1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context T t (5/8)

tell off

My swimming coach told me off whenever I got to training late. He’d

yell and say he’d kick me off the team if I ever came late again.

tell sb off

tell sb off for

doing/not doing sth

Our boss told us off for

not being creative enough

in our work.

✍ ^ see also:^ lay into (inf)^

think of
What did you think of the movie? Was it good, or not? think of sth/sb^

Find out what our TV
subscribers think of the
new programming ideas.

✍  see also:^ make of^

think over
Ted was offered a new job today. He says he’ll think it over carefully
before deciding whether to take it or not.

think sth over

think over sth

Take your time to think
things over before coming
to a decision.

✍  see also: reflect on, think

through

think
through

The judge told the members of the jury to think the case through

carefully before coming to a decision.

think sth through

think through sth

He didn’t think through
the consequences of his
action before doing it.

✍  see also:^ reflect on, think

over

think up
The boss wants me to go to a trade fair in China, but I don’t want to go.
I’ll have to think up a good excuse so I can get out of it.

think up sth

think sth up

We love the new
marketing plan. Who
thought it up?

✍  see also:^ come up with,^

cook up (inf), make up

throw away
/ out

Make sure you don’t throw away any newspapers while you’re cleaning

up. I’ll throw them out myself after I’ve read them.

throw away/out sth

throw sth away/out

Let’s throw out our old
furniture and buy some
new stuff.

✍  see also:^ dispose of^

throw in
(informal)

It’s always a good idea to throw something in for free to make it a better

deal for your customers.

throw in sth

throw sth in

A free set of kitchen
knives is thrown in with
every new subscription.

✍ ^

throw up
Jim drank too much and threw up in Jenny’s car while she was driving
him home. She made him clean up the mess himself.

throw up

throw up sth

I saw a doctor after I’d
thrown up my lunch. He
said I had food poisoning.

✍ ^

tidy up
Most of the time our house is messy, but if we’re expecting guests we
tidy up and it’s clean and neat for a day or two.

tidy up
tidy up sth/sb
tidy sth/sb up
Their mum told the boys
to tidy themselves up
before going shopping.

✍  see also:^ clean up^

tie up

My little girl has just learned how to tie up her shoelaces. She’s so proud

of herself that she’s showing everyone how she does it.

tie up sth

tie sth up

After negotiating for

several days, we finally

tied up the deal.

✍  see also: do up (for belts,

laces, buttons, etc.)