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B1 challenge week 3 phrasal verbs

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  • mix up
    confuse two or more things (I mixed up the twins' names again!)
  • fall out with sb (over sth)
    to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them:
  • ask around
    ask many people the same question (I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet.)
  • come round
    1. to regain consciousness (She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet)., 2. to visit someone in their home:
  • see to sth
    to deal with a person or task that needs to be dealt with or is waiting to be dealt with (Mrs Chapman asked for some help with the orders - could you see to it
  • break out of (prison/jail)
    To escape from a place
  • pull over
    stop by the side of the road in a car or other vehicle
  • keep sth from sb
    to not tell someone about something (We kept our relationship from our parents for two years.)
  • get over sth
    recover from an illness, loss, difficulty
  • do without
    to manage without having something: (There's no mayonnaise left, so you'll just have to do without.)
  • get by
    to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
  • pull back
    to decide not to do or involve yourself with something when you were previously going to (The news is that the company intends to pull back from the project)
  • go off
    If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old:
  • come down with
    to become sick
  • nod off
    to begin sleeping, especially not intentionally
  • come across
    to find or meet by chance. something or someone
  • call sth off
    to cancel (for example a meeting)
  • bump into sb
    to meet someone you know when you have not planned to meet them