Phrasal verbs 05

Milon

7 years ago

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?