50 Most Useful Phrasal Verbs with Examples and Quizzes! | JForrest English Phrasal Verbs

Hello my wonderful students.

Today you'll learn how to sound more  advanced and natural in English.

Plus, you'll learn how to  understand native English speakers.

You'll do that by adding the top 50 phrasal  verbs that native speakers actually use.

To make this lesson more engaging, interactive  and challenging, first I'm going to quiz you.

Then you'll learn all the phrasal  verbs, and then I'll quiz you again.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course,

I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

Question one I really because my  new kitten is so cuddly now I'll  

only give you 3 seconds to answer the questions.

So if you need more time, hit pause,  take as much time as you need.

I really lucked out Question two.

If we the deal now will lose our deposit.

If we back out of question 3.

Your presentation is only 10 minutes so make  sure you don't you don't ramble on question four.

We only have two days to fix all these errors.

I don't know how will how we'll pull it off.

Question 5 All travelers have to the COVID Rules  and regulations have to abide by question six.

I once saw Brad Pitt in a restaurant,  but I and couldn't even say hello.

But I clammed up.

Question 7 if everything.

We'll finish the project  tomorrow if everything pans out.

Question 8.

The meeting was so long and  boring, I'm surprised I didn't.

I didn't nod off Question nine.

It just that tomorrow's our anniversary.

It just dawned on me and question 10.

The proposal looks good, but let's take  the afternoon two before we decide 2.

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So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy?

Difficult.

Share your score in the comments below,  

and now I'll explain every phrasal  verb in detail #1 to abide by.

This is more of a formal phrasal verb because  

it's used when you accept or  follow a rule or regulation.

So we use it mainly with government rules,  court rules, even business rules as well.

For example, as a tourist, you have to abide  by the rules of the country you're visiting.

So if you see a sign that says no  parking, you have to abide by that rule.

You have to follow that rule.

Now remember, we also use  this to say you simply accept.

You accept, but then you follow it.

For example, let's say you go  to court because of a dispute,  

and the court doesn't rule in your favor.

You still have to abide by that decision.

You have to accept it and then follow it.

So this is a more formal phrasal verb,  but it's very useful because we all  

have to abide by many different  rules, regulations, and policies.

#2 to dawn on This is an excellent phrasal  verb to add to your daily vocabulary.

To dawn on is when you finally  realize or understand something.

For example, one day it just dawned  on me that I need to change careers.

So one day I just realized  I need to change career.

So you can absolutely say realize we're just using  the phrasal verb dawn on an It's extremely common.

Now notice the sentence structure here?

It dawned on me something dawns on someone.

So the IT is the realization.

It dawned on me that I need to change careers.

So just keep that in mind because the  sentence structure is commonly used with,  

it dawns on and then someone #3 to pull off.

This is also a must know phrasal verb.

When you pull something off, you're able to do  something that is difficult or unlikely to do.

For example, let's say you're a wedding  planner and a couple comes to you and  

tells you they want to have this huge  300 person wedding in three weeks.

And they want you to.

Plan everything.

That's really difficult and it might even be  

unlikely that you're able to plan a  300 person wedding in three weeks.

So you could say I don't  know if I can pull that off.

I don't know if I can do that  because it's very difficult.

I don't know if I can pull that off the  that being planning the 300 person wedding.

Now let's say you do successfully plan the wedding  

after you could say I can't  believe I pulled that off.

I can't believe I pulled off planning a 300 person  wedding in only three weeks #4 to back out of.

This is an excellent business phrasal verb.

It's used when you fail to  keep a commitment or a promise.

Now in a business context, A commitment could  be something you agree to or arrange to.

It can be formal and you have a contract in place,  

or it could be more informal and  you just agree to it verbally.

So if you don't keep that  commitment, then you back out of it.

For example, I can't believe the  client backed out at the last minute.

Now notice here I just said backed out.

I didn't use the of.

We only use the of when you  specify the noun, the something.

I can't believe the client  backed out of the agreement,  

the project, the plan, the proposal  at the last minute #5 to clam up.

This is an excellent phrasal verb for all  of you or anyone that does public speaking  

because when you clam up, you're unable to  speak, usually because of fear or nervousness.

But this can also be used if you simply  refuse to speak for whatever reason.

For example, I always clam  up when I'm public speaking.

When I'm public speaking, I become  unable to get the words out.

You clam up.

Now, my advice to you is if you feel like you're  going to clam up, just take a deep breath.

Number six, to Mull over.

