Phrasal Verbs Advanced book

avoid punishment (They were lucky to get off with such light sentences.)

approach a certain age/ time/ number (He must be getting on for seventy.)

make progress - especially in life (Sue is getting on very well in her new job.)

be surprised (I couldn't get over how well she looked.)

come to the end of something, usually unpleasant (I'll be glad to get this awful business over with.)

find time to do- also around (Sorry, but I haven't got round to fixing the tap yet.)

do something- usually bad when about children- colloquial (The children are getting up to something in the garden./ What have you been getting up to lately?)

betray ( His false identity paper gave him away.)

send off a smell- liquid or gas (The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell.)

be exhausted (When our money gave out we had to borrow some.)

abandon, devote ( The rest of the time was given over to playing cards.) stop- colloquial (Why don't you give over! You're getting on my nerves.)

surrender (The escaped prisoner gave herself up.) believed to be dead or lost (After ten days the ship was given up for lost.)

break a promise (The management has gone back on its promise.)

make a habit of (I don't go in for that kind of thing.) enter competition (Are you thinking of going in for the race?)

become bad- food (This milk has gone off.)

happen- usually negative (Something funny is going on.)

be enough (There weren't enough life-jackets to go round.)

complete a promise or plan- usually unwillingly (When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn't go through with it.)

become more liked- colloquial (This new record is growing on me.)

keep- colloquial (I think we should hang onto the car until next year.)

be deliberately unkind to someone- also as have got (My teacher has (got) it in for me.)

express feelings so as to settle a problem (I put it up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with her.)

deceive -colloquial (I don't believe you. You're having me on.)

get on well with- colloquial (Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.)

discover by chance-often an idea (They hit upon the solution quite by chance.)

offer- especially with hope (We don't hold out much hope that the price will fall.)

delay (Sorry, I'm late, I was held up in the traffic.) use as an example- a model of good behavior (Jack was always held up as an example to me.)

agree with- an idea (I don't hold with the idea of using force.)

continue (Well done! Keep up the good work.)

state a rule- especially lay down the law (The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.)

disappoint, break a promise (Sorry to let you down, but I can't give you a lift today.)

allow to be part of a secret (We haven't let Tina in on the plans yet.)

excuse from punishment (As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.)

inform about a secret- colloquial (We're planning a surprise for Helen, but don't let on.)