1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context S s (12/13)

stick out
When I was in Nigeria, I really stuck out. Nearly everywhere I went I
was the only white person around.

stick out

The bright packaging will
make it stick out on the
supermarket shelf.

✍  see also:^ stand out^

stick to
If a diet’s working well and you’re losing weight, you can stick to it. But
if it’s also making you feel unwell, you should stop it and see a doctor.

stick to sth

You have to stick to the
marketing budget, so
spend the money wisely.

✍  see also:^ keep to, stick

with (inf)

stick with
(informal)

The team won last week, so they’re going to stick with the same players

for this week’s game.

stick with sth/sb

Most people have trouble
sticking with exercise
programs and soon quit.

✍  see also:^ keep to, stick to^

stir up
The government said a few troublemakers stirred the crowd of
protesters up and made them attack the police.

stir sth up

stir up sth

Logging in the forest near
their village stirred up
anger in the local people.

✍  see also:^ whip up^

stock up

Before the hurricane came, people went shopping to stock up on food in

case they couldn’t leave their homes for a few days.

stock up

stock up on sth

The price of paper’s going

up soon, so let’s stock up

while it’s still cheap.

✍ ^

stop by
We’re driving up to Washington, and on the way we’ll stop by my
aunt’s house in Baltimore.

stop by

stop by sth

He often stops by a cake
shop on his way home to
get treats for his kids.

✍  see also: call on, drop by

(inf), stop off (at)

stop off
We’re driving down to London, and on the way we’ll stop off at my
friend’s house in Cambridge.

stop off

stop off at sth

I’ll stop off at the library
on the way to work and
drop the books off.

✍  see also:^ call on, drop by

(inf), stop by

stop over
We’re going to China, and we’ll be stopping over in Hawaii for a couple
of days on the way.

stop over

I’d love to stop over in
Paris for a day but I won’t
have enough time.

✍  see also:^ stop off^

storm out
The safety officer got angry when his request for better equipment was
turned down, and he stormed out of the meeting.

storm out

storm out of sth

She was so angry that she
slammed the door as she
stormed out of the room.

✍ ^

straighten
out

There’s been a misunderstanding with one of our customers, so we’ll

have a meeting with them to straighten everything out.

straighten sth out

straighten out sth

There’s something I need
to straighten out before I
sign the contract.

✍  see also:^ clear up, iron

out, sort out