1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context F f (2/5)

fall over
My little boy was running along when he tripped and fell over and hurt
his knee.

fall over

fall over sth

Falling over in the
bathroom can result in
serious head injuries.

✍ ^

fall through
Our plans for a trip to China fell through when my wife got sick and we
had to stay home.

fall through

The company’s plans to
expand fell through due
to lack of finance.

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feel for
She stays out late and comes home drunk. Her neighbours feel for her
children, but they don’t know what they can do for them.

feel for sb

People who feel for poor
kids can join a scheme to
sponsor a child overseas.

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fend off

A gang of young men attacked Rajiv in the street. He tried to fend them

off, but there were too many of them and he was badly beaten.

fend off sth/sb

fend sth/sb off

It’s not easy to fend a big

dog off if it’s trying to

attack you and bite you.

✍  see also: fight off, ward

off

fight back
Johnny just stands there when other kids tease him. He won’t defend
himself or fight back in any way.

fight back
fight back against
sth/sb
Local shoe manufacturers
will have to fight back
against cheap imports.

✍  see also:^ hit back^

fight off
You have to fight off those negative thoughts or you’ll start believing
them and thinking you can’t succeed. And you can!

fight off sth/sb

fight sth/sb off

Local producers are
fighting off competition
from foreign companies.

✍  see also:^ fend off, ward

off, stand up to

figure on
He hadn’t figured on economic problems causing his business to fail, so
now that they have he doesn’t know what to do.

figure on sth

figure on doing sth

How do they figure on
competing with cheap,
imported products?

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figure out
Read the two example sentences and try to figure out what the phrasal
verb means.

figure out sth

figure sth out

We need to figure out a
way to increase our
market share.

✍  see also: work out

figure out
Even though I’ve known her for a couple of years, I still haven’t figured
Kathy out. I never know what she’s really thinking.

figure sb out

Good managers can figure
people out and deal with
them effectively.

✍ ^ see also:^ work out^

fill in
In the next exercise, you’ll have to fill in the blanks with the correct
form of the verb.

fill in sth
fill sth in
fill sth in with sth
Each new employee has to
fill this form in with their
personal details.

✍ ^