Phrasal verbs n°1 Flashcards

1
Q

Aim at

A

Point a weapon at someone or something

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2
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Request smh

A

Ask for

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3
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Ask someone to go with for a special occasion

A

Ask out

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4
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Walk or drive a vehicle backwards / Help sme

A

Back up

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5
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Leave an emotional situation

A

Back off

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6
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To withdraw your position in a fight argument

A

Back down

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7
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Hit sme repeatedly

A

Beat up

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8
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Make changes or improvement

A

Beef up

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9
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Feel confident abt smh

A

Believe in

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10
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When the wind removes smh from its place

A

Blow off

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10
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Use your teeth to bite a piece of smh

A

Bite off

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11
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Extinguish or make a flame stop burning

A

Blow out

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11
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When the wind moves an object or person from what it was

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Blow away

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12
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Make smh explode

A

Blow up

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13
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Determined or analyzed the solution for smh

A

Boil down to

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14
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Enter a place illegally with the use of force

A

Break in

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14
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When sme loses self control

A

Break down

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15
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Remove a part of smh with force

A

Break off

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16
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Escape from a place / situation / way of life

A

Break out

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16
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Stop a fight / relationship

A

Break up

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17
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Make a way through a barrier or a surface

A

Break through

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18
Q

Return smh you’ve borrowed

A

Bring back

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19
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Bring sme/smh from one place to another

A

Bring over

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20
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Bring sme/smh from a lower level place to a higher

A

Bring up

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21
Q

Remove smh (dust/insect) with your hand

A

Brush off

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22
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Add a fixture/component to a certain place through construction

A

Build in/into

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22
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Practice/Review your knowledge haven’t used in a while

A

Brush up

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23
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Meet sme by accident

A

Bump into

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24
Q

When sme uses fire to destroy a structure

A

Burn down

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25
Q

When a candle stops burning bc there is nothing left to burn OR Mental condition

A

Burn out

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26
Q

Call sme again

A

Call back

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27
Q

Interrupt a conversation or activity

A

Butt in

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28
Q

Request that sme come and help

A

Call in

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29
Q

Cancel an event that has been previously planned

A

Call off

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29
Q

To be chosen to take part in a military mission or football

A

Call up

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30
Q

Do smh out of the ordinary due to strong emotions

A

Carry away

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30
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Become less violent, nervous, excited

A

Calm down

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31
Q

Be careful for Sme or smh

A

Care for

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32
Q

Continue doing smh despite an obstacle

A

Carry on

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33
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Move smh/smh from one place to another

