Phrasal verbs 05
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Drive away | Force an animal or someone to leave a place | Their unfriendliness DRIVES customers AWAY. |
| Drive away | to leave in a vehicle; to take somebody away in a vehicle | We heard him drive away. |
| End in | to have something as a result | Their long struggle ended in failure. |
| End up | to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in | We couldn’t get tickets for Egypt so we ENDED UP going to Turkey instead. |
| End up with | Get as a result of something | He tried hard but ENDED UP WITH a poor grade. |
| Fall among | to enter the company of (a group of people), esp by chance | he fell among thieves. |
| Fall apart | Break into pieces | The box FELL APART when I picked it up. |
| Fall at | to prostrate oneself before or at the feet of someone or something. | She fell down at the feet of the horrid man who held her child. |
| Fall back | to decrease in value or amount | Share prices fell back after brisk early trading. |
| Fall back on/upon | Be able to use in an emergency | It was good to have some money in the bank to FALL BACK ON when I lost my job. |
| Fall behind | Make less progress | I was ill for a week and FELL BEHIND with my work. |
| Fall down | Have a weak point | The argument FALLS DOWN when you look at how much it’ll cost. |
| Fall for | to be tricked into believing something that is not true | I’m surprised you fell for that trick. |
| Fall for | to be strongly attracted to somebody; to fall in love with somebody | They fell for each other instantly. |
| Fall from | to fall off of someone or something. | The eggs rolled and fell from the counter(kitchen desk) and broke on the floor. |
| Fall in with | to agree to something | She fell in with my idea at once. |
| Fall in/out | if soldiers fall in/out, they form lines/leave their lines and move away | The sergeant ordered his men to fall in/out |
| Fall off | Decrease | The membership FELL OFF dramatically when the chairperson resigned. |
| Fall on | to attack or take hold of somebody/something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm | The children fell on the food and ate it greedily. |
| Fall out | Argue and be on bad terms with someone | They FELL OUT over the decision and hardly speak to each other any more. |
| Fall through | Be unsuccessful | Our plans fell through because of lack of money. |
| Fill in | to do somebody’s job for a short time while they are not there | She’s just had a baby, so we have hired someone to FILL IN for her. |
| Fill in/up | to fill something completely | I FILLED IN the application form and posted it off. |
| Find out | to discover sth or to discover that somebody has done something wrong | He had been cheating the tax man but it was years before he was found out. |
| Finish with | to no longer need to use something | When you’ve finished with the book, can I see it? |
