking wet.
brighten up
When it brightens up, the weather becomes sunnier.
It’ll brighten up soon and then you can go out and play again.
come up
When the sun comes up, it appears in the sky.
The sky starts to get brighter in the east before the sun comes up.
go in
When the sun goes in, it becomes covered by a cloud.
It got much colder when the sun went in.
come out
When the sun comes out, it shines again.
I waited for the sun to come out before I took the picture.
go down
When the sun goes down, it disappears from the sky in the evening.
As the sun went down, the sky turned a beautiful red color.
go on
If something is going on, it is happening.
What is going on in there? Who is making that horrible noise?
warm up
If an object warms up, it becomes warmer.
Wait for the oven to warm up before you put the meat in.