When you Mull something over, you think about  it, or you consider it, And the something  

you're mulling over is simply an idea, an idea,  a proposal, a suggestion, and you Mull it over.

You think about it, You consider it.

So let's say you're in a meeting and a client  

or colleague suggests a new tool to  use and you need to think about it.

So you could say give me a few days to Mull it  over and I'll get back to you to Mull it over.

the IT being using the tool, purchasing the tool,  

whatever you're going to do, give  me a few days to Mull it over.

Now you can also specify the noun,  

and you can say I need to Mull the deal  over before I commit #7 to pan out.

This is an extremely common phrasal verb.

To pan out simply talks about  how a situation develops.

For example, I'm not sure  how this merger will pan out.

So the situation here is the merger and we're  talking about, well, how's the merger going to go?

How's it going to develop?

Will it be positive, Will it be negative?

Will there be challenges or difficulties,  benefits, That's how the situation develops.

So here I'm saying, I'm not sure, I'm  not sure how the merger will pan out.

Now let's say the merger has  some difficulties or challenges.

You could say the merger didn't pan out,  

didn't develop, The merger didn't pan  out as we had expected #8 to ramble on.

This is an excellent one for all you  public speakers because when you ramble on,  

you talk at lengths without getting to the point.

So let's say I rambled on for 5 minutes  trying to explain the definition of ramble on,  

and at the end you didn't understand  it at all and you're confused.

You're a little annoyed  because I wasted your time.

I rambled on.

So this is used as a negative and it's  used when you're communicating an idea.

So we generally use this as a complaint.

The speaker rambled on for  20 minutes #9 to nod off.

This is when you fall asleep,  but is when you fall asleep,  

usually for a very short period of time,  and usually when you're not supposed to.

So this isn't.

When you go to bed at the end of the night,  OK, so let's say you're in a meeting at work  

and your colleague is rambling on and the topic  is very boring and you start doing this that is  

nodding off and this motion of your head, what  I'm doing, this is the verb to nod, nod your head.

So when you fall asleep, what do you do?

You nod your head.

So that's where this phrasal  verb to nod off comes from.

And remember, we use this  for short periods of time,  

usually when you're not supposed to fall  asleep, for example, when you're driving.

So I might say, I always listen to loud music  when I'm driving at night, so I don't nod off.

And #10, I love this phrasal verb to luck out.

When you luck out, you're very  lucky in a specific situation.

So let's say there's this major sale  on the new iPhone model and they're  

selling for 50% off and you go to the  store and you get the very last one.

You could say, I can't believe I lucked  out and got the new iPhone for 50% off.

You lucked out.

You were very lucky in this specific situation.

Or let's say you're driving during rush  hour and you're going to an appointment  

and you get a parking spot right in front  of the office in rush hour downtown,  

you can say I can't believe I lucked out  and got such an amazing parking spot.

Or if you're telling that story to a friend,  

I got this parking spot right in front of  the building downtown During rush hour.

They could say, wow, you really lucked out.

You really lucked out by  getting that parking spot.

Now that you feel more comfortable  with the phrasal verbs, let's do  

that exact same quiz again so you  can see how much progress you made.

So here are the questions.

Hit, pause.

Take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready, hit play to see the answers.

Here are the answers.

Hit, pause and compare your  answers to the correct answers.

Question one, she's not.

She's just really good at basketball.

She's not showing off.

Question two, It's hard to meditate when  my kids keep, when my kids keep barging in.

Question three, we've been friends for 20 years.

I'm not going to let this.

I'm not going to let this come between us.

Question four.

It's amazing how fast the company after  the pandemic, the company bounced back.

Question five, I need to call the garage.

My car's been all week.

My car's been acting up.

Question 6.

His speech didn't the urgency of the situation.

His speech didn't get across.

Question 7 just can close any deal we can.

We can count on her.

Question eight.

I can't give you the day off tomorrow, but I can.

By letting you leave early,  I can make it up to you.

Question nine.

They said the price is too high, but give  them a week they'll they'll come around.

Question 10.

My boss always makes me stay late.

I don't know why I.

I put up with it.

How'd you do with the quiz?

Share your score in the comments below.

And don't worry if it was difficult, because now  I'm going to explain every phrasal verb in detail.

Number one, to come around  to an opinion or an idea,  

and this means to change your opinion  or to see a new point of view.

Now notice the sentence structure.

Because we have two prepositions around and  two, and then after two we need something.

We need a noun, an opinion, or an idea.

For example, I came around to the new job  after I heard about the benefits package.

