1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
631000 Phrasal Verbs in Context H h (3/4)
heat up
There’s some food on the stove. All you have to do is heat it up and eat
it.heat sth up
heat up sthThere’s a big market for
pre-cooked meals that just
need heating up.✍ see also:^ warm up^help out
Would you like to help out by addressing the envelopes for the
wedding invitations?
help out
help out sb
help sb out
We need someone to help
Juan out with the
accounts.
✍ ^hide away
Famous people get sick of media attention and often try to hide away in
places where no-one can find them.
hide away
hide sth awayThe bank robbers hid the
money away so that no-
one would ever find it.
✍ hit back
Our competitors had more sales than us last month, but we’re going to
hit back next month with a new advertising campaign.
hit back
hit back at sb/sth
hit sb back
Our team was losing early
on, but we hit back in the
second half and won.
✍ see also: fight backhit on /
upon
We were talking about ways to boost brand awareness when Sayoko hit
on the idea of sponsoring a football team.hit on sth
hit upon sthWhoever hit upon the
idea of rebranding our
products is a genius.
✍ see also:^ come up with,
think uphold back
Ben told Karen she’d lost her job, and she couldn’t hold back the tears.
She tried to hide it, but Ben could see she was crying.
hold back sth/sb
hold sth/sb backLeila thinks this job is
holding back her career,
so she’s going to quit.
✍ see also:^ keep back^hold down
Could you hold the dog down while I give him some medicine? hold sth down^
hold down sth
The government wants to
hold down inflation as
they’re facing elections.
✍ see also:^ keep down^hold off
We should hold off the advertising campaign until next month, as
consumer spending will be down this month.
hold off sth
hold sth off
hold off doing sth
Yahoo held off their
expansion plans, delaying
them for a year or so.
✍ see also: put back, put offhold on
Hold on for a moment and I’ll put you through to Mr Madison as soon
as he’s free.
hold onWe can’t hold on much
longer. If we don’t get the
deal soon, we’ll give up.
✍ see also: hang onhold on
Hold on to something if you’re standing in a train. If it stops suddenly
and you aren’t holding on, you could fall over and get hurt.hold on
hold on to sth/sbA leading company needs
to work hard to hold on to
its market share.✍ see also:^ hang on^