Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal Verbs :
Many English verbs occur with one or more prepositions or adverbs where the meaning is not really apparent from the different elements. Here is a list of many of these combinations for the verbs. We have omitted most of the forms considered slang.
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Phrasal Verbs : R
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Read out : read aloud
The teacher read out the names at the beginning of class. -
Read up : learn or study by reading
I’ll have to read up on my history for the exam. -
Read out of : be expelled from
He was read out of the party organization. -
Ride out : survive
They rode out the latest dip in the stock market. -
Ring up : record a sale
I can ring those items up at this register. -
Ring up : extend out a series
They rang up ten victories without a loss. -
Rip into : criticize
She certainly ripped into him for that performance. -
Rip off : steal from, defraud
Several customers felt they had been ripped off at the sale. -
Rise above : be superior to
You must rise above these petty squabbles. -
Run across : find by chance
They simply ran across each other at the shopping mall. -
Run after : seek attention
Stop running after her and maybe she'll pay you more attention. -
Run against : encounter
He kept running against new obstacles. -
Run against : oppose
He ran against the incumbent senator. -
Run along : leave
Run along now, children. -
Run away : flee
The prisoners tried to run away. -
Run down : stop because of lack of power
The tractor simply ran down. -
Run down : tire
He was very run down after the basketball season. -
Run down : collide with
They ran down that poor little dog. -
Run down : chase and capture
They ran him down in Philadelphia. -
Run down : review
Let’s run down the list of our options. -
Run in : take into legal custody
He was run in by the two officers. -
Run into : meet by chance
I ran into my wife at the post office. -
Run into : amount to
This could run into millions of dollars. -
Run off : print, duplicate
He ran off a hundred copies. -
Run off : escape
He ran off with all their money. -
Run off : flow or drain away
The water ran off the roof. -
Run off : decide a contest
They are running off the tie vote today. -
Run on : continue to talk
How he runs on when he gets to the podium. -
Run out : deplete
I never want to run out of money. -
Run over : knock down
Who ran over the dog? -
Run over : review quickly
I ran over my notes before the speech. -
Run over : overflow
My cup runneth over. -
Run over : exceed the limit
I don’t want any of you to run over budget this month. -
Run through : pierce
He ran the knife through the butter. -
Run through : use up quickly
We have run through all our copy paper. -
Run through : rehearse
Let’s run through the play one more time. -
Run through : go over main points
Let's run through the first two points. -
Run up : make larger
He ran up a huge bar bill. -
Run with : adopt an idea
Let’s run with this idea for the time being.
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