phrasal verbs Flashcards
To take care of, to make sure that someone is safe and well
look after
To turn your eyes away from someone or sth that you were looking at
look away
To search for sth or someone
look for
To find out more about sth in order to improve the situation
look into
To be careful, to avoid inmminent danger
look out
To examine sth, usually quickly
look throught
to think sth or someone is inferior
look down on
to connect someone on the telephone
put through
to postpone, to make someone dislike or nor want sth
Put off
to tolerate, to bear patiently
Put up with
to dress yourself in a place of clothing
Put on
to stop a fire burning
put out
to save for the future (especially money)
put aside
to give sb accommodation in your house
put up
to return sth to its proper place
put away
to create sth by joining or gathering parts together
put together
to propose or suggest sth
put foward
to escape from sb or a place
get away (from)
to find the time to do sth
get round to
to avoid soing sth , to leave a vehicle
get out of
to progress, to be succesful
get on
to persuade sth to agree or to do what you want
get round
to suceed in speaking sb on the phone
get through
to do sth bad without being punished for it
get away with
to reach a place, thing etc to mean
get at
to move away to receive again
get back
to recover from an illness
get over
to leave the ground, to remove clothes
take off
to understand or remember sth that you hear or read
take in
to be or look like a part or relation
take after
to begin a hobby pastime
take up
to begin to deal with sth, such as a job or responsability
take on
to make a note of sth
take down
to get sth from the place it is in
take out
to take control of a business company
take over
to feel or begin to feel a liking for sb
take to
to behave badly towards sb bacuse you are angry about sth else
take out on
to be produced or published, to appear
come out