PHRASAL VERBS ON TRAVELLING

GET ON / OFF
(To board (a bus, train, etc). Used for a means of transportation with a surface. You can walk
or move on and do other things apart from sitting that need movement around)

GET ON THE BUS

GET OFF THE BUS

GET ON / OFF THE TRAIN

SHE GOT OFF AT PLATFORM 4.

GET IN (To enter a car) / OUT OF (To descend (from a bus, train, etc); dismount)

“ I CANNOT GET IN! TOO MANY IN THE CAR. ONE OF YOU HAS TO GET OUT!”

They are contained inside, not able to walk on.

GET ON A CAR – Can you see the difference now?

OTHER MEANINGS:

get into = means to start something or be involved in something; to be accepted by an organization /

school.

"She got into the most prestigious school in town."

get off = used to tell someone to stop.

"get off me!"

SET OFF (To start on a journey)
“WE ARE SETTING OFF FOR THE PYRENEES”

COME BACK (To return)

COME ACROSS (To meet or find by chance)

Walking around I came across this. Funny, isn’t it?:

TURN BACK (To reverse, to move backwards or in an opposite direction)

STOP OFF

YOU START YOUR JOURNEY TO MALAYSIA

YOU STOP OFF IN LONDON (To halt, especially en route to another place. Also, to halt and call
somewhere, en route to another place)

YOU CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY TO MALAYSIA

YOU ARRIVE AT DESTINATION: MALAYSIA

PUT UP (= to accommodate)

PUT ON (= to dress) TAKE OFF (= to remove a

garment)