So remember, this means you changed your opinion.

So previously you didn't want the new job,  

but now you've come around to it,  so you've changed your opinion.

Now you want the new job.

Because you heard.

About the benefits package, we commonly use  this without the preposition 2 and without  

specifying the something when the something has  already been mentioned, for example at first.

I.

Didn't want to move to Boston,  but I came around after I visited.

So notice I didn't say I came around to something  because the something had already been mentioned.

So I came around to the idea after I visited  #2 to get across a point or a message.

And this is when you clearly and effectively  communicate a point or a message.

For example, make sure you get across  that the project is over budget.

So if you're having a meeting with a client  and your boss has this very particular message  

or idea, the project is over budget and your  boss wants you to communicate that in a clear,  

effective way, Your boss wants  to make sure you get that across.

Now we also use this when you're talking,  

you're talking, you're talking, and the  ideas aren't really coming out very well.

And after a while you stop and you say what I'm  

trying to get across is and  then you state your point.

What I'm trying to get across is the  project is over budget #3 to show off.

This is when you deliberately display your skills  or abilities in a way to impress other people.

Now this is frequently used in the negative.

Don't show off.

Don't show off.

But there's definitely a time and  a place when you want to show off.

For example, when you're going to a  job interview, you shouldn't be modest.

You should show off your skills and abilities.

You should talk about all your  awards, your accomplishments,  

your degrees, the compliments you've received.

You want to show off all of your  experience to the interviewer.

So an interview is the perfect time to show off.

Also, if you're going for your IELTS exam,  

you don't want to be modest with your  knowledge of the English language.

You want to show off your abilities  by using a range of grammatical  

structures and a range of phrasal  verbs and idioms and expressions.

You want to show off to the  interviewer, #4 to count on.

Now this is exactly the same as  to rely on or to depend on South.

You have three different phrasal verbs all  with on that mean the exact same thing.

And this is of course when you trust someone  

or something to complete a  specific task or objective.

For example, I can always count on  Selma to stay late, So you can trust  

Selma to complete the specific task  or objective which is to stay late.

And remember you could replace this with rely on I  

can always rely on Selma or depend  on I can always depend on Selma.

Now we frequently use this in a question response.

For example, can I count on you?

Can I count on you to close the deal and then you  

can reply back and say absolutely you  can count on me #5 to come between now.

This is when something disturbs a  relationship and that relationship  

can be a professional relationship, a social  relationship, romantic family relationship.

It can be any kind of relationship.

For example, Jacob and Marcus were best  friends until Sylvie came between them.

So that's the image you could have.

They were close, Jacob and Marcus, but then  Sylvie came between them and now they're divided.

Sylvie disturbed their relationship.

Now it's very common for a girl or  a guy to come between relationship,  

but it doesn't have to be a person.

It could be that Jacob and Marcus were very  close, but the promotion came between them,  

the new job came between them,  their family came between them,  

their politics came between them,  their religion came between them.

It could be anything came between them.

Money.

Is a good.

One as well that comes between  people in relationships.

And remember you can use this  in any type of relationship.

Number six to put up with something or someone.

And notice this is a 2 preposition  phrasal verb put up with, put up with.

And we use this to say that you tolerate bad  behavior or unwanted behavior to put up with.

For example, I don't know how  you put up with your boss.

I don't know how you tolerate your boss.

Now of course we can be more specific and  specify the action that the boss does.

I don't know how you put up with your  boss's constant criticism, for example,  

or your boss's distasteful jokes, for example.

I don't know how you tolerate it.

Now, we commonly use this to say I'm not  going to put up with and then the behavior.

I'm not going to put up with your constant  criticism any longer #7 to bounce back.

Now to bounce back.

This is when you recover or recuperate.

Now you can use this when you recover from  a negative situation in a business context,  

like for example a bad sales quarter  or a bad product launch for example.

But it can also be when you recover  or recuperate from an illness,  

so you can use it in both those situations.

For example, in a workplace  situation, you could say,  

I don't know how we'll bounce  back from our loss in Q2.

So I don't know how we'll recover.

And then you could have a  discussion how can we bounce back.

Does anyone have any ideas on how we can bounce  

back now in terms of recovering  or recuperating from an illness?

You could say it took me a while  to bounce back after my surgery,  

so it took me a while to  recover recuperate #8 to act up.

This means to behave badly or strangely.

This is very commonly used with  parents describing the actions of  

their young children or even their older children.

My son keeps acting up, behaving badly, but  we can also use this with devices and objects.

