Phrasal Verb
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Example
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| 1. get away: have a vacation |
e.g. I am hoping to get away for at least a week after the board's examination. |
| 2. get back: to return, especially to your home |
e.g. What time did you get back last night?
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| 3. get down to sth: to begin to do something; to give serious attention to sth. |
e.g. (i) Get down to work by 8 o'clock.
(ii) Let's get down to business talks. |
| 4. give in (to sb/ sth): to admit that you have been defeated by sb/ sth |
e.g. The terrorists were forced to give in . |
| 5. give up: to stop trying to do something easily. |
e.g. She is very strong, she does not give up easily |
| 6. give out: to be completely used up; come to an end. |
e.g. Last week we had lots of guests in our house. The food supplies that we had arranged for the month gave out in just one week. |
| 7. give sb away: to allow the bride to marry |
e.g. He gave away his daughter to the boy she loved. |
| 8. go about: continue to do sth |
e.g. Despite threats to his life he went about his sting operation as a journalist. |
| 9. get through: to pass an examination |
e.g. He got through the written test for IAS, but failed in the interview. |
| 10. cut down: to reduce the size, amount, number of sth. |
e.g.(i)He cut down his speech due to sudden disturbance in the audience
(ii)The prices of all essential goods have been late cut down drastically |
| 11. cut out: to be a perfect match |
e.g. Mr. & Mrs. Sharma are cut out for each other |
| 12. crop up: occur |
e.g. I was about to get the appointment letter when a problem cropped up. |
| 13. hold sb/ sth back: to prevent the progress |
e.g. Do you think that his giving private tuition everyday will hold him back from his selection to the executive post? |
14. hold on:
1. used on the phone to ask somebody to wait
2. Ask somebody to wait |
e.g.(i) Can you hold on? I'll see if she is in her office.
(ii) Please hold on a minute while I inform my mother about my going out |
15. hold up (sth):
1.to rob a bank or shop etc at a gun point.
2. to delay or block the movement |
e.g. (i) The robbers held up the bank as soon as it opened.
(ii) My money order was held up by the postal strike |
| 16. put across: to communicate your ideas and feelings. |
e.g. My boss is very good at putting across his views. |
| 17. put in: to elect a political party |
eg. It is very difficult to say who the voters will put in this time. |
| 18. put off: postpone to |
e.g. Good workers never put off their work to some future date. |
| 19. let down: fail to support sb as they had expected. |
e.g. My friend never let me down in the most trying period of my life. |
| 20. rule out: to say something is not possible |
e.g. His proposal to contest election to Lok Sabha was ruled out as too expensive. |
| 21.pull down: to destroy a building |
e.g. The Municipal corporation pulled down his unauthorized construction. |
| 22. turn away: to refuse to allow sb to enter a place |
e.g. Thousands of spectators were turned away from the stadium as it was full |
| 23. drop in: to pay an informal visit to a person or a place. |
e.g. I can't give you a firm date, but rest assured, I'll drop in on you while I pass through this way. |
| 24. drop off: to fall into a light sleep. |
e.g. Sorry, I dropped off and missed the end of the film. |
| 25. leave out: to not include or mention. |
e.g. Leave me out of this quarrel, please |
| 26. look through: to study, revise, examine |
e.g. I always look through my notes on the day of examination. |
