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Introduction

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Phrasal verbs

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• drop out

  to stop attending an educational course

  intransitive

  She dropped out of university after the second year.

• rule out

  to stop considering something as a possibility

  transitive, separable

  The bad weather ruled out the barbeque.

• trip up

  to make a mistake

  transitive/intransitive

  He tripped up on a few of the questions in the exam but still passed.

• try on

  to wear temporarily an article of clothing or footwear to test for size, comfort, etc.

  transitive, separable

  I always try on clothes before I buy them.

• turn up

  to arrive, often unexpectedly

  intransitive

  They eventually turned up in the evening, a few hours late.

• put out

  to extinguish, to stop something burning

  transitive, separable

  The firemen put out the fire in less than half an hour.

• get on

  to have a good relationship with someone

  intransitive

  They work together but they have never got on.

• eat out

  to have lunch or dinner at a restaurant as opposed to eating at home

  intransitive

  When we were on holiday we ate out every night.

• come up

  to be mentioned or discussed

  intransitive

  Several important points came up in the meeting.

• come up with

  produce an idea or a plan

  transitive

  He's always coming up with such crazy ideas.

• throw up

  to vomit

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  She turned completely white and threw up all over the floor.

• call off

  to cancel an event

  transitive, separable

  They called off the match due to the heavy rain.