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)
Don’t worry- Mary will sort out your problems.
Sort out (find a solution - colloquial)
The company agreed to stand by its original commitment.
Stand by (keep to an agreement)
E.g. stands for exempli gratia- it’s Latin.
Stand for (represent - initials)
I will not stand for this kind of behaviour in my house!
Stand for (tolerate)
Carol has kindly agreed to stand in for Graham at the monthly meeting.
Stand in for (take the place of)
The engine won’t stand up to the strain.
Stand up to (resist- bear stress)
The Chairman has stepped down after criticism from shareholders.
Step down (resign - colloquial)
Production at the Leeds plant has been stepped up.
Step up (increase)
You must learn to stick up for yourself.
Stick up for (defend - especially yourself- your rights - colloquial)
Don’t be taken in by her apparent shyness.
Take in (deceive)
I know you are unhappy- but don’t take it out on me!
Take (it) out on (make someone else suffer because of one’s own sufferings)
Dave takes off the Prime Minister really well.
Take off (imitate - colloquial)
My grandmother has taken on a new lease of life since her operation.
Take on (acquire a new characteristic)
She has taken on too much with a full-time job as well.
Take on (do something extra)
Ann has taken out life insurance.
Take out (insurance - sign an insurance agreement)
The army tried to take over the country.
Take over (gain control of)
You’ll soon take to your new boss- I’m sure.
Take to someone (develop a liking for)
The meeting took up a whole morning.
Take up (time - occupy time)
Paul talked me into going skiing- against my better judgement.
Talk out of or into (dissuade from- persuade into)
Our teacher told us off for being late.
Tell off (scold - colloquial)
I’m afraid your party doesn’t quite tie in with our arrangements.
Tie in with (be in agreement with)
The police tracked down the killer and arrested him.
Track down (trace the whereabouts of)
Let’s try out the new washing machine.
Try out (test - a machine)
Another company offered me a job but I turned them down.
Turn down (reject an offer)
He turned out to be an old friend of Helen’s.
Turn out (happen to be in the end)
Thousands of fans turned out to welcome the team.
Turn out (come to a meeting or to form a crowd)
Don’t worry about that missing book- it’s bound to turn up sooner or later.
Turn up (be discovered by chance)
Not many people turned up for the lesson.
Turn up (arrive - often unexpectedly)
These painkillers wear off after about two hours.
Wear off (lose effect - especially a drug)
The hotel bill worked out at over £500.
Work out (calculate - also work out at for specific amounts)
