1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
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chase up
She spends a lot of time contacting shipping companies to chase up
deliveries that haven’t reached customers on time.
chase up sth/sb
chase sth/sb upOne of the most boring
parts of her job is chasing
up late payments.
✍ ^ see also:^ check on,^ track
downchat up
(informal)
Marco is trying to find a new girlfriend, so he goes out to bars and tries
to chat up single women.chat up sb
chat sb upMarcel is very good at
chatting girls up. He
makes them laugh.
✍ ^cheat out of
Never answer emails which promise you lots of money. They are sent
by criminals who will cheat you out of your money if you let them.
cheat sb out of sthA man who cheated many
people out of their life
savings has been caught.
✍ see also: rip off (inf)check in
After you check in to the hotel, the porter will take your bags up to your
room.
check inGet to the airport and
check in at least an hour
before your flight departs.
✍ :check into
My grandmother had to check into the hospital after she broke her leg. check into sth^
He had a drug problem so
he checked into a drug
rehabilitation centre.
✍ ^check on
I’d better go and check on the baby to make sure she’s all right. I’ll be
back in a minute.
check on sb/sthThe teacher went around
the class to check on her
students’ work.
✍ ^ see also:^ look in on (only
used for people or animals)check out
Don’t forget to give back the room key when you check out of the hotel. check out^
check out of sth
I’ll need my insurance
details when I check out
of the hospital.
✍ ^check out
(informal)
Let’s check out that new website Jim found. It sounds really interesting. check out sth/sb^
check sth/sb outThe girls like to hang out
at the mall to check out all
the cute boys.
✍ see also: look atcheck over
He checked the car over and didn’t find any serious problems, so he
bought it.
check over sth
check sth overI check over the accounts
every month to make sure
they’re correct.
✍ see also: go over, look
overcheck
through
After I got off the plane, a customs officer checked through my bags. I
think he was looking for drugs.check through sthShe checked through all
her records, but couldn’t
find his contact details.
✍ see also:^ go through,^ look
through