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Introduction

Bla bla bla

Phrasal verbs

Bla bla bla

• put up with

  to tolerate someone who/something which is unpleasant

  transitive

  It's difficult for her to put up with his bad moods.

• stick out

  to be easily noticed

  intransitive

  With his bright green hair, he really sticks out.

• look into

  to investigate or research

  transitive

  I'm looking into buying an electric car.

• get together

  to meet in order to socialise etc.

  transitive/intransitive

  I like getting together with my friends at least once a month.

• clean up

  to make a place tidy and clean

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  It took them ages to clean the house up after the party.

• turn into

  to change or develop into something different

  transitive, separable

  His novel was turned into a successful film.

• catch up

  to talk to someone to get up to date on their news etc.

  intransitive

  Let's meet up for a drink next week and catch up.

• run out of

  to finish a supply of something, e.g. petrol, money etc.

  transitive

  We've run out of milk so I'll go to the supermarket.

• break off

  to separate from the main part of something

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  She broke off pieces of the bread and fed them to the ducks.

• put back

  to change the time of a scheduled event so that it happens later

  transitive, separable

  The time of the meeting was put back by 2 hours.

• go ahead

  to proceed

  intransitive

  After months of planning, the building work will finally go ahead.

• fall out

  to lose friendship with someone after a difference of opinion or argument

  intransitive

  They fell out over Brexit. He was 'for' and she was 'against'.