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Phrasal Verbs

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Fold up#752

Make a sheet of paper smaller

“She's always FOLDG UP UP stories.”

Follow on#753

Leave to meet someone after they have left the place you're at

“We can't FOLLOW ON from the deal now.”

Follow on from#754

Be the part of something

“We need to FOLLOW ON FROM before someone notices.”

Follow through#755

Do what is necessary to complete something or make it successful

“Please FOLLOW THROUGH the form.”

Follow up#756

Do something to check or improve an earlier action

“We'll FOLLOW UP the matter.”

Fool about#757

Not be serious

“We need to FOOL ABOUT before someone notices.”

Fool around#758

Not be serious

“We need to FOOL AROUND before someone notices.”

Fool with#759

Play with something dangerous

“They had to FOOL staff.”

Forge ahead#760

Make a lot of progress in a short time

“She's always FORGEG UP AHEAD stories.”

Fork out#761

Spend money, often when forced to

“We need to FORK OUT before someone notices.”

Fork over#762

Give something to someone when told to do so

“We need to FORK OVER before someone notices.”

Freak out#763

Become very disturbed or angry

“I suppose we should FREAK OUT before they notice we're late.”

Free up#764

Make money or time available by not using it elsewhere

“She's always FREEG UP UP stories.”

Freeze out#765

Shut out or exclude by unfriendly treatment

“The shop FREEZED OUT last year.”

Freeze over#766

Become covered with ice (lake, river, pond, etc)

“I suppose we should FREEZE OVER before they notice we're late.”

Freeze up#767

Be blocked with ice

“We need to FREEZE UP before someone notices.”

Freshen up#768

Wash quickly and improve appearance

“I'm going to the bathroom to FRESHEN UP before they arrive.”

Frighten away#769

Scare someone so much that they go away

“I suppose we should FRIGHTEN AWAY before they notice we're late.”

Frighten off#770

Scare someone so much that they go away

“I suppose we should FRIGHTEN OFF before they notice we're late.”

Fritter away#771

Waste time, money or chances

“Don't FRITTER AWAY the opportunity.”

Front for#772

Represent someone, especially when covering illegal or wrongful activities

“I won't FRONT FOR this behaviour.”

Front off#773

Confront someone and let them know you are prepared to fight

“We need to FRONT OFF a contract.”

Front onto#774

Face (of a building)

“How's she FRONTING ONTO after the news?”

Front out#775

Face up to someone, withstand criticism

“How's she FRONTING OUT after the news?”

Front up#776

Appear somewhere for a short time

“He didn't FRONT UP.”

Frown on#777

Disapprove

“We need to FROWN ON before someone notices.”

Fuel up#778

Put petrol or other fuel into a vehicle

“She FUEL her ideas ACROSS UP well.”

Gad about#779

Visit a lot of different places for pleasure

“We need to GAD ABOUT before someone notices.”

Gad around#780

Visit different places for pleasure

“We need to GAD AROUND before someone notices.”

Gag for#781

Want something a lot

“I'm GAGGING FOR a drink.”

Gang up#782

Form a group against something or someone

“We need to GANG UP before someone notices.”

Gang up against#783

Harass, bully (in a group)

“We need to GANG UP AGAINST before someone notices.”

Gang up on#784

Harass, bully

“We need to GANG UP ON before someone notices.”

Gear to#785

Organise or arrange something for a particular purpose, audience, etc. (Often passive)

“The tradition is GEARING OUT TO.”

Gear towards#786

Organise or arrange something for a particular purpose, audience, etc

“The tradition is GEARING OUT TOWARDS.”

Gear up#787

Get ready for a busy period

“We need to GEAR UP before someone notices.”

Gee up#788

Used to encourage a horse, and sometimes people, to go faster

“I suppose we should GEE UP before they notice we're late.”

Geek out#789

Talk at length about computing

“Henry always GEEKS OUT at parties and bores all the people who don't know much about computers.”

Get about#790

Visit many places

“We need to GET ABOUT before someone notices.”

Get above#791

Behave as if you are better or more important than others

“My computer's GETTING ABOVE; I think I might have a virus.”

Get across#792

Communicate successfully

“I just couldn't GET my message ACROSS at the meeting.”

Get across to#793

Be convincing or make a good impression

“I suppose we should GET ACROSS TO before they notice we're late.”

Get after#794

Nag or exhort someone

“We need to GET AFTER before someone notices.”

Get ahead#795

Progress

“We need to GET AHEAD.”

Get ahead of#796

Move in front of

“I suppose we should GET AHEAD OF before they notice we're late.”

Get along#797

Have a good relationship

“Why don't you two GET ALONG?”

Get along in#798

Progress

“We need to GET ALONG IN.”

Get along with#799

Have a good relationship with someone

“We need to GET ALONG WITH before someone notices.”

Get around#800

Become known

“You should GET AROUND to your mistake.”

Get around to#801

Finally manage to do something, make the effort to do something

“How do you GET AROUND TO on so little?”

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