1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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pack away
Have you packed the golf clubs away or are they still in the back of the
car?

pack away sth

pack sth away

Pack the samples away
again after you’ve shown
them to your customer.

✍  see also:^ put away^

pack in
(informal)

After 40 years, The Rolling Stones are still hugely popular and can still

pack in the crowds and fill stadiums with fans.

pack in sth/sb

pack sth/sb in

pack sth/sb into sth

They pack as many people
as possible in the club to
maximise profits.

✍  see also: pull in

pack up

Jenny is going to pack up all her things and move back to her parent’s

house.

pack up sth

pack sth up

He has two days to pack

his stuff up and move out

of the apartment.

✍ ^

pan out
We’re not sure what effect the government’s economic stimulus will
have yet. We’ll just have to wait and see how things pan out.

pan out

After waiting 6 months to
see how the job panned
out, Joe decided to quit.

✍  see also:^ turn out, work

out

pass away
Our old professor passed away last night. He was a really great teacher
and many of his students will be at his funeral.

pass away

After my grandpa passed
away, my grandma went
to live with her sister.

✍  see also: pass on

pass by
I can post the parcel for you if you like. I pass by the post office on my
way to work, so it wouldn’t be any trouble for me.

pass by

pass by sth/sb

Can you drop this file into
Tara’s office whenever
you’re passing by?

✍  see also: go by

pass off as
The counterfeit banknotes were very good copies. They passed them off
as real banknotes and no-one noticed at first.

pass sth off as sth
pass oneself off as
sth/sb
He put on a uniform he’d
stolen and passed himself
off as a real policeman.

✍ ^

pass on

After you’ve signed the card, pass it on to the next person to sign.

pass on sth

pass sth on

Traditional farming and

building skills are passed

on from parent to child.

✍  see also:^ hand on^

pass on
Our old high school teacher Mr Singh passed on this morning. I’ll let
you know when his funeral’s being held.

pass on

After she passed on, her
children fought over the
property she left behind.

✍  see also:^ pass away^

pass out
Could two of you come to the front and get the test papers and pass
them out to your classmates, please?

pass sth out

pass out sth

We passed out the
questionnaire to everyone
attending the seminar.

✍  see also: give out, hand

out