A

Carry out

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34
Q

Understand or realize smh

A

Catch on

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35
Q

Unfaithful

A

Cheat on

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36
Q

Move faster to reach sme/smh ahead

A

Catch up

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37
Q

Refrain from doing smh bc of fear

A

Chicken out

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38
Q

Register in a plane or hotel

A

Check-in

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38
Q

Leave the hotel

A

Check out

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39
Q

Cut smh into pieces with a knife

A

Chop up

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40
Q

Clean the inside of smh thoroughly

A

Clean out

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41
Q

Do smh to solve a pb or misunderstanding

A

Clean up

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42
Q

When the activities or services of business permanently end

A

Close down

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42
Q

When smh in a valve/drain prevent the flow of liquid

A

Clog up

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43
Q

Block an entrance or pathway

A

Close off

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43
Q

Smh happens or occurs

A

Come about

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44
Q

The way other ppl receive smh or sme

A

Come across

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45
Q

When smh beaks/separates piece by piece

A

Come apart

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46
Q

Move from a higher to a lower position or from north to south

A

Come down

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47
Q

When a situation is reduced to a certain outcome

A

Come down to

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48
Q

When smh is removed or breaks off from where it’s originally attached to

A

Come off

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48
Q

Appear on tv or radio

A

Come on

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48
Q

When you start to experience the symptoms of disease / illness

A

Come down with

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49
Q

Make a visit

A

Come over

50
Q

When smh happens/appears either expected or unexpected

A

Come up

50
Q

When sme/smh expected arrives

A

Come through

51
Q

When you think of a solution, idea, pls, excuse

A

Come up with

52
Q

Persuade sme to do smh through lies and deception

A

Con into

53
Q

Persuade sme to give

A

Con out of

54
Q

Lose temperature

A

Cod off

55
Q

Rely on sme for support

A

Count on

56
Q

Count all of smh or ppl in a group

A

Count up

57
Q

Use smh to conceal smh else

A

Cover up

58
Q

Take more action than usual against wrong doing

A

Crack down

59
Q

Remove or delete sme/smh from a list

A

Cross off

60
Q

To do less of smh or to use smh in smaller amounts

A

Cut down

61
Q

When you spend less money on smh

A

Cut back

62
Q

Completely remove or separate a part of smh by cutting in with smh sharp

A

Cut off

63
Q

Remove smh using a knife or pair of scissors

A

Cut out

64
Q

When you use a knife or scissors to cut smh into several pieces

A

Cut up

64
Q

When you do everything to solve a problem

A

Deal with

65
Q

Dispose of smh

A

Do away with

66
Q

Do smh again in order to improve or connect mistakes

A

Do over

67
Q

Make a connection between 2 or more things

A

Do with

68
Q

Manage well without smh or sme

A

Do without

69
Q

Go to sleep unintentionally

A

Doze off

70
Q

Wear formal clothes for a special occasion

A

Dress up

71
Q

Visit someone unexpectedly

A

Drop in

72
Q

Gradually decline or bring someone to the airport

A

Drop off

73
Q

Quit a school program or training course

A

Drop out

74
Q

Dry smh quickly

A

Dry off

75
Q

When the liquid/moisture evaporates

A

Dry up

76
Q

When sme consumes all their food

A

Eat up

77
Q

Remove everyone or everything from a space

A

Empty out

78
Q

The end of smh planned or not

A

End up

79
Q

When smh breaks all at once OR piece by piece

A

Fall apart

80
Q

Move slower than others

A

Fall behind

81
Q

Remove water or liquid from a container

A

Dry out

82
Q

Fall to the ground

A

Fall down

83
Q

When you have an intense attraction to smh or sme

A

Fall for

84
Q

When you move your body and either stand, sit, lie, kneel

A

Get on

84
Q

Finish smh that needs to get done

A

Get over with

84
Q

Meet & spend time together

A

Get together

84
Q

Give smh for free or without expecting anything in return

A

Give away

84
Q

Accept/agree a decision/rule

A

Go along with

84
Q

Pass sme or smh quickly

A

Go by

84
Q

Try to obtain smh

A

Go for

84
Q

Enter a place for a specific reason

A

Go in for

84
Q

Leave unannounced

A

Go off

84
Q

Review smh

A

Go over

84
Q

When you make a decision to do smh and do it

A

Go through with

84
Q

Be disgusted with sme or smh

A

Gross out

84
Q

Waste time doing silly or unimportant things

A

Goof around

84
Q

Become too big or too tall for your clothes

A

Grow out of

85
Q

When you return smh to the owner after he gave it to you

A

Hand back

85
Q

Distribute smh free to other ppl

A

Hand out

86
Q

Spend time in a place or an area

A

Hang around

86
Q

Give upon request or demand

A

Hand over

87
Q

Give smh to a person of authority

A

Hand in

88
Q

When you hold smh, often for support. (put on hold)

A

Hang on

88
Q

Having smh, usually wet clothes to dry
Spend time

A

Hang out

89
Q

Hang clothes/object on a hook

A

Hang up

90
Q

Wear clothing, cosmetics, perfume

A

Have on

91
Q

Go to a place where you’ve been before

A

Head back

91
Q

When a situation become more likely

A

Head for

92
Q

Move in the direction where sme/smh is

A

Head towards

93
Q

Make smh warner or cause a rise in temperature

A

Heat up

93
Q

Assist ppl with

A

Help out

94
Q

Suddenly have a solution or interesting idea

A

Hit on

95
Q

When you don’t forgive or have little respect for sme because of smh they did

A

Hold against

96
Q

Extend your hand or object in front of you

A

Hold out

96
Q

Continue doing an activity even though it may be difficult

A

Keep at

96
Q

Avoid getting close to sme/smh

A

Keep away

96
Q

Delay smh

A

Hold off

96
Q

Connect 2 electrical devices together

A

Hook up

96
Q

Hold sme/smh up in the air

A

Hold up

96
Q

Make sound, noise minimal

A

Keep down

97
Q

Stop yourself or others from doing something

A

Keep from

98
Q

Continue to do smh

A

Keep up

98
Q

Avoid discussing a particular subject/topic

A

Keep off

99
Q

Continue doing smh

A

Keep on

100
Q

When you don’t share information

A

Keep to

101
Q

Illegally pay extra money to sme as part of the price

A

Kick back

102
Q

Force sme to leave place/organization

A

Kick out

102
Q

Use force to cause sme/smh to fall from its place

A

Knock off

103
Q

When sme is struck hard enough to cause them to loose consciousness

A

Knock out

104
Q

Place smh on a surface or an object

A

Lay down

105
Q

When a company ends a worker’s employment

A

Lay off

106
Q

When you don’t take sme/smh with you when you leave

A

Leave behind

106
Q

When a period of time/series of events cause an event/situation

A

Lead up to

107
Q

Accidentally or intentionally not include a person/thing on a list

A

Leave off

108
Q

Not include sme/smh

A

Leave out

109
Q

When a portion still remains from smh after used or enter

A

Leave over

110
Q

Allow sme to leave a car, bus, train

A

Let off

111
Q

Tell smh that’s secret/private

A

Let on