1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context D d (3/4)

do up

We’ve decided to do up our apartment. We’ll paint it, redecorate it and

buy some new furniture.

do up sth

do sth up

We buy old houses, do

them up, and then sell

them for a profit.

✍  see also:^ fix up^

do with
What did you do with the magazines I put here yesterday? You haven’t
thrown them out, have you?

do with sth/sb

What will you do with all
that free time after you’ve
retired?

✍ ^

do without
We’ll have to do without the air-conditioning while they fix it. It’s going
to be really hot!

do without sth/sb

She can’t do without her
coffee in the morning. It
gets her going.

✍  see also: go without

doze off
Jose dozed off during our boss’s speech and started to snore. It was
really funny!

doze off

I didn’t sleep very well
last night, so I dozed off at
my desk today.

✍  see also: nod off

drag on
His speech seemed to drag on for hours. He nearly put everyone to
sleep!

drag on

drag on for sth

The meeting was very
slow and boring. It
dragged on for ages.

✍ ^ see also:^ go on^

draw on /
upon

We always like to employ a few older people who have lots of

experience to draw on when doing their work.

draw on sth

draw upon sth

She never gets tired. She
must have a huge supply
of energy to draw upon.

✍ ^

draw up
We need our lawyer to draw up a new contract for employees before we
hire any new staff.

draw up sth

draw sth up

After drawing up the new
guidelines, he passed
them on to the manager.

✍ ^ see also:^ write up^

dream of
When he was young, he dreamed of being a famous football player. dream of sth^
dream of doing sth

Bob dreamed of becoming
a rich and successful
businessman.

✍ 

dream up
It must take a brilliant imagination to dream up something as detailed
and rich as the world of Lord of the Rings.

dream up sth

dream sth up

Do you know which
culture first dreamed the
idea of democracy up?

✍  see also: come up with,

think up

drive out

During the war, people were driven out of their homes by invading

soldiers and forced to live in refugee camps.

drive out sb

drive sb out

Why did police drive the

beggars out of the park

and onto the streets?

✍ ^