1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
451000 Phrasal Verbs in Context F f (3/5)
fill in
Could you fill me in on the details before the meeting starts? I haven’t
had time to read the report.
fill sb in
fill sb in on sthI’ll fill everyone in on the
results of the survey at
tomorrow’s meeting.
✍ ^fill in
We had a substitute teacher today. She’ll be filling in for Mr. Shan until
he gets better.
fill in
fill in for sbBill can’t chair today’s
meeting, so Sue’s filling in
for him.
✍ see also:^ sit in for, stand
infill out
Before the job interview begins you’ll have to fill out your application
form, so make sure you take a pen.fill out sth
fill sth out
fill sth out with sth
Could you fill these order
forms out before the end
of the day, please?✍ see also: fill infill up
If you pour a glass of beer for someone, make sure you fill it up to the
top.
fill sth up
fill up sthDon’t forget to fill up the
car with petrol before you
leave. It’s a very long trip.
✍ find out
Sue’s having trouble sleeping because she’s worried that her boss will
find out about her mistake and sack her.
find out sth
find sth out
find out about sth
Could you find out how
long it takes to send a
shipment to Japan?
✍ ^finish off
There’s just one piece of apple pie left. Who’d like to finish it off? finish off sth^
finish sth off
The report isn’t ready yet,
but I should be able to
finish it off tomorrow.
✍ see also:^ polish off (inf,
used mostly for food)finish up
After working her way around South America, Sue finished up in
Mexico City working as an English teacher.
finish up
finish up doing sthWe finished up working
half the night in order to
get the job done on time.
✍ see also:^ end up, wind up^finish with
Have you nearly finished with the printer, or do you have more to do? finish with sth^
(be) finished with sth
Put the projector back in
the storeroom when
you’ve finished with it.
✍ fire up
The coach fired up his players with his half-time talk, and they came out
and played much better in the second half.
fire sb up
(be) fired upOur sales manager is good
at motivating sales staff.
She really fires them up.
✍ fit in
My son’s having problems fitting in with other kids at his new school.
He says they aren’t very friendly towards him.
fit in
fit in with sth/sbWe need new staff who
can easily fit in with our
marketing team.
✍ see also:^ get on, get along^