PHRASAL VERBS Flashcards
(126 cards)
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TO BE CARRIED AWAY
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Become so excited about something that you do not control what you say or do
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BAIL ON SOMEONE
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Back out of an agreement, usually at the last minute
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BLUNDER AROUND
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To move in an awkward way
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BOAST ABOUT
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brag about, show off
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BRUSH PAST
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Walk past someone quickly to avoid speaking to him her
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BUM OUT
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Make someone feel upset or disappointed
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BLURT IT OUT
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Say sth suddenly without thinking, usually bc of excitement or nervous
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BUZZ OFF
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Go away !
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CHURN OUT
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Stomach churns you feel ill bc you’re nervous
Produce large amounts of sth quickly, usually sth of low quality
10
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COUGH IT UP
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SPIT IT OUT
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DRONE ON
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Speak for a long time with a dull voice without saying anything interesting
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ENCROACH UPON SOMEONE
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To gradually take someone else’s rights, or to take control of someone’s time, work
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GLOM ON TO
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Steal
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GO DOWN ON
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Perform oral sex on someone
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GRAPPLE OVER
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Fight over
Try to deal with or understand a difficult problem or subject
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GUT IT OUT
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Endure with bravery and persistence
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GUT IT UP
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Show courage and hide one’s apprehension
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HAGGLE OVER
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Negotiate, persistent bargain
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HOLD OFF ON STH
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To not do sth immediately
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HOSE IT OFF
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Clean sth with water
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IMPINGE ON
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Impact negatively on, affect sth in a way that is unwanted
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HARKEN BACK
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Go back and recall sth in the past
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KNOCK SOMEONE UP
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Impregnant
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KNOCK UP SOMETHING
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Make sth in a hurry
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**LASH OUT**
Hit / kick out at someone or sth
Spend extravagantly
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**MOOCH OFF**
Ask someone for money, help, food and succeed in getting it
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**MUSTER UP**
Gather / bring / put together
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**NOD OFF**
Doze off
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**OOZE OUT**
To flow slowly out of something through a small opening
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**PIMP OUT**
Take advantage of , exploit, use or to provide others like a whore
31
**PRY INTO**
Try to find out private facts about a person
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**PULL FOR STH**
To say or show that one hopes someone or sth will succeed, get well
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**RAVEL STH UP**
To become/make someone become more confused
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**RICOCHET OFF**
rebound one or several times off a surface
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**RIG SOMETHING UP**
Fix a piece of equipment in place
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**RILE SOMEONE UP**
Make someone angry
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**MULL SOMETHING OVER**
To think carefully about something for a long time
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**ROT AWAY**
Cause sth to decay
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**RUB OFF ON SOMEONE**
If someone's qualities or habits rub off on you, you develop some of their qualities or habits after spending time with them
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**SCOUT AROUND**
Make a search for s.o or sth in various places
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**SCRIBBLE AWAY**
To work hard and hastily writing sth down, esp by hand
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**SLOUGH OVER**
To treat as slight or trivial
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**SIT SLUMPED OVER**
Having your head low and shoulders forward
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**SMOOCH WITH**
To kiss, hold, touch someone sexually
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**SNUFF SOMETHING OUT**
Cause sth to end suddenly
Put out a flame, esp from a candle
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**SPIT SOMETHING UP**
To bring food up from the stomach out of the mouth, or cough something up out of the mouth
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**SPLINTER INTO**
To break into small pieces or groups
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**STAVE STH/SOMEONE OFF**
Stop sth bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily
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**STOW AWAY**
Secrete oneself abroad a vehicle as a means of obtaining transportation
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**TALK OVER**
Quibble over, argue about
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**TATTED UP**
Covered in tattoos
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**TAMPER WITH**
Make changes to sth without permission to damage it
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**TAKE FLAK**
Get the blame for something
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**THROW OFF**
Free oneself from, get rid of
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**TICK SOMEONE OFF**
Make someone angry
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**'TIT-TER AT**
Laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner
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**CROSS OVER**
To change from one activity or style to another
