Phrasal verbs: time and change Gite cd bring back sth; bring sth back (een reintroduce They're going to bring back the old system. bring up sb; bring sb up aise (a child) ‘Mrs Evans brought up five children, call off sth; call sth off cancel They called off the trip when Granny died. carry on (doing sth) continue ‘Are you going to carry on making that noise? return come back (from somewhere} When did you come back from your holidays? fall behind (with sth) fail to produce sth at the He’ falling behind with the payments. right time get back (10 a place) return somewhere What time do you have to get back to college? get down (to sth) set on (i life) finally start doing sth advance, make progress Isn't it time you got down to marking those exam papers? He's new here but he'll get on fine, I'm sure. stop doing sth Why did you give up football? give up (doing) sth; give sth up go akead (with sth) begin to do sth planned or promised “He decided to go ahead with his plans in spite of her objections. {go through (sth) ‘experience (a difficult time) | After all they've gone throwgh, they can still smile! grow up a develop froma child to an grew up ona farm. adult hold on wait Hold on a minute ~ I wor't be long. hold up sb/sth; hold sbisth up | delay sbisth The building work has been held up by very bad weather. keep sb up rer sb from going to | Iwon't keep you up long. put sth off; put off sth postpone If it rains, they'll have to put off the match. set off © start a journey “We set off at half past seven. stay up | go to bed later than usual | We stayed up to watch the film on TV. take up sth; take sth up become interested in a new activity and spend time doing it ‘She’s taken up tennis.