1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context PQ pq (7/10)

pull over
No need to drive me all the way home. If you pull over here, I’ll jump
out and catch a bus.

pull over

The taxi pulled over to
pick up a couple of
passengers.

✍  see also:^ pull in, pull up^

pull
through

We were very worried about his illness. He nearly died, but thankfully

he pulled through and he’s as healthy as ever again now.

pull through

It’ll be a difficult time for
our company, but I’m sure
we’ll pull through.

✍ ^

pull
together

We’ll all have to pull together and work as a team to get the job done on

time.

pull together

The staff pulled together
and helped the company
get through the crisis.

✍  see also:^ pitch in^

pull up
We waved down a taxis and it pulled up and we all got in. pull up^

The car pulled up outside
the theatre and Tom and
Kate stepped out.

✍  see also: pull over

pull up
I spent an hour in the garden this afternoon pulling up weeds and other
plants we don’t want growing there.

pull up sth

pull sth up

His boss got angry and
told him to ‘pull his socks
up’ and work harder.

✍ ^

push
around (inf)

My son wants to learn boxing so that bullies at his school won’t be able

to push him around so easily.

push around sb

push sb around

He pushed his little
brothers around until they
started fighting back.

✍  see also:^ rough up (inf)^

push
through

The president tried to push his war budget through quickly, but many

representatives wanted it debated and voted on properly.

push through sth
push sth through
push sth through sth
The government will try
to push through the new
foreign business laws.

✍  see also:^ bring in^

put across
His written English is excellent, but sometimes he finds it difficult to put
his views across in a conversation.

put across sth

put sth across

Their ideas are great, but
they have to learn how to
put them across better.

✍  see also:^ get across^

put aside
When people in Buddhist countries cook food, they often put some
aside and offer it to monks when they come by in the morning.

put aside sth

put sth aside

We’ll put this proposal
aside for now, but we’ll
look at it next month.

✍  see also:^ set aside, put

away

put away
He inherited some money when his grandfather died, and spent about
half of it and put the rest away for the future.

put away sth

put sth away

His aunt gave him some
money she’d put away in
case he needed it to study.

✍  see also:^ lay aside, put

aside, set aside