To go from one side of something such as a road or a border to the other
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**TURN SOMETHING AROUND**
Cause sth to change in a positive direction
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**VEER OFF**
Change direction or turn about or aside suddenly
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**WALLOW IN**
Allow yourself to enjoy sth completely
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**WALTZ IN**
Barge in
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**WALTZ OFF**
Walk away with
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**WIMP OUT**
Decide not to do sth bc you're too frightened
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**WIND UP**
Make a clock or device operate by turning handle/key
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**WIND ONE UP**
Annoy or upset someone
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**PLOD ALONG**
To work slowly with little progress
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**DROOL OVER**
Show extreme and sometimes silly pleasure while looking at someone or something
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**STAVE SOMETHING OFF**
Prevent something bad from affecting you for a period of time
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**FUSS OVER**
To pay a lot of attention to (someone or something) in a nervous or excited way
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**DALLY WITH SOMEONE**
To be romantically or sexually involved with someone, usually for a short time, without really loving that person
To consider or imagine an idea, subject, or plan, but not in a serious way
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**THRONG WITH**
To be or go somewhere in very large numbers
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**WHIP SOMETHING UP**
To encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something
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**TUCKER SOMEONE OUT**
To make someone extremely tired
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**BLAB ABOUT**
To talk carelessly or too much, often telling others something you should keep secret
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**GRIND AWAY ON STH**
To work or study in a steady, determined way
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**GRAPPLE WITH**
hold someone while fighting with him
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**GRAPPLE FOR**
to fight, esp in order to win sth
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**SLINK OFF / AWAY**
To walk or leave quietly, esp. because you do not want to be noticed or are ashamed of something
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**GNAW AT**
be a source of worry or concern
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**STRUT AROUND**
To walk in a proud way trying to look important
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**SNAP AT**
Speak irritably or abruptly to someone
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**SNARL AT**
Make an aggressive growl with bared teeth
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**CATCH ON**
try to understand something or how-tos
become fashionable and popular
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**HASH OUT**
discuss about sth carefully
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**SNOOP THROUGH**
pry into, look through things secretly
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**LOP OFF**
remove sth by cutting it
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**HURL STH AT SO**
Throw sth with lots of force, violently or angrily
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**NOD OFF**
doze off, fall asleep
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**DIAL STH DOWN**
make sth less forceful or extreme
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**CROUCH DOWN**
squat
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**BE DOLLED UP**
dressed up nicely for an occassion
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**RIP INTO**
criticize you strongly
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**BANDY ABOUT**
discuss or mention sth in a casual, informal way
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**WEAN OFF**
make someone gradually stop doing sth bc it's bad for them
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**RUSTLE UP**
prepare sth quickly
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**RAMP DOWN**
decrease
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**MOPE AROUND**
move one place to another without any purposes, bc you're in dispair
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**PRESIDE OVER**
to be in charge of a situation or a place
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**PUTTER AROUND**
do things in a relaxed way, without rushing
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GOAD SOMEONE ON
Drive or encourage someone to do sth
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GRAPPLE OVER
fight over, try to deal with or understand difficult problem
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GUT IT OUT
endure with bravery and persistence
follow through
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GUT IT UP
show courage, hide apprehension
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HAGGLE OVER
persistent bargain, negotiate
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HARKEN BACK
go back and recall sth in the past
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HARP ON
nag about
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HOLD OFF ON STH
not do sth immediately
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HOSE IT OFF / DOWN
clean sth with water
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IMPINGE ON
impact negatively on, affect sth in a way that is unwanted
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KNOCK SOMEONE UP
impregnate
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KNOCK UP STH
prepare sth quickly
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LASH OUT
get mad at someone
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MORPH INTO
transforming something into a state where its significance or purpose becomes clear
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MOOCH OFF
ask someone for money, help, food and succeed in getting those
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RING UP
help a customer buy sth at a cash register
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USHER INTO
be at the start of a new period, esp when important changes or new things happen
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DRONE ON
speak for a long time with a dull voice without saying anything interesting
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CLUTCH ONTO
grasp
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FIEND FOR
conveys a deep and sometimes obsessive craving for understanding or purpose
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SWEAR OFF STH
Make a decision to stop doing sth harmful
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SWEAR OFF STH
Make a decision to stop doing sth harmful
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DAWN ON (SOMEONE)
Become known or obvious to someone, suddenly
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SPIRAL INTO
turn out to be
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TART ONESELF UP
Make yourself look more attractive by putting make up, jewellery and fashionable clothes on
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KNOCK SOMEONE BACK
Say no to someone who has offered you something or asked you to do something
