Phrases Verbs 3 Flashcards
You paid £50? They really ripped you off!
Rip off (charge too much - colloquial)
She’s always running down her husband.
Run down (criticise)
I think the batteries are running down.
Run down (lose power- allow to decline)
Guess who I ran into at the supermarket!
Run into (meet)
I don’t think we can run to a holiday abroad this year.
Run to (have enough money)
Let’s run over the plan once more.
Run over (check - also run through)
I ran up a huge telephone bill at the hotel.
Run up (a bill - let a bill get longer without paying)
We’ve run up against a slight problem.
Run up against (encounter - usually a problem)
I went to the station to see them off.
See someone off (go to station- airport- etc to say goodbye to someone)
I saw through his intentions at once.
See through (realise the truth about)
Jean is always sending up the French teacher.
Send up (make fun of by imitating)
We must set about re-organising the office.
Set about (start working)
I think this rain has set in for the day.
Set in (establish itself - especially weather)
This document sets out all the Union demands.
Set out (give in detail in writing)
I’ve set out the refreshments in the hall.
Set out (arrange)
Sue set out to write a biography but it became a novel.
Set out (start an action)
An inquiry into the accident has been set up.
Set up (establish)
We were set upon by a gang of hooligans.
Set (up) on (attack)
Slowly the realisation that I had won began to sink in.
Sink in (realise slowly - colloquial- intransitive)
Someone slipped up and my application was lost.
Slip up (make a mistake - colloquial)
