I use these 23 PHRASAL VERBS every day! (You can too!)

Do you know the difference  between these two sentences?

She called me out in the meeting.

She called out to me in the meeting.

Both of these sentences use a similar  looking but different phrasal verb  

to call someone out to call out to  someone yes, they look very similar,  

almost identical, but they have  completely different meanings.

Today you'll learn these  phrasal verbs and 21 more.

I personally use these 23 phrasal  verbs every day and adding these to  

your vocabulary will help you understand  natives and sound fluent and natural.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

First, let's talk about to call someone out.

This means to confront or criticize someone,  often publicly, for their actions or behaviors.

She called him out for not keeping his promises.

This means that in public, she said you didn't  keep your promise and that was a bad thing.

She called him out.

Now my students, maybe even you,  always call me out when I make a typo.

They publicly say Jennifer,  you spelled that wrong.

Jennifer.

This isn't correct, but that's OK.

I don't mind Bert's calling me out, though.

Apparently called him out loudly.

It's interesting to hear them.

Call us out on that.

Now let's compare this to to call out to someone.

This means to shout or raise your  voice to get someone's attention.

Hey, hey, John.

Hey, Mary.

He called out to his friend across the street.

He did this to get her or his attention.

So now let's compare these.

He called out his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means to publicly criticize.

He called out to his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means he shouted to get his friends attention.

Hey John, I know this is very  confusing, so you'll want to review it.

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Now let's talk about jump in.

When you jump in, it means you  enter a conversation or a situation.

So I could say to you if we  were in a class or a meeting,  

a live lesson, feel free  to jump in with any ideas.

I'm inviting you to stop me in the middle  of my my presentation to share your ideas.

Or maybe managers are talking and say it's  nice to see Sarah jumping in at meetings.

They're saying it's nice to see  Sarah participating, sharing her  

ideas more actively, maybe because she  feels confident speaking in English.

I'm going to.

Jump in Tom, make sure I get this one  in and lighten it up just a minute.

Please feel free to jump in at any point.

Now, just like my examples show, this  is generally used in a positive way,  

and that's important because  let's compare that to **** in.

**** in this means to interrupt or intrude  into a conversation in a negative way.

He kept butting in while I was presenting.

He kept stopping me to say something  and I found this very rude.

Just butting in here for some side facts.

Or you could say you should just **** out.

**** out.

It's none of your business.

So notice here I change **** in to **** out.

This means you should stop intruding  in something that doesn't concern you.

**** out Klaus.

So let's review, Jump or **** into a  conversation, discussion, meeting, or situation.

Notice you need into as one word.

If you specify the noun a  conversation and but out of  

a conversation, discussion, meeting, or situation.

So remember the meaning and that structure.

Next, let's talk about to come  up with this means to think of  

or create something such as  an idea, plan or solution.

They came up with a new marketing  strategy they thought of.

They created.

Because Louis Pasteur came up with his  technique for sterilizing milk in 1865.

I spend time every day coming  up with new lessons for you.

I think about ideas.

I write them down.

I brainstorm for you come up with so now let's  change the preposition and talk about to come  

out with this means to introduce or release  something new, usually a product or service.

The way we communicate changed when  Apple came out with the iPhone.

If we were sitting down, having this interview  the day that Apple came out with the iPhone,  

you'd be asking me, really, they're  going to compete with Motorola?

Electric typewriters then came out with  self-contained correction ribbons so that  

you could make corrections right  there on the machine as you typed.

Let's compare these together.

Engineers at Apple came up with  the idea of a smartphone in 2005.

I don't know if that date is accurate.

This means they thought of the idea.

What if we had a phone?

Now Apple came out with the iPhone in 2007.

That date is correct.

This means they released the  idea to the public as a product.

The product being the iPhone.

You could buy the iPhone.

Let's review to back out of something.

This means to decide not to do  something you had previously agreed to.

She backed out of the deal at the last minute.

Why are you backing out?

Or you said you were going  to finish the English course.

Don't back out now.

Don't even think about backing out, man.

Let's compare this to back something up.

This means to make a copy of data to prevent  loss, something you should do for years.

My husband told me I should back up  my computer, but I didn't listen.

Didn't you back it up in your computer?

But now that I use Google Docs, my  files are automatically backed up.

A copy of my files are saved in a secure location.

So always back up your computer and don't back  out of things you said you were going to do.

You back up your data to catch on to something.

This is when you begin to  understand or realize something.

It took him a while, but he  finally caught on to the joke.

Now you don't have to include the  something if context is obvious.