For example, my computer keeps  acting up, behaving strangely.

My computer keeps acting up.

I hope it doesn't break #9  to make it up to someone.

This is quite a long one, so pay attention to  this sentence structure to make it up to someone.

Now we use this when you try  to compensate for a wrongdoing.

For example, let's say it's your best friend's  birthday and you can't go for whatever reason.

So this is the wrongdoing not going  to your best friend's birthday party.

Now, if you want to compensate  for that wrongdoing, you could  

say I'm so sorry I can't make your birthday party.

I promise I'll make it up to you.

I'll make it up to you by taking  you out for a nice dinner.

I'll make it up to you by  going to the movies with you.

I'll make it up to you by buying  you a really nice present.

So those are the ways you're going to compensate.

Now you might be wondering what is  this it the make it up to someone.

We use it with it because what you're  trying to compensate for has already  

been explained so you don't have to say it again.

Now you can use this in a business context.

Let's say you went over budget on a clients  project and you might say to your team,  

how are we going to make it up to the client?

How are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing?

The wrongdoing is you went over budget and then  maybe someone would suggest we can make it up  

to them by offering a discount or offering  a free product, offering an extra service.

So those are how you're going to compensate for  

the wrongdoing to make it up  to someone, #10 to barge in.

When you barge in, you enter a  place a location unexpectedly,  

and you interrupt whatever's taking place.

For example, I was in my office working and  this kid just barged in and handed me his CV.

But later I hired him.

So by saying the kid barged in, it implies  that he didn't have an appointment.

He wasn't expected.

He just barged in unexpectedly and he  interrupted whatever I was working on.

But in this case, it was  successful because he got the job.

Now that you understand these  phrasal verbs a lot better,  

let's do that exact same  quiz from the very beginning.

Again, here are the questions for the quiz.

You need to complete each sentence  using the correct phrasal verb.

So go ahead and hit pause  now and complete the quiz.

Here are the correct answers.

Go ahead and hit pause and see how well you did.

Question one, you've been arguing for  months, you need to, you need to make up.

Question two, I said we need to diversify  our product line and I and I stand by that.

Question three, I always have a cup of tea  at night to help me after a busy day to help.

Me.

Wind down, question four.

My girlfriend is studying abroad and I'm  really and I'm really aching for her.

Question 5.

Your suit doesn't look comfortable.

Why don't you something more comfortable?

Why don't you slip into question six?

It's getting late so I'm going to.

I'm going to turn in question 7.

Selma took this job to her accounting  experience to beef up Question 8.

Have you?

Who's going to give the presentation?

Have you nailed down Question 9?

Sometimes it's easier to a trained  professional to open up to question 10.

The party was fun, but I  when they started talking.

About politics, but I zoned.

Out.

So how did you find that?

Quiz.

Was it easy?

Was it difficult?

Don't worry, because I'm going to  explain every phrasal verb in detail,  

and it will definitely be  easy by the end of the lesson.

So let's do that now to ache 4.

To ache 4.

This is a very nice romantic phrasal verb.

Now we really.

Use this in the context of a  romantic relationship, so make.

Sure you use.

That appropriately and to ache  4 something or someone is when  

you really really want that something or someone.

For example, he was lonely and aching for love.

So this.

Is perhaps a little more of a poetic phrasal verb.

You will.

Probably hear it.

In novels, stories, movies,  TV, he was aching for love.

So maybe you won't use that in your  vocabulary, but you'll likely hear it.

In romance movies or romance novels.

Now you may be more.

Likely to use ache for someone.

Let's say your husband is overseas on a business  trip and he'll be gone for two or three weeks.

You might say I'm.

Aching.

For my husband.

So if you're talking to your friends, your family.

Even your colleagues.

You could say, oh, I'm  really aching for my husband.

He's been gone for two  weeks already #2 to beef up.

This is a fun one.

When you beef something U you make  it stronger or more important.

Now we do use this in the context  of bodybuilders and they can beef  

themselves U become more muscular so  you can use that in a fitness context.

But we also use this in  more of a business context,  

perhaps surprisingly because you  might say I need to beef up my resume.

I need to make my resume  stronger, or more important,  

I need to beef up my communication skills.

For example #3 to make up and  in this context we're talking  

about to make up with someone with someone.

To make up with someone is when  you forgive someone after an  

argument or a dispute in a family context, young.

Kids argue a lot, right?

And older kids, too.

But you might say.

To.

Your son, your daughter.

You need to make up with your.

