Tag: phrasal verb
Phrasal Verb – Blow up.
Meaning 1 – To explode. To be destroyed by an explosion.
“The army is threatening to blow the airport up.”
Meaning 2 – To inflate something…
Phrasal Verb – Stand by. Meaning 1 – To be ready to do something, or to be ready for action. If you are standing by you are ready to act –…
Phrasal Verb – Look up. Meaning 1 – Look (something) up – To try to find some information in a book, on a list, or on a computer….
Phrasal Verb – Fill up. Meaning – To make something completely full – or to become completely full. To fill. The phrasal verb fill up is frequently used…
Phrasal Verb – Check in. Meaning – To register and report your arrival, especially at a hotel or an airport. You can also check in at other places, such as hospitals,…
Phrasal Verb – Brush up (on something). Meaning – To refresh your skill, knowledge or memory of a subject. To practice or improve your skill at something. To brush up on…
Phrasal Verb – Make out. Meaning 1 – To kiss and touch someone in a sexual way. If you are making out with someone you are kissing and caressing as lovers….
Phrasal Verb – Drop out. Meaning – To stop being a member or participant of something. You can drop out of a race, a competition or you can drop out of a…
Phrasal Verb – Show off. Meaning 1 – To behave in a way that is intended to attract attention. This phrasal verb is usually used about people whose behaviour we find…
Phrasal Verb – Give up. Meaning 1 – To stop trying to do something that is too difficult or troublesome. Meaning 2 – To quit something. If you give something up you stop doing…
Phrasal Verb – Figure out. Meaning 1 – To understand something or to solve a problem. This phrasal verb is separable. “I can’t figure out what is happening!” “Can…
Phrasal Verb – Chat up. Meaning – To start a conversation with somebody who you are attracted (sexually or romantically) to. You chat somebody up if you wish to get…
Phrasal Verb – Eat out. Meaning – To eat in at a restaurant or away from home. To dine at a place that is not your home. This…
Phrasal Verb – Hand in. Meaning – To give something to someone in authority. You can hand your homework in to a teacher or a purse you’ve just…
Phrasal Verb – Count on. Meaning – To depend on someone or something. To rely or depend on someone or something for support, help, or assistance. It can…
Phrasal Verb – Break down. Meaning 1 – To stop working. If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working because of a fault or problem. This…
Phrasal Verb – Storm out. Meaning – To leave angrily. To quickly leave a place because you are angry or upset about something. To leave or exit a…
Phrasal Verb – Give away. Meaning 1 – To give something to someone for free. Something can be given away as part of a promotion or because something…
Phrasal Verb – Take off. Meaning 1 – To leave the ground and begin to fly. This phrasal verb is not separable. “Your plane will be taking off…
Slang – Hang out. Meaning – To spend leisure time with someone. To spend time in a certain place or with certain people. To waste time – to do…
Slang – Pig out. Meaning – To eat too much or to eat a lot. To make a pig of yourself. To eat to excess. A food binge. This slang…