4 phrasal verbs for clothes and accessories - English In A Minute

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Hi! I'm going to share four
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great phrasal verbs about clothes.
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'Put on'. This means
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'place clothes on your body'.
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'Oh, it's sunny today -
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I'll put on my glasses.'
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'Try on'.
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We use 'try on' when
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we 'put on clothes for a
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short time to see if they look
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good and if they're the right size'.
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We often try on clothes
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or shoes in a shop
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before we buy them.
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'I'm just trying on this hat,
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but I think it's too small.'
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Our next phrasal verb
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is 'take off'.
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This is the opposite of 'put on'.
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It means 'remove clothes'.
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'Oops! I forgot to take off my hat.'
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And finally, when you
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take off your clothes you can
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'hang them up' This means
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'put them on a hook or a hanger'.
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'Hang your clothes up!
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Don't leave them on the floor.'
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One final thing to remember -
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these phrasal verbs can all be
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separated, so you can
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'put your clothes on'
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or 'put on your clothes'.
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