Phrasal Verbs- Unit 2 Flashcards
Act out
to behave badly especially because you are feeling painful emotions such as fear or anger.
Blow over
if an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it ends or is forgotten
Break out
sth unpleasant starts to happen (war, fire, fight BO)
Break up
stop fighting/ make people live at place where they’re meeting or protesting/ to separate into small parts
Bring about
to make sth happen/to cause, to take place
Bring foward
to talk about or show something so that it can be seen or discussed by others.
Bring back
to think about something from the past.
Bring off
to succeed in doing something difficult.
Bring out
to produce something that will be sold to the public.
Bring sb around
to persuade someone to agree with you or to do what you want.
Bring sb/sth into
cause sb/sth to be in a particular situation
Bring sth up
to mention a subject or start to talk about it
Bring up
to mention a subject or start to talk about it.
Burst with
Be overfull with something, be unable to contain oneself with an emotion// BURSTING WITH crammed full of something
Call for
ask publicly for something to be done
Calm down
to become quiet and relaxed after you have been angry, excited, nervous, or upset, or to make smn become quiet and relaxed
Carry out
to do sth that needs to be organised and planned
Churn out
to produce large quantities of something, especially without caring about quality
Cling on to sth
to continue to believe or do sth, even though it may not be true or useful any longer (cling to the hope/belief/idea etc (that)) // to stay in a position of power or stay ahead, when this is difficult, or to try to do this (an attempt to cling to power)
Close sth off
to separate a road, room etc from the area around it so that people cannot go there or use it
Come into
To conflict/to be at odds. To be different in a way that prevents
Cook up
to develop gradually over a long period of time
Cool down
to become calm after being angry
Crop up
if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way // if something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hear
Face off
to fight, argue, or compete with smn, or to get into a position in which you are ready to do this (Presidential candidates will face off in a debate this Friday)
Fall off
To decrease
Give in
to finally agree to do or accept sth that you had at first opposed, especially because smn has forced or persuaded you to // to accept that you are defeated in a game, fight, competition
Go off
to explode or fire
Grow out of
to be discovered to be; to prove to be;
Gun down
to shoot a person with a gun and kill them
Hinge on/upon sth
if a result hinges on sth, it depends on it completely
Kick back
To relax (NAmE)
Lash out
to blow // to make a sudden and angry attack (against smn)
Lash out at sb
to suddenly speak angrily to smn or criticise smn angrily // to try to hit smn with a series of violent uncontrolled movements
Lead on to sth
to cause something to develop or become possible at a later time
Live up to
live up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc
Mount up
to gradually increase in amount
Play out
to happen or occur in usually a gradually way // to develop gradually over a long period of time
Pour into
if people pour money into sth, they provide a lot of money for it over a period of time, in order to make it successful.
Put sth back
to put people or things in the place or situation they were in before // to delay a process or activity by a number of weeks, months etc
Put sth off
to delay doing sth or to arrange to do sth at a later time // to make you dislike sth or not want to do sth (Don’t let the restaurant’s decor put you off – the food is really good. Que te la baje)
Rest on/upon
to depend on sth // to be based on a particular idea or set of facts
Revolve around sth/sb
to have sth as a main subject or purpose
Rub off
To start having (habits, quality, feeling) bc ppl around you has it // to remove something from a surface by rubbing it, or to come off a surface because of being rubbed
Serve sth out
to complete a particular period of time in prison or doing a job
Shrug sth off
to treat sth as unimportant and not worry about it
Shut down
to stop operating or to cause a piece of equipment to stop operating
Shut off
to stop the flow or supply of sth
Sort it out
to successfully deal with a problem or difficult situation (BrE) // to succeed in making arrangements for something
Sort itself out
(BrE) stops being a problem without you having to do anything
Stave sth off
To stop sth bad happening for a while // to keep someone or something from reaching you or affecting you for a period of time
Stem from
To result, issue or proceed from. To start/develop as the result of sth.
Step away from
to stop being involved in sth:
Step into
to start doing something, or become involved in a situation
Stir sb/sth up
to cause arguments or bad feelings between people (To SU hostilities)
Take sb on
to agree to do some work or be responsible for sth // to begin to have a particular quality or appearance // to compete against smn or start a fight with smn, especially smn bigger or better than you
Take sth out on sb
to treat smn badly because you feel angry or frustrated
Tamper with
to touch sth or make changes to it without permission, especially in order to deliberately damage it
Tied to do sth
to be related to sth and dependent on it
Tied to/ by sth
to be restricted by a particular situation, job etc, so that you cannot do exactly what you want
Trade-off
to balance one situation or quality against another, in order to produce an acceptable result
Triffle with sb/sth
to treat someone or something without respect or not in a serious way
Wealth of sth
a lot of sth useful or good
Wear sth out
to become damaged and useless, or to make something like this, by using it a lot or for a long time
Wear sb out
to make someone feel extremely tired
Weigh up
to calculate, estimate; to consider
Work trough
to deal with problems or unpleasant feelings
Yield sth up
show or produce sth hidden, or difficult to find or that people didn’t know about.
