1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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mixed up in
Dave got mixed up in the drugs trade and got caught selling cocaine.
He’ll be spending the next ten years locked up in prison.

(be/get) mixed up in
sth or with sb (only
used for sth/sb bad)
Referees got mixed up
with criminals and were
paid to fix some matches.

✍ ^

move in
After his divorce, my brother will move in and stay in our spare
bedroom until he sorts things out and finds somewhere to live.

move in

move in with sb

My daughter’s moving in
with her new boyfriend.
They only met last week!

✍ ^

move into
They’d like to move into new areas of business, and they’re looking at
music publishing and concert promotion.

move into

move into sth

The new office building
they’re moving into next
month is on Bourke St.

✍  see also: go into

move on
She’s been in her job for nearly ten years and she thinks it’s time to
move on and do something new.

move on

move on to sth

This topic’s been covered
so let’s move on to the
next item on the agenda.

✍  see also:^ go on^

move out
My son is thinking of moving out of home and getting a room near the
university.

move out

move out of sth

As soon as the new offices
are ready, we’ll move out
of the old ones.

✍ ^

move over
When Ken came into the room, we moved over to make room for him
and he sat down on the sofa next to us.

move over

Cars moved over to let the
ambulance pass and get to
a hospital quickly.

✍ ^

muddle
through

Our chairman was sick, so I had to chair the meeting myself. I’d never

done it before but I muddled through somehow and it wasn’t too bad.

muddle through

muddle through sth

I muddled through with
the accounts myself until
we hired an accountant.

✍ 