Phrasal verbs Flashcards
Cut down on
Reduce the amount of
I’ve decided to cut down on smoking
Catch up with
Reach the same place as
‘They are too far ahead for us to catch up with them’
Come up against
Meet / find
‘I’m afraid we’have come up against a problem we can’t solve’
Come up with
Think of
‘Have you come up with an answer yet?’
Drop in on
Visit for a short time
‘I dropped in on Bill and Sheila on my way home’
Face up to
Accept / deal with
‘You must face up to reality!’
Feel up to
Have the strenght and energy to do
‘I don’t feel up to going to work’
Get away with
Do something bad and not be punished
‘Jack stole the money and got away with it’
Get along / on with
Have good relations with
‘Do you get along / on with your new boss?’
Get on with
Continue with
‘Stop talking and get on with your work’
Get out of
Avoid a responsibility
‘I managed to get out of working late’
Get round to
Find time to do
‘I haven’t got round to decorating yet’
Get up to
Do something bad
‘What has young Bill been getting up to?’
Go in for
Have as a hobby
‘Do you go in for sailing?’
Grow out of
Become too old for
‘Julie has grown out of playing with dolls’
Keep up with
Go at the same speed as
‘You’re going too fast! I can’t heep up with you!’
Look down on
Feel superior to
‘Our neighbours look down on anyone without a car’
