1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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lie down

The doctor told him to take off his shoes and lie down on the couch. lie down^

lie down on sth

We need somewhere for

our staff to lie down and

relax when they need to.

✍ ^

lift up
Can you help me with the fridge? I have to put it in the back of the
truck, but it’s too heavy for me to lift up by myself.

lift up
lift up sth
lift sth up
As I lifted up the rock, a
huge spider ran up my
arm and inside my shirt.

✍  see also:^ pick up^

light up
They let the fireworks off and they lit up the night sky.
light up
light up sth
light sth up
Staff who smoke can’t
light up in the office, so
they use the balcony.

✍ 

lighten up
She’s so serious all the time. I wish she’d lighten up and take it easy
sometimes.

lighten up

lighten sth up

Our boss knows how to
lighten things up when
we’re all getting stressed.

✍ 

line up
People line up at the post office to have their parcels weighed and to
buy their stamps.

line up

People used to line up,
but now they take a
number and sit and wait.

✍  see also:^ queue up^

listen in
The receptionist at Maria’s company used to listen in on everyone’s
private phone calls.

listen in

listen in on sth

Do you think the police
should be able to listen in
on our phone calls?

✍ ^

live down
Mike will never live down the fact that he forgot his boss’s name when
he was introducing him for a speech. People still laugh about it.

live down sth

live sth down

Bill came to work drunk
and we still joke about it.
He’ll never live it down.

✍ 

live off
Many people dream of retiring early and living off their investments. live off sth^

My wife and I plan to
retire when we’re 60 and
live off our savings.

✍  see also: live on

live on
Many people in Australia work until they’re 65, and then retire and live
on a government pension.

live on sth

Workers in poor countries
get paid very little. Often,
it’s just enough to live on.

✍  see also: get by (on)

live on
When we were lost, we had to live on whatever food we could find in
the jungle.

live on sth

If teenagers ate whatever
they wanted to, they’d
live on pizzas and fries.

✍ ^