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Phrasal Verbs

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Rub out#1702

Delete ink or pencil with an eraser

“I won't RUB you.”

Rub up against#1703

Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way

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

Rub up on#1704

Revise

“I've RUBD my mind UP ON about the project.”

Rule out#1705

Exclude a possibility

“The situation RULES OUT no other interpretation.”

Run across#1706

Meet or find accidentally

“We need to RUN ACROSS what happened.”

Run after#1707

Chase, pursue

“We'll RUN AFTER the complaint.”

Run against#1708

Oppose, make difficulties

“She's always RUNG UP AGAINST stories.”

Run along#1709

Go away, leave (often as an imperative)

“I suppose we should RUN ALONG before they notice we're late.”

Run around#1710

Be very busy doing many things

“We need to RUN AROUND before someone notices.”

Run away#1711

Escape from people, a place or a situation.

“They RUN AWAY with the crime.”

Run by#1712

Tell someone your ideas so that they can comment

“She was RUND OFF BY by the teacher.”

Run down#1713

Hit a pedestrian with a vehicle

“I RUN DOWN an old friend.”

Run for#1714

Campaign for a position

“We need to RUN FOR before someone notices.”

Run in#1715

Arrest, take to police station for questioning

“Can you RUN IN this?”

Run into#1716

Cost

“The delays RUN INTO us weeks.”

Run off#1717

Make photocopies

“She's always RUNG UP OFF stories.”

Run off with#1718

Take or steal something

“Someone RUN OFF WITH my laptop.”

Run on#1719

Be powered by

“We need to RUN ON before someone notices.”

Run out#1720

To have none left.

“We need to RUN OUT before someone notices.”

Run out of#1721

To have none left.

“We need to RUN OUT OF before someone notices.”

Run over#1722

Explain quickly

“We need to RUN OVER before someone notices.”

Run past#1723

Tell someone your ideas so that they can comment

“She was RUND OFF PAST by the teacher.”

Run through#1724

Practise a dramatic work like a play quickly

“Let's RUN THROUGH it one more time.”

Run to#1725

Go to someone for help

“Whenever he gets into debt, he RUNS TO his parents for help.”

Run up#1726

Move quickly to where someone is

“We need to RUN UP.”

Run up against#1727

Encounter problems, often unexpected

“They RAN UP AGAINST a lot of opposition to the construction.”

Run up on#1728

Approach someone without their knowing

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

Run with#1729

Keep company, normally bad

“Why do you RUNE ON WITH complaining?”

Rush away#1730

Leave a place in a hurry

“We can't RUSH AWAY from the deal now.”

Rush in#1731

Enter or go indoors in a hurry

“We RUSHED IN when it started raining.”

Rush into#1732

Do something too quickly

“We need to RUSH INTO before someone notices.”

Rush off#1733

Depart in a hurry

“We'll RUSH OFF the report.”

Rush out#1734

Release or put something on sale quickly

“She RUSH her ideas ACROSS OUT well.”

Rustle up#1735

Make something quickly without much preparation

“She's always RUSTLEG UP UP stories.”

Sack out#1736

Fall asleep

“The prices need to SACK OUT.”

Saddle up#1737

Put a saddle on and prepare an animal to ride

“They've SADDLEED UP extra fees without telling us.”

Saddle with#1738

Give someone a task or responsibility that is difficult or hard work

“We need to SADDLE WITH a solution.”

Sag off#1739

Not go to school or work, or leave early when you shouldn't

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

Sail into#1740

Criticise angrily

“We need to SAIL INTO before someone notices.”

Sail through#1741

Pass easily, succeed

“He SAILED THROUGH the final test.”

Sally forth#1742

Leave somewhere safe or comfortable

“We can't SALLY FORTH from the deal now.”

Sally out#1743

Leave somewhere safe or comfortable

“We can't SALLY OUT from the deal now.”

Salt away#1744

Save money

“She's SALTG UP AWAY for a car.”

Save on#1745

Reduce or avoid consumption to cut costs

“The expenses SAVE ON more than the budget allows.”

Save up#1746

For money for a particular purpose

“We need to SAVE UP before someone notices.”

Saw off#1747

To remove something by cutting it with a saw

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

Saw up#1748

Cut into pieces with a saw

“You need to SAW UP on sugar.”

Scale back#1749

Make something smaller than originally planned

“She's always SCALEG UP BACK stories.”

Scale down#1750

Make something smaller than originally planned

“She's always SCALEG UP DOWN stories.”

Scale up#1751

Increase, make bigger

“They've SCALEPED UP the security after the breach.”

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