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ADVANCED PHRASAL VERBS

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  • to start an activity with a particular aim
    set out
  • to find something or someone by chance
    come across
  • to have a good relationship or deal successfully with a situation
    get along/on with
  • to become conscious again after an accident or operation
    come around/round
  • to start a business
    set up
  • to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey
    get off
  • to go to see something of interest
    take in
  • to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day
    get off
  • to start on a trip
    set off
  • to suggest or think of an idea or plan
    come up with
  • to succeed in talking to someone on the phone
    get through
  • to arrange or prepare something for use / someone's path through life
    set up
  • to decide not to consider something
    set aside
  • to start to like someone or something
    take to
  • to succeed in avoiding punishment for something
    get away with
  • to finish something (usually successfully)
    get through
  • to remove something that you do not want any longer or send away someone annoying or to persuade them to leave
    get rid of
  • to visit someone in their home
    come by/round/over
  • to save for a particular purpose
    set aside
  • to begin to have, use, or do something
    take or / take up
  • to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic
    come across
  • to provide a place for someone to live or stay
    take in
  • to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person's opinion
    come around/round
  • to receive a piece of information or a document or to receive/notice someone's emotions
    come through
  • to cause to happen as in the trigger of a war
    set off
  • when something happens as you said, it ... in a particular
    comes out
  • to begin to have control of something (especially a business)
    take over
  • to start to use or do something as a habit
    take to
  • to distinguish or differenciate
    set something or someone apart
  • to accept an unpleasant fact or situation after dealing with it for a while
    get over
  • to manage to find or produce something that is needed, usually money
    come up with
  • to remove or subtract something
    take away
  • to return to your usual state of health or happiness after having a bad or unusual experience, or an illness
    get over
  • to begin to do or deal with something (using afterwards -ing)
    set about
  • to deceive or trick someone
    take in