1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context K k (3/4)

kick off
(informal)

The game kicks off at 2 o’clock, and it should be over by around 4

o’clock.

kick off
kick sth off
kick off sth
They’ll kick the seminar
off with an opening
ceremony at 9 a.m.

✍  see also:^ start off^

kick out
(informal)

Robert was kicked out of the dance club for being drunk and starting

fights.

(be) kicked out of sth

kick sb out

If he causes any more
trouble, they’ll kick him
out of school for good.

✍ ^

kid around

His friends thought he was kidding around when he made choking

sounds, but when his face turned red they knew he was really choking.

kid around

kid around with sb

The boss came in and told

everyone to stop kidding

around and start working.

✍  see also: clown around,

mess around

kill off
European settlers killed off an Australian animal they called the
‘Tasmanian tiger’. The last one died in 1936.

kill off sth

kill sth off

We’ve already killed
many species off. How
many more will be lost?

✍  see also: wipe out

kneel down
Even though it hurt the old man’s knees, he knelt down on the floor in
front of the Dalai Lama to show his respect.

kneel down

I had to kneel down next
to him to give him mouth-
to-mouth resuscitation.

✍ ^

knock
about /
around (inf)

Sam and I used to knock about together when we were kids. We’d hang

around the beach or play pool or do whatever else we felt like doing.

knock about/around

knock about/around

with sb

My son’s knocking
around with some older
boys, and I worry about it.

✍  see also:^ hang out^

knock back
(informal)

After the coach’s contract expired, he knocked back his team’s offer to

extend it. After thanking them, he quit and moved to a new club.

knock back sth/sb

knock sth/sb back

Another company offered
her a bigger salary, but
she knocked them back.

✍  see also:^ turn down^

knock
down

Now that our products are made in China we don’t use our factory, so

we’re knocking it down and building some new offices instead.

knock down sth

knock sth down

After the fire damaged it,
the old theatre was
knocked down.

✍  see also:^ pull down, tear

down

knock off
(informal)

Most people in our office start work at 9 a.m. and knock off at 5 p.m.,

with an hour off for lunch.

knock off

Some of our staff want to
start work earlier and
knock off earlier.

✍ ^

knock out
The champion was knocked out in the sixth round. He soon came to,
but the referee stopped the fight, saying it’d be too risky to go on.

(be) knocked out
knock out sb
knock sb out
He slipped over in the
bathroom and knocked
himself out.

✍ ^