Group 9

Phrasal verbs
 OUR TEAM

Nguyễn Đoan Trang

Trần Nguyễn Kiều Tiên
Phùng Thị Phương Linh
Phan Thị Thu Hoài
Phạm Thị Hiền Thục
Phrasal verbs
Add up (make sense)
 His evidence just doesn’t add up.
Ask after (inquire about)
 Jim was asking after you.
Back down (yield in an argument)
 Sheila was right, so Paul has to back down.
Bargain for (take into account)
 We hadn’t bargained for there being so much
traffic, and we missed the plane.
Bear out (confirm the truth)
 Helen’s alibi was born out by her sister
Break down (lose control of
the emotions) Break off (stop talking)
• David broke down and • He broke off to
wept went he heard the answer the phone.
news.

Break

Break up ( come to an end)

• The party finally broke up at
3.00 am.
 • Bring about (cause to
happen)
Ex: The crisis was brought about
by Brenda’s resignation.

BRING
• Bring on (cause the onset of an
• Bring off (succeed in illness)
doing something) Ex: Sitting in the damp brought on his
rheumatism.
Ex: The team tried for years to win
(cause trouble to happen to
the competition and they finally
oneself)
brought it off. Ex: You have brought this on/upon yourself.
 Come about  let me explain how the situation come about

Come down to  it all comes down to whether you are

prepared to accept less money

Come in for the government has come in for a lot of

criticism over the decision

COME Come out  all the flowers have come out

Come off  I’m afraid that deal didn’t come off

Come up  look, something has come up , and I

can’t meet you
Come up against  we’ve come up against a bit of a
 Carry out Carry off
the attack was  Jane had a difficult
successfully carried out role to play , but she
carried it off

 Count on  Don’t worry , you can count on me

 crop up  I can’t come to your party, something has
cropped up
 End up  The car ended up in a ditch
 Face up to  you have face up to your responsibilities
 Catch on this new hair style is beginning to catch on
 Do away with Drop in
Dog licences have
Drop in any time
been done away with
you’re passing
Do Drop
Do up Drop off
We are having our The baby has just
living room done up dropped off
Draw up ( come to stop )
A white sports car drew up
outside the door
Draw
Draw up ( organize –
especially a document)
The contract is being
drawn up at the moment
I. Complete each sentence with a suitable word
1. It was a good idea, but I’m afraid it didn’t
quit………… off
2. I’m afraid that your story doesn’t really…….. up
3. Terry’s new book …….. out next week
4. Someone was……….. after you in the club yesterday
I. 1. come
2.Add
3.Come
4.Asking
 Fall back on (use the last resort)
If the worst comes to the worst, we’ve got
our savings to fall back on.
Fall for (be deceived by – colloquial)
It was an unlikely story but he fell for it.
Fall
(Fall in love with – colloquial)
I fell for you the moment I saw you.

Fall out with (quarrel with)

Peter has fallen out with his boss.

Fall through (fail to come to completion)

The plan fell through at the last minute.
 GET
Get at (imply – about Get off (with something) (avoid
personal matters – punishment)
colloquial) Susan was punished but Alice got off.
What are you getting at They were lucky to get off with such
exactly? light sentences.

Get down (make to feel Get on for (approach a certain

depressed – colloquial) age/time/number)
This cold weather really gets He must be getting on for
me down. seventy.

Get down to (begin to Get over (be surprised) Get on (make progress
seriously deal with) – especially in life)
I couldn’t get over how
It’s time we got down to Sue is getting on very
some real work.
well she looked
well in her new job.
 Give away (betray)
His false identity
papers gave him
away.
Give out (be Give off (send off a
exhausted) smell – liquid or gas)
When our money GIVE The cheese had begun
gave out we had to to give off a strange
borrow some. smell.
Give over (abandon, devote)
The rest of the time was given
over to playing cards.
(Stop)
Why don’t you give over! You’re
getting on my nerves.
 Go back on (break a promise)
The management has gone back on its promise.
Go off (become bad – food)
This milk has gone off.
Go on (happen – usually negative)
Something funny is going on.
GO Go round (be enough)
There weren’t enough life-jackets to go round.
Go in for (make a habit of)
I don’t go in for that kind of thing.
(Enter competition)
Are you thinking of going in for the race?
 o Have it out with (express
feelings so as to settle a
problem)
(be o Ex: I put up with the problem for a
o r
i t in f nkind t ve while but in the end I had it out
e u a
o Hav erately lso as h with her.
delib one – a
o m e ( go t) it
s has
go t ) ch e r
te a
x : My .
E m e
o r
in f

