Phrasal verbs (3S) - 3rd version
hold on
Please ___ ___ while I transfer you to the Sales Department. (wait a short time)
ate out
We ___ ___ in a Chinese restaurant last night. (to eat in a restaurant)
put down
The students ___ the substitute teacher ___ beacuse his pants were too short. (insult,criticize)
make up
Women ___ ___ 56 per cent of the students in this university. (to form something)
work out
Can you ___ ___ this bill for me? I don't understand all those figures. (to calculate something)
work out
Don't worry, things will ____ ____ in the end. They always do. (turn out ok; progress in a good way)
looked down on
Ever since we stole that chocolate bar you dad has ___ ___ ___ me. (think less of)
found out
Have you ___ ___ why you didn't get the job? (to get information about something, or to learn a fact for the first time)
made it up
Have you ___ ____ ___ with Josie yet? (be friends again)
works out
He's determined to lose weight. He ____ ____ at the gym every day. (to do physical exercise to keep your body fit)
worked (it) out
Holmes ___ it ___ who comitted the crime. (to find an answer, to solve something)
take after
I ____ ____ my mother.We are both impatient. (resemble)
drop off
I have to ____ my sister ____ at work before I came over. (take someone somewhere and leave them there)
make up
I know we argue a lot, but we always kiss and ___ ___ afterwards. (to become friends again after an argument)
figure out
I need to ____ ___ how to fit a piano and the bookshelf in this room. (find an answer)
shop around
I want to ____ ___ a little before I decide on these boots. (compare prices)
broke up
It's a shame Tim and Jane ___ ___, they were such a lovely couple. (to end a close relationship)
called off
Jason ____ the wedding ____ because he was not in love with his fiance. (cancel)
brought me up
My grandparents ___ ___ ___ after my parents died. (look after,educate(a child))
brings up
My mother walks out of the room when my father ____ ____ sports. (mention (in conversation))
came up with
She ___ ____ ___ the best idea ever! (to suggest or think of an idea or plan)
made up
She ___ the whole story ___. (invent)
cheered up
She ____ ____ when she heard the good news. (become happy)
passed away
She nearly ____ ____ after the operation. (die)
made (that) up
That's a lie. You ___ that ___, didn't you? (to invent something, often something that is not true)
eaten up
There's no dessert until you've ___ ___ all your vegetables. (to eat all the food that you have been given)
fell out
They ___ ___ and did not speak for years. (quarrel,no longer be friends)
brings (me) down
This sad music ____ me ____. (make unhappy)
broken out
Three dangerous prisoners have ___ ___ of the local prison. (to escape from prison)
saving up
We are ___ ___ so we can buy a house. (to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future)
take up
You need to relax. Why don't you ___ ___ yoga? (to start doing a particular job or activity)
sort out
You should learn to ___ ___your washing into coloureds and whites. (to put things in order or in their correct place)
catch up
You will have to run faster than that if you want to ____ ____ with Marty. (get to the same point as someone else)