Phrasal verbs, Prepositional verbs with special meaning (part 3)
Here we have listed verbs with adverbs and prepositions.
These verbs
have a special meaning, therefore we have used them in sentences.
Phrase
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Example
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save up
|
I'm saving up money for a new car.
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see through
|
(1) I knew what he was up to,
because I saw through him.
(2) I'll see this project through. |
sell out (to)
|
(1) He refused to sell out to a
large corporation.
(2) He shouldn't have sold out to them. |
send away for
|
I had to send away for a new part.
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send for
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He sent for his secretary.
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send over (to)
|
She sent me over to her office.
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set up (for)
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I will set up a meeting for next
week.
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settle down
|
(1) One day they will settle down
in a small cabin in the mountains.
(2) Will you please settle down and relax? |
share together
|
We shared a room together in
college.
|
shoot up
|
Jane shot up just after she turned
thirteen.
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show off
|
Stop showing off.
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sign in
|
Did you remember to sign in?
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sign up for
|
Did you remember to sign up for
the class?
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sit around
|
Don't just sit around. Do
something!
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sit down
|
Please, sit down and relax.
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sit in on
|
You guys mind if I sit in on your
discussion?
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sit out
|
I'm not playing. I better sit out
this time.
|
sit up
|
(1) I sat up and read a book.
(2) I wouldn't get such terrible backaches if I sat up properly. |
sleep in
|
I slept in this morning.
|
slim down
|
You have slimmed down a lot since
last spring break.
|
slip up
|
You must not slip up again.
|
slow down
|
You're going to fast. Please slow
down.
|
smash into
|
The car smashed into the side of a
bus.
|
sober up
|
Some coffee definitely won't sober
them up.
|
sort itself out
|
Things will sort itself out by the
end of the month.
|
speak up
|
Please speak up. I nearly can't
hear you.
|
speak up for
|
You can speak up for those who
cannot speak for themselves.
|
split up
|
We had to split the class up into
two classes.
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spread out
|
He told them to spread out and
continue their search.
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stand around
|
Don't stand around. Get busy!
|
stand by
|
Stand by while I search for
another song.
|
stand in (for)
|
Sam is sick. Can you stand in for
him?
|
stand up
|
She stood up and looked across the
room.
|
start over
|
Sorry, I guess I messed this up,
so can I start over?
|
start up
|
Start your car up and let's go.
|
stay over
|
Can my friend stay over, please?
|
steal away
|
She stealed away while he was
refilling her coffee.
|
step aside
|
Step aside, please. You're in my
way.
|
stick together
|
We must stick together.
|
stop by
|
Please stop by before you go on
vacation.
|
stop over
|
We stopped over in Chicago for two
nights.
|
storm in(to)
|
He stormed into the room, shouting
and yelling.
|
storm out (of)
|
He got angry and stormed out of
the meeting.
|
straighten out
|
(1) We have to straighten this
mess out.
(2) They straightened out the line of people. |
strip down
|
The doctor told me to strip down
for the examination.
|
stumble (upon)
|
I just stumbled upon her.
|
sum up
|
Can you sum up the arguments of
this essay?
|
swell up
|
I bumped my ankle and it swelled
up.
|
switch off
|
I forgot to switch the TV off
before I went to bed.
|
switch on
|
Can someone switch the light on,
please?
|
take away
|
The police took her daughter away.
|
take apart
|
Don't take my TV apart.
|
take off
|
(1) When does your plane take off?
(2) Sorry, I have to take off now. (3) Take your coat off, please. |
take over
|
If you take over, you will be in
charge.
|
talk back (to)
|
Don't ever talk back to her.
|
talk out
|
Let's just talk this matter out.
|
team up (with)
|
I don't want to team up with him.
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tear off (of)
|
She tore the label off the bottle.
|
tell off
|
I should have told him off.
|
tell on
|
I'm going to call your father and tell
on you.
|
think back (to)
|
Try and think back to the morning
of June 5.
|
think over
|
I needed a few minutes to think it
over.
|
think through
|
First, let me think this through
and I'll call you tomorrow first in the morning.
|
think of
|
I quickly had to think of
something.
|
think up
|
I'll think something up.
|
throw up
|
I was so nauseous I almost threw
up.
|
tidy away
|
Please tiday your stuff away.
|
tidy up
|
Your room looks like a pig sty.
You better tidy it up now.
|
trick into
|
He tried to trick her into doing
it his way.
|
try out
|
Let's try out this candy store.
|
turn around/about
|
The car turned around and went the
other way.
|
turn down
|
(1) He turned his collar down,
when he entered her house.
(2) Turn the music down a little, will you? (3) Our proposal was turned down. |
turn in
|
I need some sleep. I'm going to turn
in now.
|
turn in(to)
|
Turn in for some gas.
|
turn off
|
Could you please turn the radio off?
|
turn on
|
Don't forget to turn on the lights
when the sun goes down.
|
turn up
|
(1) Turn your cuffs up, please.
(2) Something always turns up. (3) Apparently, new evidence has turned up. |
use up
|
You can use it up. I have more of
it.
|
wake up
|
Wake up! We have hit the road.
|
walk off
|
They didn't even say good-bye.
They just walked off.
|
walk out (on)
|
My sister walked out on Fred
because she was fed up with him.
|
watch over
|
Can you watch over the kids while
we're gone.
|
watch out (for)
|
Watch out for the snakes in the
bushes.
|
wear out
|
After weeks of learning for this
stupid test, I'm worn out.
|
wipe off (of)
|
Don't use your sleeve to wipe the
ice cream off of your hand.
|
work out
|
(1) Everything will work out in
the end.
(2) She needs to work out more often. |
work over
|
They really worked him over.
|
wrap up
|
Wrap up the presents quickly.
|
write away for
|
I wrote away for a book on poetry.
|
yell out
|
The pain caused me to yell out.
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zip up
|
I had better zip my jacket up.
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