1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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yearn for
(formal)

Our grandma is still getting over the loss of our grandpa. She still

yearns for the sound of his voice and the touch of his hand.

yearn for sth

After a month in Cuba, he
yearned for the taste of a
Big Mac and fries.

✍ ^ see also:^ long for^

yell out
It was very noisy in the stadium. Fans were yelling out as loud as they
could to cheer on their team.

yell out
yell out sth
yell sth out
Most teachers don’t like
their students yelling out
and being noisy in class.

✍  see also:^ call out, cry out^

zero in on
The police watched many mafia members, and then zeroed in on the
godfather’s home, raided it, and arrested him.

zero in on sth/sb

After searching for him
for months, police zeroed
in on a town in Sicily.

✍  see also: close in (on),

focus on

zip around
Our messenger zips around on his scooter, picking up and dropping off
packages and documents.

zip around

He says zipping around
on a bicycle is faster than
using a motorbike.

✍ ^

zip up
Make sure you haven’t forgotten to zip up your fly before you go on
stage to give your speech.

zip up sth

zip sth up

She asked me to help her
out by zipping her dress
up.

✍  see also:^ do up^

zoom in

Before taking the picture, the photographer zoomed in so he could get a

good shot of the girl’s face.

zoom in

zoom in on sth/sb

After zooming in on her

face and checking the

focus, he took the photo.

✍ ^

zoom out
Before taking the next picture, the photographer zoomed out so he
could get the girl’s whole family in the photograph.

zoom out

If the text on your monitor
is too big, zoom out and it
will get smaller.

✍ 