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PHRASAL VERBS

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A. Committing crimes:

Hold up: to steal from a person, business, or vehicle by

threatening them with a gun or other weapon.
A thief held up the jewelry shop last week.

Deprive someone of something: if you deprive someone of

something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it
As a child he had been deprived of love.

Rip off: to cheat someone, especially by charging them too much

money for something or to steal something.
Tourists are worried they’ll get ripped off.

Blow up: if someone blows something up, it explodes and is

destroyed.
Terrorists had threatened to blow up the embassy.

Take in: to trick someone into believing something that is not true
Don’t be taken in by his sweet words.

Make off: to leave quickly, especially after doing something wrong

The kids made off when they heard us coming.
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Gun down: to shoot someone and kill them or injure them badly,
especially someone who is not guilty of anything, or who is not carrying a
gun
He was gunned down in his own house.

Do away with someone: to murder someone

Gang life is very unforgiving. If the rules aren't followed, gang
members will do away with people they don't like.

B. Caught somebody red-handed

Turn in: to tell the police about someone, or to take them to the
police, because they have committed a crime
His own mother turned him in.
 Turn yourself in: She turned herself in to local police.

Let someone off: to give someone little or no punishment for

something that they did wrong
I was pulled over for speeding, but I was let off with a warning.
 Let someone off lightly: They let her off lightly because she
was only sixteen.

Get away with something: to manage to do something bad

without being punished or criticized for it
They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it.
 Get away with doing something: How can he get away with
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Clean something up: to stop illegal or dishonest activity in a

place or organization
We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town.

Tip off: to give someone a warning or secret information about

something
They were arrested after the police were tipped off.

Pull over: if the police pull a vehicle over, they order its driver to
stop at the side of the road
After a one-hour high-speed chase, the police finally pulled over
the criminal.

Put away: to put someone in a prison or a mental hospital

The public is outraged by the violence committed by this known
criminal. They want to put him away for good.

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