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Phrasal verbs

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  • end the employment of workers due to economic conditions
    lay off>>The company recently announced they were laying off two hundred employees.
  • use up all of something and not have any more of it
    run out of>>If we’re not careful, we’ll run out of oil before alternative energy sources have been found.
  • accept a bad situation or person without complaining
    put up with>>For many years, people in small villages have put up with inadequate roads.
  • live without something you need or usually have
    go without>>No one should have to go without clean drinking water.
  • achieve or accomplish a plan or project
    carry out>>It’s time the president carried out her promise to vaccinate all school-age children
  • think of something such as an idea or a plan
    come up with>>Municipal governments need to come up with a new approach to reduce homelessness.
  • make something happen; to cause to occur or exist
    bring about>>We need to agree about what the problems are if we expect to bring about changes.
  • end or destroy something completely so it no longer exists
    Ten years ago, few people could read or write in this country, but now illiteracy has been nearly wiped out.
  • become sick with a particular illness
    come down with>>More than a million people have come down with the mosquito-borne virus.