You could say it took him a  while but he finally caught on.

If you're talking about a joke and the  context is obvious, but she caught on pretty.

Fast.

But either way, people caught on to coffee's  advantages and began making tea from its leaves.

So let's talk about catch up to someone.

This means to reach the same  level or pace as someone else.

She's driving too fast, we'll never catch up.

You can say we'll never  catch up or catch up to her.

If you specify the someone you need the  preposition to hurry, they're catching up.

Now let's look at this sentence.

I need to catch up on my work so  I can catch up to my coworker.

When you catch up on something,  

it means you do the tasks that you  missed or were not previously completed.

With students able to catch up on  work over a coffee in the new cafe.

Let's talk about to get across.

This means to successfully communicate  or convey an idea to others.

He tried to get his point across, to get  something across his point across in the meeting.

That'll get our point across right?

Or I'm not sure what you're trying to get across.

Oh, maybe you need to say it a different way.

Anyways, the point that I'm  trying to get across is that  

social media has made everything  just that much more accessible.

#12 I love this one to cheer on.

This is when you courage or  support someone, often vocally.

Let's go.

Woo Hoo, you can do it.

The fans cheered on their team and I  could say to you if you leave a comment,  

that is your way of supporting me vocally  so I could say thank you for cheering me on.

I couldn't have done it without your support, who  cheered us on and picked us up when we stumbled.

Someone will be there to cheer  us on and pick us up if we fall.

Let's compare this to cheer up.

This means to help someone feel  happier or to become happier oneself.

I brought him a coffee to cheer him up.

Cheer up.

They try with considerable vigor to cheer us up.

Or let's combine these, The fact  that you came to cheer me on.

Let's go Jennifer, that really cheered  me up, made me happier #14 carry on.

Most students know this.

This means to continue with an  activity or task despite challenges.

She decided to carry on with her  studies despite the difficulties.

Carry on.

Let's compare this to carry out.

This means to complete or  perform an action, plan or task.

They carried out the experiment successfully  and we carried it out as a family.

Let's combine these.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Notice you need with when  you specify the something.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Have you carried out?

Have you conducted the first Test?

So remember, you carry on with something and you  carry something out #16 to look into something.

This means to investigate or  examine something in detail.

The company is looking into the issue.

I'll look into it.

Let's compare this to look over something.

This means to review or examine  something briefly or casually.

She looked over the document before signing.

Look over this contract.

Let's combine these together.

I looked into, I investigated, I looked into  the company and I didn't find any red flags.

Red flags are potential risks or problems.

I didn't find any red flags.

I still need to look over.

Review the contract.

Let's review to check in with someone.

This means to communicate with someone to see  how they're doing or if they need assistance.

He checked in with his supervisor  before leaving for the day.

So how could he do this?

Well, he would go up to his supervisor and  say, do you need anything before I leave?

Thanks for checking.

In though.

Now let's compare this to to check up on someone.

This is when you monitor or  observe someone's progress,  

condition, or behavior to ensure all is well.

My dad had an accident so I check up on him.

I observe him and monitor him every day.

Would it kill him to check up on us?

Sometimes to check up on someone  is seen as a negative because it  

suggests that you don't trust someone's abilities.

So you often hear people complain and say  Oh my boss checks up on me every 5 minutes.

Suggesting your boss doesn't trust your  abilities and needs to monitor you closely.

Are you checking up on me #20 hang out.

You should know this one.

This means to spend time with  someone socially in a casual way.

We hung out at home all weekend, or it's very  common to say to people, let's hang out soon,  

let's spend time socially soon.

Cool, let's.

Hang out tonight.

Don't confuse this with to hang up,  which means to end a phone call.

She hung up before they decided where to hang out.

Don't hang up, don't hang up, don't hang up  don't hang up 22 to break up with someone.

Do you know what this means?

This means to end a romantic relationship.

He broke up with his girlfriend last month.

Are you breaking up with me now?

You could also say we broke up.

So in this case, because the subject  is doing the action, you don't have  

to say with someone We broke up, I broke up  with him, he broke up with me, we broke up.

We we broke up.

Don't confuse this with to break something up.

This means to separate  something into smaller parts.

The teacher broke up the assignment into 3.

Parts From this point, we're going to take  the life of the project and break it up into  

four phases so that we can discuss the  processes that are appropriate to each.

So if you say I broke her up, that sounds weird.

That sounds like you divided  her into smaller parts.

But if you say I broke up  with her, that sounds sad.

You ended your romantic relationship with her.

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