1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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eat in
I don’t feel like going out to a restaurant. Let’s stay home and eat in
tonight.

eat in

If you eat in a lot, make
sure you don’t just heat
up frozen meals.

✍ ^

eat into
Inflation is eating into my savings. Every year prices rise and I can buy
less with the money I’ve put away for the future.

eat into sth

The strengthening
currency is eating into our
export profits.

✍ ^

eat out

Let’s eat out tonight. We haven’t been to a restaurant for ages. eat out^

Eating out is expensive, so

it’s good to know how to

cook at home.

✍ 

eat up
How can I get my son to eat up all his vegetables? He says he hates
them and leaves most of them on his plate.

eat up sth

eat sth up

Profits are being eaten up
by the rising costs of
running a business.

✍ 

egg on
Peter doesn’t usually drink too much, but people in the bar were
cheering him and egging him on and before long he was really drunk.

egg sb on

He wouldn’t have stolen
the car if his friends
hadn’t egged him on.

✍ ^

embark on /
upon

After quitting her job as a nurse, Salama embarked upon a new career

as a travelling fashion photographer.

embark upon sth

embark on sth

The government has
embarked on a campaign
to promote healthy food.

✍  see also:^ launch into^

end up
If you hadn’t studied hard and got good qualifications, you might have
ended up in a boring, low-paying job.

end up

end up doing sth

If we keep improving our
market share, we’ll end
up leading the sector.

✍  see also: finish up, wind

up

end with
After a great concert and lots of dancing, the New Year’s Eve
celebrations ended with a fantastic display of fireworks.

end with sth

end sth with sth

She ended her talk with a
summary of the main
points she’d made.

✍  see also:^ culminate in^

engage in
(formal)

The power company is engaged in a dispute with local people over the

construction of a dam that would destroy many villages.

engage in sth

(be) engaged in sth

Most of our students are
engaged in social and
sporting activities.

✍  see also:^ involve in^

enter into
The government has entered into an agreement to help companies cover
the cost of reducing pollution by lowering their taxes.

enter into sth

We are entering into
discussions with several
potential investors.

✍ ^