Sister, you need to make up with your brother.

You need to.

Make up with.

Your cousin or a friend and  you list a specific person,  

which means you need to forgive that person.

Stop being angry at that person.

Stop fighting with that person.

So we definitely use this in a  social context of family context,  

but you can absolutely use  this in a professional context.

Co workers fight as well.

There are disagreements in companies,  

so you might say to one Co worker  Sally, you need to make up with Mark.

You work on the same team.

You have to get.

Along you need to make up with each other #4  to nail down this is when you understand the  

exact details of something or you  get a firm decision on something.

So let's say you're planning a conference and  you have a general idea of the conference.

It will take place.

In summer it will be on this general topic  or theme, but when are the exact dates?

What specific topics?

Who specifically will be the keynote speaker?

Who specifically will be presenting?

Who will you hire to cater the conference?

You need to nail down those details.

So you need to either understand  the exact details or you need to  

make a firm decision on who's going to cater  when the conference will exactly take place.

So that's a very useful phrasal verb, and you can  use it in a business context or a social context.

#5 to open U.

When you open U to someone, you talk very  freely about your feelings or your emotions,  

things that make you quite vulnerable, things  you probably don't share with everybody.

For example, after years, she  finally opened up about his death.

So for many years there was this tragic death  perhaps, and she didn't really talk about it.

She didn't talk about her feelings about the  death, but then after years, she opened up.

She started talking freely about  how she felt, the circumstances,  

how she's dealing with it, those types of  things, her inner feelings and emotions.

Now notice I didn't use to someone.

I could say she opened up.

To.

Her family.

About his.

Death.

So you have about and then the specific  topic and two and the specific people.

You'll commonly hear people say, I've never  opened up to anybody like this before.

If someone says that to you, they're basically  saying they feel very comfortable around you.

They feel like they can share  their inner thoughts, feelings,  

emotions, and that's a very positive thing.

It shows you have a very close relationship,  number six, to slip into something.

Now this is when you quickly  put on a piece of clothing, so.

This is a very specific phrasal verb.

It's only used with.

Clothing.

Now for example this.

Shirt is quite pretty, isn't it?

But.

Let's be honest, it's not  the most comfortable shirt.

So after I'm done recording this video, I'm  going to slip into AT shirt I'm going to put on.

A T-shirt, or if it's.

First thing in the morning  and you're in your house.

Coat, But then you hear your doorbell.

You might quickly slip into  some sweatpants and answer.

The door, So it's simply.

Another way to say, put on  #7, to stand by something.

When you stand by something, it's used to show  that you still support or believe something.

So I might say we stand by our opinion  that interest rates need to increase.

So that's my opinion, That's my belief.

Interest rates need to increase.

I stand by that.

I still support that.

I still believe that.

So you'll hear this a lot from people in  power, politicians, executives in business.

They'll have an opinion, have a belief, and then  they'll state, I stand by that to let you know.

They.

Still believe that specific opinion.

You stand by that?

And if so, why?

I stand by that.

Yes, I stand by that.

And the reason simply is.

Now we also use.

This.

With stand by someone, When you stand by  someone it means that you support someone,  

usually when something negative has happened.

So let's say that your.

Co worker was accused of.

Stealing from the company.

But you know your Co worker didn't do it.

You might say I I stand by her.

I stand by her.

Which means you're going to support.

Her in this difficult time #8.

To wind down.

To wind down.

This is an excellent phrasal verb because it  means to relax after a busy or stressful day.

So you might say I always read.

At the end of the day, to wind  down, to help me wind down.

I always read at the end of the day or  I go for a walk after work to wind down.

So it just means to relax, but  it's another way of saying it,  

and it implies that you were  very busy or stressed out.

To wind down #9 to zone out.

This is when you stop paying attention.

For a short.

Period of time.

Now we've all done this, especially when we were  

kids in school and your teachers  talking and you just zone out.

Now, generally people zone out because they don't  

have interests in a particular  topic, for example whenever.

People talk about.

Sports.

I zone out.

I just stop listening and I start  thinking about something else in  

my own head and I'm not listening  to the conversation about sports.

I zone out.

I stop paying attention.

But then when the conversation.

Changes, I'll pay attention again.

So it's always for that short period of.

Time #10 to turn in.

This is a very useful phrasal verb  because it simply means to go to bed.

It's another way of saying to  go to bed and it's very common.

So of course you can say I'm tired, I'm going  to bed, but you can also say I'm tired, I'm  

going to turn in, I'm going to turn in and it's  extremely commonly used, so I suggest you use it.

