Useful phrasal verbs Flashcards
(23 cards)
Drop out (of something)
Stop participating in smth
Wind up (someone)
Make someone angry or annoying
Bring up (something)
Mention something in conversation
Come up
when a situation or problem occurs and you have to deal with it immediately
Fall back on (something)
Depend or use something you have kept as a reserve for when something fails
Give off
Release a gas or smell
Hold up
Delay
Let off (someone)
Excuse someone from punishment or when someone receives a lighter punishment than expected
Put (something) down to (something else)
Explain that something is caused by another thing
Run into (someone)
Meet someone you know by chance
Try out (something)
Test something to see if it is effective
Take over
Gain control of something, especially to give the other person a rest
Step down
Resign from a high job post (used more colloquially)
Stand for
We use this to say what the initials represent from something
See through (something or someone)
Recognise that something is not true or what someone is really like
Back out (of something)
Decide not to do something you agreed to do, such as a commitment, promise or plan
Miss out (something)
Overlook or leave out something, usually by accident
Look on
Consider or regard something or someone in a particular way
Keep up
Continue to do something
Go off
When food or drink is no longer fresh and becomes too bad to consume
Go on (to do something)
Do something after doing something else (career)
Give up
Do something after doing something else
Get off (with something)
Avoid receiving punishment or receive a lighter one than expected
