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 : W
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Wait on : attend to
She waited on him day and night. -
Wait out : endure
We will have to wait out the storm in a hotel. -
Wait up : postpone sleep
Daddy still waits up for his daughters even though they are grown up. -
Wait upon : attend to
She waited upon him day and night. -
Walk out : go on strike
The workers walked out at midnight without a contract. -
Walk out : leave suddenly
He just got up and walked out. -
Walk over : gain easy victory
They walked all over their opponents. -
Walk over : treat poorly
They walk all over the staff. -
Walk through : perform
They walked through their lines for the last time. -
Watch out : be careful
Watch out, it’s very slippery. -
Watch over : be in charge of
I was told to watch over him until the doctor came. -
Watch it : be careful
I’m telling you, you’d better watch it, or they'll be trouble. -
Wear down : exhaust by continuous pressure
They finally wore him down by constant interrogation. -
Wear off : diminish gradually
The paint has worn off the siding. -
Wear out : become unusable
These jeans will never wear out. -
Win out : prevail
He finally won out over his competitors. -
Win over : persuade
He won them over with his charm. -
Wind down : relax
After work they wound down for an hour in the hot tub. -
Wind up : end
They wound up the party at midnight. -
Work in : insert
They worked in an hour of relaxation. -
Work off : rid by effort
She worked off ten pounds at the gym. -
Work out : accomplish
That worked out well. -
Work out : develop
They worked out a satisfactory arrangement for them both. -
Work out : engage in strenuous activity
She works out every afternoon for two hours. -
Work over : repeat, revise
They are working over their papers for submission on Monday. -
Work up : get excited
She got all worked up over her grade. -
Work up : increase ability or capacity
She worked her way up to ten pages an hour. -
Wrap up : complete
Let's wrap up the meeting and go home. -
Wrap up : summarize
Can you wrap up the presentation with your main points. -
Wrap up : intensely involved
She’s all wrapped up in her schoolwork. -
Write down : record
She wrote down the assignment. -
Write in : insert
She wrote in a new opening scene for the main actress. -
Write in : submit name of candidate not on the ballot
They wrote her in for the post of treasurer. -
Write in : write to organization
They wrote in to the maker of the toy with their complaint. -
Write off : dismiss
They wrote her off even before the tryouts. -
Write out : write in full
She had to write out the complete sentence. -
Write up : report
She wrote up the minutes of the meeting.
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