You can use.

It as a suggestion, hey it's getting late and  

you have that job interview  tomorrow you should turn in.

You should go to bed or you can  use it in question form as well.

What time did you turn in?

What time did you go to bed?

Now that you're more comfortable  with these phrasal verbs.

How about we do that exact same quiz again?

And you can see.

How much you've improved?

So.

Here are the questions, of course.

Hit pause.

Take as much time as you  need, and when you're ready,  

hit play and I'll share the answers  so you can go ahead and hit pause.

Now, how'd you do on that quiz?

Well, let's.

Find out here.

Are the answers.

Go ahead and hit pause and figure.

Out how you did question one.

I used to play video games every  day, but eventually I grew out of it.

Question two Do you know why?

Sarah of the meeting earlier  today walked out of the meeting.

Question three Can you add  mustard to the shopping list?

I just.

I just used it up.

Question 4.

You should your old books to your community store.

You should give away.

Question 5 The bridge is because there  was an accident, the bridges blocked off.

Question six, my boss said we can with  canceling the contract, we can Go ahead.

Question seven My company using  cell phones during work hours.

My company frowns on question eight.

I'm sorry I at you during the meeting  I overreacted last out question 9,  

can you help me this error sort out question 10.

The presentation was really long,  so I for a bit, so I wandered off.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Was it easy or was it difficult?

Well, now I'm going to explain  every phrasal verb in detail.

Number one, to block off.

This is when you obstruct an exit  to prevent people from leaving.

This is a very common phrasal verb because on  your daily commute to work, you may have to  

take a detour, which means take an alternative  route because your regular exit is blocked off.

So let's say you get to work 15 minutes late.

You can say sorry I'm late.

Main Street was blocked off,  

and most likely that street or exit is  blocked off because of construction.

It's also possible that there was an  accident, or perhaps there's something  

like a parade or a protest that's preventing  people from using that exit #2 to lash out.

When you lash out, it means you react angrily.

You react with very strong negative emotion.

So this phrasal verb is negative,  and it's used in a negative way.

So you might say she lashed out when  I suggested a different approach.

So you shared an opinion and the person  reacted very negatively, very angrily.

They lashed out.

Now, for this phrasal verb, it's  very common to say at someone.

She lashed out at me when I  suggested a different approach.

The at someone is optional.

You don't need to do it, but it  can be very useful to specify who.

So if you want to specify the person,  then we use at someone she lashed out.

At gym she lashed out at us.

It could be the entire group.

She lashed out at the client.

And then you can explain the reason why she lashed  

out at the client because the  payment was late #3 to walk out.

When you walk out, it means  you leave a place angrily.

So we have another phrasal verb with angrily.

You leave a place angrily.

So let's say you're meeting with your  boss to discuss your performance.

Now, maybe you were expecting a 20% raise.

A raise is a pay increase, a 20% pay increase.

But your boss only offered you 2%, you might say.

After my boss offered Me 2%, I walked out.

So you left the room, you  left the office, the meeting.

But you didn't just leave,  you left angrily, angrily.

That's the key here.

So combining our last phrasal  verb to lash out to react angrily,  

we can say after she lashed out at  me, I walked out #4 to sort out.

This means to resolve a problem.

Now we can use this with a  business professional problem.

For example, let's say your payment processor  isn't working and you can't accept payments.

You might say we need to sort this out ASAP.

We need to resolve this problem ASAP.

Or who can we call to sort this out?

O you can absolutely use this in a professional  business context when there's a problem.

We commonly use this with personal issues,  

with relationship issues when you  have a problem with another person.

So let's say you and your sister haven't  spoken in months because of a disagreement.

Maybe your sister lashed out at  you and then you walked out of  

her birthday party and you haven't spoken since.

Well, someone might suggest  some ways you can sort it out.

You need to sort it out with your sister.

You need to resolve the problem, and in  this case the problem is a personal problem.

So this is a great phrasal verb to use for  a business context and a personal context.

#5 to use up.

This is when you finish or consume  100% of something, so all of something.

And that's very important because  I could say I used the olive oil,  

so I consumed the olive oil, but when I  just say use, it doesn't tell you how much.

How much olive oil did I use?

I used the olive oil, but if  I say I used up the olive oil,  

then you know I used 100% of the olive oil.

So there is none left for you or for  someone else and you have to get more.

So I could say I used all the olive oil.

When I say all the olive oil, all means 100%.

So that is exactly the same as I used up  the olive oil number six to wander off.

