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Advanced Phrasal Verbs

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  • What´s the phrasal verb for thinking that a person or thing is someone or something else?
    Mistake someone/something for someone/something. I mistook a piece of rope for a snake.
  • What´s the phrasal verb for becoming popular?
    Catch on. Energy bars have caught on as many runners have begun to see the benefits
  • 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.
  • Define: Break off and use it in a sentence
    Stop doing something, especially speaking: He broke off when the phone rang.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What´s the phrasal verb for considering a problem or decision carefully?
    Think over something. I suggest you think over your position very carefully.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Define: Take apart something
    Dismantle something: Don’t take the laptop apart unless you know what you’re doing.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What´s the phrasal verb for a rash or seat appearing on you skin?
    Break out in something. The skin on my arms was breaking out in a rash.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • What´s the phrasal verb for stopping someone from concentrating?
    Put off someone. The noise from the flat above put her off revising for her exams.
  • What´s the phrasal verb for going with someone to the station or airport that they are leaving from and say goodbye to them there?
    See off someone. I saw my parents off at the airport.
  • What is the past tense of wind?
    Wound
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