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how do you understand these phrasal verbs?

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It was foolish of him to believe that they would give it to him for free, no he's run up a huge debt.

run up - allow a debt, problem to accumulate

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My plan is to put by as much money as I can until the end of this year

put by - save

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She keeps puting off the decision about my promotion.

put off - postpone

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Because of family issues I ahve fallen behind with work, now I need to wrap up.

fall behind with - have delays, do not progress as fast as others

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She should have gotten over this relationship long ago.

get over - deal with, forget about

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I've come across some weird documents which I don't know what to do about.

come across - find by accident

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Sorry, I don't feel up to leading such an important conference

feel up to - feel good enough, feel that you can make sth

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What famous person do you look up to?

look up to - admire

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Have you seen hear look, clearly she looks down on you.

look down on - despise, not respect

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I need some time to see into this case.

see into - investigate, get familiar with

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I quess we should start seeing about some conference venue

see about - look around, make research, start to cosnider options

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The way I see it it's obvious that he takes all of it after his father

take after - inherit features of character, personality

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Beeing faced up to hard data I needed to admit failiure.

face up to - confront with

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Sorry, but what are you getting at?

get at - reach to some conclusion, reach some point

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What have you been getting up to here?

to do something, often something that other people would disapprove of

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Stop pick on the interners, they are here to learn.

Pick on - bother, tease, badger

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