1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context S s (2/13)

see through
We’d agreed to do the job, so we had to see it through no matter how
difficult it became.

see sth through

Once we’re committed to
something, we see it
through no matter what.

✍ ^ see also:^ see out^

see through
Bill said he’d stopped drinking alcohol, but Joe saw through him right
away and knew he hadn’t really stopped.

see through sb/sth

Addicts beg doctors for
pain drugs, but those who
see through the act refuse.

✍ ^

see through
Don’t worry about money. We’ll give you enough to see you through
until you get a new job.

see sb through

.Head office says they’ll
send enough funds to see
us through this month.

✍ ^

see to
The organising committee asked Gerard to make an advertisement for
the next seminar and he said he’d see to it right away.

see to sth

get/have sth seen to

That’s a nasty cut. You’d
better go to the hospital
and have it seen to.

✍  see also: attend to

seek out

When her husband was diagnosed with cancer, she decided to seek out

the world’s top cancer specialists to treat him.

seek out sth/sb

seek sth/sb out

We were advised to seek

out the most experienced

lawyers we could find.

✍  see also: look for

sell off
The company had to sell off some of its assets in order to pay off its
debts.

sell off sth

sell sth off

The company’s owner
sold his own assets off to
pay his company’s debts.

✍ 

sell out
The nearest shop had sold out of bread, so she had to go to another one
further away to get some.

sell out

sell out of sth

If our retailers are selling
out of stock, they need
more frequent deliveries.

✍  see also:^ run out^

send back
The book I ordered arrived in the mail, but it wasn’t in good condition
so I sent it back and now I’m waiting for the replacement.

send sth back

send back sth

Too many orders are sent
back damaged, so we’ll
strengthen our packaging.

✍ ^

send for
If someone gets hurt in the factory, send for an ambulance and a doctor
straight away. You don’t need permission from anyone first.

send for sth/sb

Tell the job applicants to
wait in reception until
someone sends for them.

✍ 

send off
If you send off your application forms by registered mail today, they
should get to the universities in two or three days.

send off sth

send sth off

Make sure you send the
orders off by Friday at the
latest.

✍  see also: mail out