B1 Phrasal verbs | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

put (someone) off

To discourage someone. (Ex. He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.)

Talk (someone) into

To persuade someone to do something. (Ex. He's against the idea, but I think I can talk him into it.)

Try (something) out

To use something to discover if it works or if you like it. (Ex. Don't forget to try out the equipment before setting up the experiment.)

Pick (something) up

To learn something (Ex. Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.)

Take after

To resemble someone in appearance or habit (Ex. You should take after your sister who is a diligent student.)

Look up to

To admire and respect somebody (Ex. She is an excellent role model that other women look up to.)

Run out

To use all of something and not have any left. (Ex. Many hospitals are running out of money.)

Break up

To break something to make smaller pieces. (Ex. Break the chocolate up into squares.)

Deal with

To take action to do something, especially to solve a problem. (Ex. The government must now deal with the problem of high unemployment.)

Break down

A machine that stops working. (Ex. The car broke down just outside Winchester.)

Carry out

To do a particular piece of work, research, etc. (Ex. The building work was carried out by a local contractor.)

Find out

To discover a fact or piece of information. (Ex. We may never find out the truth about what happened.)

Pick up

To lift someone or something up from a surface. (Ex. He picked the phone up and dialled.)

End up

To be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it. (Ex. Somehow they all ended up at my house.)

Take off

To remove something, especially a piece of clothing OR if an aircraft leaves the ground and starts flying

Try on

To put on a piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits. (Ex. What a lovely dress! Why don’t you try it on?)

Get on

To get into a bus, plane, or train

Shut down

Something that stops operating. (Ex. I never shut my laptop down.)

Plug in

To connect a piece of equipment to an electricity supply or to another piece of equipment. (Ex. Then I realised I hadn’t plugged the TV in.)

Turn down

to not accept an offer or request. (Ex. How could you turn down such a fantastic job?)

Turn up

to increase the amount of sound, heat, or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch

Set up

To start something such as a business, organization, or institution. (Ex. The group plans to set up an import business.)

Switch off / Turn off

It stops working. (Ex. I parked the car and switched off the engine.)

Go off

Something that it stops working. (Ex. All the lights in the building suddenly went off)

Switch on / Turn on

To make something start working (Ex. Don’t switch on the light.)