Phrasal Verbs

and their
prepositions
 IN
A Phrasal verb is formed by a verb and an adverb, a verb and a preposition or a verb
and a combination of both.

A verb followed by IN will provide the general idea of inside. Eg.

Get in – Arrive, Enter

I usually get in at 9 am at work.
The robbers must have gotten in through the bathroom window.
The minibus has a lift to help wheelchair users to get in.

Go in – Enter
It’s gotten colder, maybe we should go in.
They went in once it started to rain.
The candidate was looking anxious as he was going in for the interview.
Take in – absorb, understand, include.
It’s really hard to take in all of the world’s happenings.
She has had a hard time taking in all he has done to her.
Some countries are well known for taking in refugees.

Fly in – Arrive somewhere by plane

The President just flew in on the Air Force One.
My sister is flying in at 5 pm.
We’ll be flying in to New York on November 20th this year.

Give in – Accept you have been defeated, finally agree with someone after
refusing to agree, decided to do what someone else wants;
John finally gave in once he realize he had no way to win the game of
chess.
If you keep on asking for the raise, maybe the boss will give in.
Our kids kept begging us to go to the beach, we finally gave in.
OUT
When a verb is followed by OUT, it gives us the general idea of “outside”.
Eg.:

Get out - Leave, remove

Nowadays we have to beg the kids to get out of the house. All
they want to do is play video-games.
This is one of the best products I’ve ever purchased. It got the
stain out on the first wash.
She got out of the car right before the bus smashed it.

Go out – Leave, be on a romantic relationship, light/candle stop working

The power went out because of the storm.
George and Julia have been going out since the company’s
Christmas party.
My husband and I went out last night to celebrate our anniversary.
Take out – remove something, withdraw money, borrow money from the bank, order food
Our kids love Friday nights because it is the take out night, and they can order
whatever they want.
The children always share their chores, if one is in charge of taking the garbage
out, the other one is in charge of doing the dishes.
My sister took out a $100,000 school loan thinking she’d have the job once she
graduated, now she’s drowning in debt.
I had to take some cash out of the bank because they only take cash at the zoo.

Fly out – Leave somewhere by plane

We are flying out of the JFK at 9 pm.
The band flew out with their private jet this morning.
The victim of the accident had to be flown out by helicopter to the hospital.

Give out – Machine or body stops working, last no longer.

My car is such an old thing, the poor thing finally gave out last weekend.
My mother was so weakened by her illness that her heart gave out.
In this current situation, we need to stock up in order not to risk our food
supplies giving out.