PHRASAL VERBS

Running up:
to increase a debt by spending more:

He ran up huge bills on clothes.

Rip off :
when someone promises to sell you an item, takes your money and never comes with the
The solicitor I used was not really a rip-off merchant he was just an ordinary solicitor
making
a healthy profit like most other solicitors.

Shop around:
The definition of shop around in the dictionary is to visit a number of shops or stores to
compare goods and prices. Other definition of shop around is to consider a number of
possibilities before making a choice.

Fork out :
If you fork out for something, you spend a lot of money .

Cut back on:

to spend less, do less, or use less of something:

The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10 percent next year.

If exercise is causing you pain, you should cut back.

Saving up :
to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future:

It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.

She's saving up for a new bike.

Chips in:
to interrupt a conversation in order to say something:
I'll start and you can all chip in with your comments.
Pay back:
income that should have been paid or was expected at an earlier time:

Those workers are due a total of approximately $500,000 in back pay, according to union officials.

Splash out:
to spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you
do not need:

They splashed out £3,000 on a holiday.ash out

Put down:
an unkind remark that makes someone seem silly:

One of the big put-downs of the presidential election campaign was the comment that he was "no
Jack Kennedy".