This is when you leave a place  when you're not supposed to,  

or you leave a place without telling other people.

Now this is commonly used with children,  

so a mother might say I have to watch my  daughter like a hawk or she'll wander off.

So little kids, they might not stay in a room,  they might wander off and go into another room,  

but of course that can be dangerous  if nobody is watching that child.

So this is commonly used with young  children, but we can also use it with adults.

So let's say you're on a museum tour and  you're in a foreign country on a museum tour.

Now you're supposed to stay with the museum tour.

You're not supposed to wander off and  just go look at other areas of the museum,  

but you might say the tour was boring,  

so I wandered off #7 to grow out of this  is when you lose interest in something.

So to lose interest, you're no longer interested  in something because you're older or more mature.

For example, a lot of young kids play  video games for hours and hours and hours,  

but as an adult you might grow out of it.

So you no longer do that.

You no longer play video games for hours  and hours and hours because you're older.

You're more mature #8 To go  ahead, this means to proceed.

This is a very useful phrasal verb.

We use it commonly to give someone  permission to do something.

So your coworker might ask you, is it OK if I send  the e-mail to the client and you can say sure,  

go ahead, go ahead, which means proceed,  proceed with sending the e-mail, go ahead.

Now you can just say go ahead.

Or you can specify what the action is.

You can say go ahead and send the e-mail  or go ahead with and we need a gerund go  

ahead with sending the e-mail and send  the e-mail with sending the e-mail.

So pay attention to that sentence structure #9  to give away this means to provide for free.

So this is a great phrasal verb for me.

I could say I give away my best tips and advice  

on how to become fluent right  here on this YouTube channel.

Now, let's say you have a lot of items from  your kids, but your kids are grown up now,  

but you have a lot of their clothes,  their toys, even furniture for your kids.

You might want to give that  away so you can provide it  

to another parent or someone else for free.

We gave away all our kids  clothes when they moved out.

So when you want to get rid of something in your  house, you can sell it, or you can give it away,  

provide it for free, and finally, #10 to frown  on this means to disapprove of something.

So you might say my boss  disapproves of casual clothes,  

so you can say my boss frowns  on wearing casual clothes.

Notice our sentence structure frowns on wearing.

We need our gerund verb.

Now that you feel more comfortable  with these phrasal verbs,  

how about we do the exact same quiz again  so you can see how much you've improved?

Here are the questions.

Hit, pause.

Take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready, hit play to see the answers.

Here are the answers.

Hit, pause, take as much time as you need.

Compare your answers, and  when you're ready, hit play.

Question one.

We should the party with some karaoke.

We should kick off question two.

You don't need to your team.

I've heard great things about them.

Talk up question three.

Make sure your team doesn't.

While the CEO is here, horse  the round question four.

It really, when Jeremy took credit  for my work, ticked me off Question 5.

He's been since he lost the  contract, moping around Question six.

We're on a tight budget, but  we have enough to to get by.

Question 7, the expense reports have  been since Sarah left, piling up.

Question eight I've learned to my mother  when she gives me relationship advice.

Tune out.

Question nine.

She used to be very serious,  but she's a bit loosened up.

Question 10 my boss is going to when she  learns we lost the account, flip out.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Don't worry if it was difficult, because now I'm  going to explain every phrasal verb in detail.

Let's get started.

Number one, to tune out.

This is a very useful phrasal verb because  it's used to say you stop listening to someone,  

you stop paying attention to them because you  don't like what they're saying, basically.

So you tune someone out.

This is something that kids do all  the time with their parents, right?

If your parent is giving you advice and you  don't want to hear it, you just tune them out.

So your parent is talking, but  you're just not really listening.

So you might say, I always tune out my  mom when she gives me relationship advice.

Now, this can also happen a  lot in a workplace situation.

Let's say the Co worker that sits beside you is  just a very negative person and complaints a lot.

You might just simply tune them  out so you stop listening to them  

because you don't want to hear all  that negativity and complaining.

So you just tune them out.

They're talking, but you're  not listening #2 to tick off.

This is a useful one because it means  to annoy, to anger, or to irritate.

Now we use this in two very  specific sentence structures.

It ticks someone off.

It ticks me off when my coworker  doesn't help, so it ticks someone off.

And then you explain the situation that causes  the anger, the frustration or the irritation.

Now the other sentence structure is just  to say someone or something ticks me off.

John really ticks me off.

He's so negative.

John really irritates me,  frustrates me, annoys me.

John really ticks me off.

He's so negative.

