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Advanced Phrasal Verbs

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Define: Make up for something

Provide something good, so that something bad seems less important: He bought her some flowers to make up for being late.

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Define: Dawn on someone

f something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time: It dawned on Jimmy that his wife was not coming back.

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Define: Take apart something

Dismantle something: Don’t take the laptop apart unless you know what you’re doing.

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Define: Size up something and use it in sentence

Think carefully and form an opinion about a person or a situation: Peter has an incredible ability to size up a situation.

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Define: Settle up with someone and use it in sentence

Pay someone the money you owe them: Let’s settle up with the waiter and get out of here.

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Define: Grow out of something and use it in a sentence

Become too old, mature or big for something: As adults we naturally grow out of spontaneous reactions.

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Define: Set out to do something and use it in a sentence

Start taking action with the intention of achieving a particular aim: They set out to build their own house.

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Define: Die away and use it in a sentence

Disappear over a period of time and cease to exist: The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.

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Define: Pack in something and use it in a sentence

Give up or stop doing something: She packed in her job in to focus on her writing.

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Define: Break off and use it in a sentence

Stop doing something, especially speaking: He broke off when the phone rang.

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What's the phrasal verb for bringing something to an end?

wind up. Let’s wind up this meeting now, it’s time for lunch.

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What´s the phrasal verb for withdrawing from or stopping taking part in something?

Pull out of something. The football player was forced to pull out of the World Cup because of injury.

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What´s the phrasal verb for having something as a very important part or purpose?

Revolve around something. Everything he does revolves around his job.

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What´s the phrasal verb for be willing to accept something that someone does

Stand for something. It’s outrageous, and we won’t stand for it any more.

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What´s the phrasal verb for be willing to accept something that someone does

Stand for something. It’s outrageous, and we won’t stand for it any more.

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What´s the phrasal verb for be willing to accept something that someone does

Stand for something. It’s outrageous, and we won’t stand for it any more.

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