Here have listed verbs with adverbs
and prepositions.
These verbs have a special meaning, therefore we have
used them in sentences.
used them in sentences.
Phrase
|
Example
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idle away
|
Don't idle the whole day away.
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insist (on)
|
He insisted on it.
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invite over
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Let's invite them over for dinner.
|
jump in(to)
|
I just jumped into the pool and
had a refreshing swim.
|
keep at
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I need to keep at this.
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keep off
|
Please keep off the lawn.
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keep on
|
(1) It's a little chilly in here,
so I better keep my coat on.
(2) Just keep on practicing your scales by simply playing them up and down. |
keep out (of)
|
(1) Keep out of this and mind your
own business.
(2) My door is closed. Keep out! |
knock off
|
Knock it off!
|
lead up to
|
(1) A narrow path leads up to his
cabin.
(2) She was just leading up to something when he interrupted. |
leak out
|
I hope that news does not leak out.
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leave out (of)
|
Leave me out of it, please.
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leave up to
|
They left this decision up to me.
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let down
|
I won't let you down again.
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let in
|
Don't let strangers in.
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let on (about)
|
I promised I wouldn't let on about
her new job.
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let up
|
The storm has let up.
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lie down
|
I need to lie down and take a
little nap.
|
light up
|
We lighted the house up with the
headlights of our automobile.
|
lighten up
|
Hey, lighten up a little. Enjoy
the day.
|
line up
|
Everyone, please line up.
|
live up to
|
That meal did not live up to my
expectations.
|
look back (at/on)
|
When I look back on him, I am
amazed at all he has accomplished.
|
look in (on)
|
I will look in on him from time to
time.
|
look out (for)
|
Look out for that car!
|
look up to
|
She is glad they look up to her.
|
loom up
|
An old cottage loomed up in the
distance.
|
loosen up
|
Relax and loosen yourself up.
|
make out
|
Can you make out what she is
saying?
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make out with
|
There are hot pictures of him making
out with a nun.
|
make up
|
(1) Did she make up the clowns
yet?
(2) I made up that story. (3) I'm sorry, but you can't make up that test you missed. (4) Class participation will make up 25% of your final grade. (5) They kissed and made up. (6) Do you think I would make this up? |
march on
|
Time marches on.
|
mark down
|
Pineapples are marked down again.
|
mark up
|
Watermelons are marked up again.
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mess up
|
(1) He messed up his room.
(2) The dirty water messed my pants up. (3) Losing my job really messed my life up. |
move in(to)
|
I moved into a new apartment last
month.
|
move on (to)
|
(1) The officer stopped for a
minute, asked some questions, and then moved on.
(2) Alright, let's move on to our next point. |
move out (of)
|
I moved out of my old apartment
last month.
|
move up (to)
|
How long will it be before they
can move her up?
|
nail up
|
(1) Please nail this picture up.
(2) Who nailed up the door? I can't get out. |
open up
|
They opened up the border a few
weeks ago.
|
order in(to)
|
The officer ordered me in.
|
pass away/on
|
Her uncle passed away last summer.
|
pass out
|
(1) Don't drink until you pass out.
(2) Please can you pass these handouts out to everyone? |
pay off
|
The time I spent in this project
didn't pay off.
|
pick up
|
(1) Relax. I will pick her up from
school.
(2) Help me pick up this guy from the sidewalk, will you? (3) The storm picked up about midnight. (4) I picked up a little French while I was in Quebec. |
pile up
|
Exams are piling up on my desk.
|
plan out
|
They met and planned out their
strategy.
|
play along
|
The guy with the guitar came in
and played along.
|
point out
|
That's exactly what I pointed out
earlier.
|
pop up
|
I don't know where he's going to pop
up next.
|
power up
|
Okay, let's power up the engine
and get going.
|
pull in(to)
|
A stranger just pulled into our
driveway.
|
pull up
|
He reached down and pulled her up.
|
put across to
|
How can I best put this across to
them?
|
put on
|
(1) Don't put your brother on.
(2) Don't you have some clothes to put on? |
put off (until)
|
Can't you just put this off until
tomorrow?
|
put together
|
We put a team together on very
short notice.
|
put up with
|
I just don't know why I even put
up with you.
|
quiet down
|
(1) Try to quiet him down.
(2) Ask him to quiet down. |
rattle off
|
She rattled off the long list of
names.
|
reach out
|
I reached out, but there was
nothing I could get hold of.
|
read over / through
|
Please read this text over and
tell me what is about.
|
rely (up)on
|
Can we rely on you in this case?
|
ride out
|
Things are rough around here, but
I think I can ride it out.
|
rub away
|
I used that towel to rub away the
dirt on my shoes.
|
rule on
|
When will the court rule on your
decision?
|
run away
|
The cat ran away from me.
|
run down
|
It appears that the car ran s.o. down.
|
run off
|
I ran off as fast as I could.
|
run off with
|
The kidnappers ran off with her
little daughter.
|
run over
|
(1) He ran over his neighbor's
cat.
(2) I ran over the time allotted for the presentation. |
run out of
|
I'm afraid we ran out of milk and
cookies.
|
rush in(to)
|
Don't rush into this job.
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