But I just tune him out.

Number three, to talk up and you  talk someone or something up and  

that means you speak in a way that makes that  someone or something sound really beneficial,  

really positive, really amazing,  maybe even more so than the reality.

So let's say you're in sales and you're trying  to sell this piece of software to a company.

Well, you're going to.

Talk up that software.

You're going to talk about that software in a way  

that really highlights all  of its positive features.

And you probably won't  mention any negative features.

You're going to talk it up, or let's say  that your really close friend applied for a.

Job in your company?

Well, you're probably going to.

Talk up your friend.

You're going to speak about your friend  very enthusiastically, very positively,  

because you want your friend to get the job.

You're going to talk up your friend?

#4 to pile up.

This means simply to increase in amount,  and we generally use this with work.

So in general you could say  work is really piling up.

Work is increasing in amount.

You can use this with specific work.

So you might say my expense reports are  piling up, or even with household chores.

You might say the laundry is piling  up, The Dirty dishes are piling up.

They're increasing in amount #5  to mope around, to mope around.

This is when someone moves from one location to  another, but they do it in a very unhappy way.

A lazy way.

A disappointed way.

And it's generally because something is wrong.

Something specific is wrong.

So maybe they just lost their job or  they just broke up with their girlfriend.

So they mope around the house all day.

They go from the couch to the  kitchen back to the couch,  

but they look really upset and lazy and no  energy, so this isn't really a positive thing.

We generally say stop moping around.

You need to stop moping around  and start looking for a job if  

that's the reason why you're moping around.

Because you lost your job.

Stop.

Moping around and look for a  job number six to loosen up.

This is a great one.

It means to be more relaxed,  more comfortable or less serious.

So you might say she was very shy at first,  

but then she loosened up so she  became more relaxed, more comfortable.

Now we often use this as advice to someone.

If someone is just being too serious,  you might say loosen up, loosen up.

It's similar to saying relax a  little, relax a little, loosen up.

You need to loosen up.

Oh, just loosen up #7 to kick off.

This is a great one because when you  kick something off it means you start.

But we use this in the context of a sports  event, a meeting, a conference or even a party.

So some sort of event with people.

So in sports, it's very common to  say the game the match kicks off at,  

and then you say the time the match  kicks off at 3, the game kicks off at 7.

And that's just when the game starts.

Now you could also say, let's kick  off the meeting by and then you can  

explain how you're going to start the meeting.

Let's kick off the meeting  by introducing the new CFO.

Or let's kick off the meeting  by sharing the good news #8.

This is a fun one to horse around.

When you horse around, you  behave in a silly or noisy way.

So basically what children do all the time.

They horse around, but you might say the kids were  horsing around and they broke my favorite vase.

Now, although this is commonly used in children,  

it can of course be used for adults  as well, because adults act in silly.

And noisy ways.

All the time, right?

Even in workplace context.

So you might be talking about how your  team is constantly horsing around,  

and as a bonus you can also say goof around.

It's an alternative, but  they're both very commonly used,  

so horse around or goof around #9 to get by.

This is when you have just enough money  to live on, but not very much extra,  

so you can basically pay all  your bills and that's about it.

So you might say, sense our twins were  born, it's been more difficult to get by.

You have two new babies in the house.

Well, first, congratulations.

But of course, that's very expensive.

So now you only have enough money  to pay your bills to buy the food,  

buy the diapers, buy the groceries,  pay your mortgage, things like that.

We're getting by, We're getting by.

You're just surviving.

So if someone knows you're going  through a tough time financially,  

maybe you lost your job and  they ask you, how's it going?

Is everything OK?

You could say, well, I'm getting by, I'm getting  by, which lets them know you're surviving.

You have enough to pay all your core  expenses, and finally, #10 to flip out.

Now this can mean to become very excited, but it  can also mean to become very angry or agitated.

O It's when you have a very strong emotion.

But that emotion can be positive  excitement or it can be negative anger,  

and it will be obvious based on context.

So if you just won a competition  or a prize or the lottery,  

you might flip out and become  very, very excited, right?

The sports team flipped out  when they won the gold medal  

or the team flipped out when they lost the game.

The team became very angry.

So you can use it in both situations and for  

this expression you can also say  freak out, freak out, flip out.

They mean the same.

And again, positive excitement or negative anger.

So now that you're more comfortable  with these phrasal verbs, how about  

we do that exact same quiz again so  you can see how much you've improved.

So here are the questions.

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And figure out how you did  amazing job with this lesson.

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