HAVE
 o Grow on (become more liked – colloquial)
Ex: This new record is growing on me.
o Hang onto (keep – collaquial)
Ex: I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
o Feel up to (feel capable of doing)
Ex: Old Mr. Smith didn’t feel up to walking on all that way.
o Follow up (act upon a suggestion)
Ex: Thanks for the information about that book. I’ll follow it up.
(take more action)
Ex: We’ll follow up this lesson next week.
(19)
I Complete each sentence with a suitable word
1. Getting up so early really gets me…
2. I was so surprised when Harry got the job, I couldn‘t …
over it.
3. Neil was to embarrassed to … up the question of who
would pay.
4. The police didn‘t … up Bill‘s complaint about his
neighbours.

1. down 2.get 3. Bring 4.follow

 Hold out( offer)
Hit Ex: we don’t hold out
much hope that the
price will fail
 Hit
Hit it off Hold up (delay)
upon/on
(get on Ex: Sorry I’m late, I
(discover
well with) Hold was held up in the
by chance) traffic
Ex: Mark and
Ex: They hit
Sarah really
upon the Hold with( agree with)
hit it off at Ex: I don’t hold with
solution quite
the party the idea of using force
by chance
 Ex: Sorry to let you down, but I can’t give you lift today
Let down(break a promise)

Let off(excuse from punishment)

Ex: As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine
LET

Let on(inform about a secret)

Ex: We‘re planning a surprise for Helen, but don’t let on

Let in on (allow to be part of a secret)

Ex: We haven’t let Tina in on the plans yet
 Look into( investigate)

Live
Ex: The police have
promise to look into the
problem

Look on( consider) Live up to

Loo Ex: We look on this Live down ( reach an
k town as our real home (suffer a loss expected
of reputation) standard)
Ex: If City Ex: The play
Look someone up(visit
lose, they’ll quite lived
when in the area)
never live it up to my
Ex: If you’re passing down expectation
throung Athens, look me s
 PUT
Put across (communicate Put down to (explain the
ideas) cause of)
Ex: Harry is clever but he Ex: Diane’s poor performance
can’t put his ideas across was put down to nerves
Put in for ( apply for a job) Put oneself out (take trouble)
Ex: Sue has put in for a Ex: Please don’t put yourself
teaching job out making a meal
Put off (discourage, Put up (offer Put up with
upset) accommodation) (tolerate, bear)
Ex: The crowd put the Ex: We can put you
gymnast off, and he Ex: I can’t put up
up for a few day
fell. with all this noise
 Make
Make off Make out
Make for someone
with ( pretend) Make up for Make up
(result in) out
( run away Ex: I (compensate) ( invent)
Ex: The (understand
with) couldn’t Ex: Our Ex: I think
power someone’s
Ex: the quite success you make
steering behaviour)
thief made make out makes up for up the
makes for Ex: Janet is
off with a what the all the hard whole
easier really odd. I
valuable notice times story
parking. can’t make
necklace said
her out

MAKE
Keep up(continue)
Ex: Well done! Keep up the good work.
Lay down( state a rule)
Ex: The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of music.
 Miss out
fail to include
Ex: You have missed out a word here
lose a chance
Ex: Five people got promoted, but I missed out again
 Own up( confess- colloquial)
Ex: None of the children would own up to breaking the window
 Pack in( stop an activity)
Ex: John has packed in his job
 Pay back(take revenge)
Ex: She paid him back for all his insult
 Pick up( improve)
 Run into (meet) Run down (criticize)
 Run to (have  Ex: Guess who I  Ex: She is always
enough money) ran into at the running down her
 Ex: I don’t think husband
supermarket!
we can run to a (lose power,
holiday abroad allow to decline)
this year  Ex: I think the batteries
are running down

