Student’s name and ID: 205190327
Date of submission: 27/03/2021
Phrasal verbs Meanings Examples
1. Bear out =
confirm to make an arrangement
or meeting certain, often
by phone or writing.
The other witnesses will
bear out what I say.
2. Bring in =
introduce to put something into use,
operation, or a place for
the first time.
They want to bring in a
bill to limit arms exports.
3. Gear up for
= prepare for to prepare for an activity
or event. Cycle organizations are
gearing up for National
Bike Week.
4. Pair up with
= team up
with
to join together
temporarily with another
person in order to do
something.
Sally decided to pair up
with Jason for the dance
contest.
5. Cut down =
reduce to become or to make
something become
smaller in size, amount,
degree, importance.
We need to cut the article
down to 1 000 words.
6. Look back
on =
remember
to be able to bring back a
piece of information into
your mind, or to keep a
piece of information in
your memory
She usually looks back on
her childhood.
7. Bring up =
raise to lift something to a
higher position He was brought up by his
aunt.
8. Hold on =
wait to allow time to go by,
especially while staying in
one place without doing
very much, until someone
comes, until something
that you are expecting
happens or until you can
do something
Hold on a minute while I
get my breath back.
9. Turn down
= refuse to say that you will not do
or accept something He has been turned down
for ten jobs so far.
10. Talk over
= discuss to talk about a subject
with someone and tell
each other your ideas or
opinions
They talked over the
proposal and decided to
give it their approval.
