Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
(26 cards)
To set foot
If you say that someone sets foot in a place, you mean that they enter it or reach it, and you are emphasizing the significance of their action. If you say that someone never sets foot in a place, you are emphasizing that they never go there.
- …the day the first man set foot on the moon.
- A little later I left that place and never set foot in Texas again.
To throw in sth
to include something extra when selling something:
-I bought a new sofa and they threw in a chair.
To lap up sth
to buy, listen to, or do something very enthusiastically:
-Young people there are lapping up just about everything to do with pop culture from Japan.
To wear sb out
to make someone extremely tired:
-Walking around a museum all day really wears you out.
To wear off
If a feeling or the effect of something wears off, it gradually disappears:
-Most patients find that the numbness from the injection wears off after about an hour.
To long for sth
to want something very much:
- She longed to see him again.
- I’m longing for news of him.
To fall over
(1) If someone falls over, they fall to the ground:
- She tripped and fell over
(2) - over sth/sb
to cover something or someone:
-A shadow fell over her work and she looked up to see who was there.
To trip (sb) up
(1) to fall because you hit your foot on something, or to make someone fall by putting your foot in front of the other person’s foot:
- I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean to trip you up.
- She tripped up on the rug.
(2) to make a mistake, or to cause someone to make a mistake:
- The exam went quite well, until I tripped up on the last question.
- In the interview, they kept trying to trip me up.
To rub out
erase
To map sth out
to plan something in detail:
- The department has issued a new document mapping out its policies on education.
- His future is all mapped out ahead of him.
To come up
(1) to move towards someone:
- A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
(2) If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available:
- A position has come up in the accounts department.
To come up against sth
to have to deal with a problem:
-If you come up against difficulties, let me know and I’ll help out.
To come up with sth
to suggest or think of an idea or plan:
-He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.
Sling sth out
to get rid of something unwanted:
-What about these old magazines? Shall I just sling them out?
She was slung out of college because she never did any work.
To get the hang of
to learn how to do something, especially if it is not obvious or simple:
-“I’ve never used this program before.” “Don’t worry - you’ll soon get the hang of it.”
To be hung up on sth
to be extremely interested in or worried by a particular subject and spend an unreasonably large amount of time thinking about it:
-Why are you so hung up on getting everything right?
To cut up
to behave in a very active and silly way in order to make people laugh:
-There are a couple of kids who are always cutting up in class.
To be caught up in sth
(1) so involved in an activity that you do not notice other things:
- I was so caught up in my school work, that I didn’t realize what was happening with my sister.
(2) To be caught up in something also means to be involved in an activity that you did not intend to be involved in:
- He got caught up in the demonstrations and got arrested.
To fall out
(1) If a tooth or your hair falls out, it becomes loose and separates from your mouth or head:
- Her baby teeth are starting to fall out.
- A side effect of the treatment is that your hair starts to fall out.
(2) to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them:
- He left home after falling out with his parents.
- She’d fallen out with her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend.
To fall apart
to break into pieces:
- My poor old boots are falling apart.
- The deal fell apart because of a lack of financing.
- Their marriage fell apart when she found out about her husband’s affair.
To break down
If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working:
-Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.
To draw on sth
to use information or your knowledge of something to help you do something:
- His novels draw heavily on his childhood.
- She had a wealth of experience to draw on.
To be at one
to agree:
-We disagree on most things, but on this question we are at one (with each other).
To cling (on) to sth
to try very hard to keep something:
-He clung on to power for another ten years.
