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Unit 8: Phrasal verbs

Unit 8: Phrasal verbs


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cordon off

stop people from entering an area by putting someting as a rope around it

creep up on

move towards someone quietly and slowly, especially because you want to surprise them

fall behind

move more slowly than other people so that you are behind them / make less progress or be less successful than other people who are doing a similar job or activity

  1. go astray
  2. head off

  1. become lost or go the wrong place
  2. prevent someone from going somewhere by getting in front of them ; prevent something from taking place

  1. hold back
  2. move in (with)

  1. stop someone or something from moving forwards
  2. start living in a different house or flat (with)

move on

leave one place and travel to another ; stop discussing or doing something and begin discussing or doing something different

 

move out

permanently leave the house or flat where you live or the place where you have your business

 

move over

change your psition in order to make space for someone or something

pull over

stop by the side of the road in a car or other vehicle

slip away

leave secretly

step aside

move so that somebody can pass you; leave a job so that somebody else can take over

stop off

visit somewhere before continuing to another place

tip up

(of an object) have one end move upwards, especially because someting heavy has been put at the other end; turn a container upside down so that the things inside it come out

walk out

leave a meeting, preformance, etc before the end, usually because you are angry or bored; suddenly leave a relationship, your family, your job, etc....