English Phrasal Verbs: Give In and Hold Off

What up dudes? Chad here from RealLife English, and today I have another very quick video

lesson teaching you two more awesome, opposite phrasal verbs.

So today's two new phrasal verbs are

And remember the reason I am teaching you these phrasal verbs, these two phrasal verbs

as opposites it is because it really helps you to memorize the phrasal verb. And I'm

going to put it into context at the end of the video so don't miss that.

So first the verb to hold, hold means just to grab something tightly with your hand.

To hold on to something. Hold can also be used to say wait, it's common maybe a receptionist

will answer the phone and say 'please hold' she means to say please wait a second.

And today's phrasal verb to hold off means to not do something immediately, it means

you are going to wait a while until you actually make a decision. And the structure of this

is always to hold off on something, or if it's a verb it would always be hold off on

doing something, using the gerund it's the 'ing.' Hold off on traveling, hold off on

the meeting, I'm gonna hold off on buying that car, he held off on going out with that

woman. So it just means to wait a little while before doing something.

The next phrasal verb is to give in. Obviously give is to give someone a present you know

to give something. Give, gave, given is the conjugation of that verb. But to give in does

not mean to give someone something, like to give someone a present, the phrasal verb to

give in means that you are admitting defeat, or you agree to do something that you do not

want to do. So it's commonly used if I ask you a question and I say 'hey guess how many

countries there are in the world? Do you give in?' When I say 'do you give in?' It means,

do you accept that you don't know that so I can tell you the answer, do you give in?

And give in can also be to do something that you don't want to do. For example, my girlfriend

really wanted me to go to the ballet, I did not want to go but she kept asking and I eventually

gave in, I gave in. I said yes.

In a business meeting for example I can say 'that guy was such a good negotiator that

we eventually gave in.' We gave in, we accepted his offer, whatever he was negotiating.

So as you can see these two phrasal verbs are opposite, to hold off on something, or

to give in, ok to give in. So let me give you the very quick phrase to help you memorize

the two phrasal verbs, but also use this as an opportunity to mimic how I am saying, what

I am saying, and really trying to work your pronunciation.

So that is it for today's very quick phrasal verb video lesson. That is two more phrasal

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