RUN
 Run up against
(encounter-
Run over
 Run up (a bill-let a usually a
(check) problem)
 Ex: Let’s run bill get longer
 Ex: We’ve run
over the plan without paying)
 Ex: I ran up a up against a
once more slight problem
huge telephone bill
at the hotel
See someone off (go to
station, airport, etc to See through (realise
the truth about)
say goodbye to
someone) SEE  Ex: I saw through his
 Ex: I went to the station intentions at once
to see them off

Step down (resign)

Step up (increase)
 Ex: The Chairman has
 Ex: Production at
stepped down after
criticism from STEP the Leeds plants has
been stepped up
shareholders
 Set about (start working)
 Ex: We must set about
reorganizing the office

Set out (give in detail in writing)

Set in (establish
itself-especially
weather)
 Ex: I think this rain
has set in for the day
 Ex: This document sets out all the
Union demands
(arrange)
 Ex: I’ve set out the refreshments in the
SET hall
(start an action)
 Ex: Sue set out to write a biography but
it became a novel

Set up (establish)
Set (up) on (attack)
 Ex: An inquiry into
 Ex: We were set upon
the accident has
by a gang of hooligans
been set up
 Stand by (keep to an
agreements)
 Ex: The company agreed
Stand for to stand by its original
(representinitials) commitment Stand up to
 Ex: E.g Stands for
exempli gratia, it’s (resist, bear
Latin stress)
(tolerate) STAND Ex: The
 Ex: I will not stand engine won’t
for this kind of
stand up to
behavior in my
house  Stand in for (take the place the strain
of)
 Ex: Carol has kindly agreed
to stand in for Graham at
the monthly meeting
 Take to someone
Take off (imitate)
(develop a linking
Ex: Dave takes off for)
the Prime Minister Ex: You’ll soon take
really well to your new boss,
I’m sure

TAKE
Take over (gain Take up (time-
control of) occupy time)
Ex: The army Ex: The meeting
tried to take took up a whole
over the country morning
 Talk into
Talk out of (persuade
(dissuade into)
from) Ex: Paul
talked me
Ex: I take
him out of
TALK into going
going to the skiing, against
club my better
judgement
 Phrasal verbs
 Rip off (charge too much)
 Ex: its price really ripped you off
 Send up (make fun of by imitating)
 Ex: Jean is always sending up the French teacher
 Sink in (realise slowly)
 Ex: Slowly the realization that I had won began to sink in
 Slip up (make a mistake)
 Ex: Someone slipped up and my application was lost
 Sort out (find a solution)
 Ex: Don’t worry, I will sort out your problems
 Stick up for (defend-especially yourself, you rights)
 Ex: I can stick up for myself
o Tell off (scold)  Our teacher told us off for being late
o Tie in with (be in an agreement with)  We’re are trying to tie our
holiday in with her bussiness
o Track down (trace the whereabouts of)  The police tracked down the
killer and arrested him
o Try out (test-a machine)  Let’s try out the new washing machine
o Turn down (reject an offer)  Another company offered me a job but I
turned them down
o Turn out (happen to be in the end)  He turned out to be an old friend
of Helen’s
o Turn out (come to a meeting or to form a crowd)  Thousands of fans
turned out to welcom the team
 Turn up (be discover by chance)  Don’t worry about that
missing book, it’s bound to turn up sooner or later
 Turn up (arrive-often unexpectedly)  Not many people
turned up for the lesson
 Wear off ( lose effect-equally a drug)  Most patients find
that the numbness from the injection wear off after about
an hour
 Work out (calculate – also work out at for specific
amounts)  The hotel bill worked out at $500
 practice
Tom asked Jane out, but she turned down him / turned him down
I told her off / told off her for leaving the office unlock
 In the end it was quite a sunny day after all (out)
It……………….
turned out to be quite a sunny day after all
 The effect of these pills only lasts for three hours (off)
The effect of these pills……………. wear off for three hours
  It’s sweet the way he …………… stick up for his little brother
sort out
  I’ve had a …………….. in the bedroom-it’s looking rather better
  He finally managed to ……………... track down the papers he wanted
working out
 Make sure you drink plenty of water
turned up if you are ………………
 Hundreds of people ………............ in the rain to see the prince
THANKS FOR
LISTENING
CREDITS: This presentation template
was created by Slidesgo, including
icons by Flaticon, infographics &
images by Freepik