1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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round up

Round up to the nearest dollar. If the amount is $96.60, make it $97.00. round up sth^

round sth up

Round the amount up to

the nearest dollar if it’s

over the 50-cent mark.

✍ ^

rub off
Alan’s enthusiasm rubbed off on the other players, and now the whole
team’s playing much better.

rub off

rub off on sb

If Ida’s dedication rubs
off, all the staff will start
working harder.

✍ ^

rule out
Marie will probably get the job, but don’t rule out Steve. He’s got a good
chance too.

rule out sb/sth

rule sb/sth out

The police say her death
looks like suicide, but they
haven’t ruled murder out.

✍  see also: count out

run across
I ran across an old friend at the mall yesterday. We went to school
together, but we hadn’t seen each other for years.

run across sb/sth

Did you run across
anyone you know at the
conference?

✍  see also: bump into, come

across, run into

run after
My dog has a bad habit of running after cars, and I’m worried that he’ll
get run over one day.

run after sb/sth

I ran after the thief, but he
was too fast for me and I
couldn’t catch him.

✍ 

run against
John Kerry ran against George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential
election and he lost, though some say he was cheated out of a victory.

run against sb

Who will be running
against the president in
the next election?

✍ ^

run away
When I was a kid I got angry with my parents one day and ran away
from home. But I only stayed away until I got hungry.

run away

run away from sb/sth

Sophie won’t face her
problems. She just tries to
run away from them.

✍ ^

run by

When you’ve finished preparing your presentation, run it by me and I’ll

let you know what I think.

run sth by sb

Sue ran her new ideas on

marketing by him and he

told her what he thought.

✍ 

run down
If the manager is angry about something, he runs everyone in the office
down. No matter what they do, he says they’re no good.

run sb down

Don’t worry if she runs
you down and criticises
your work. We all get it.

✍  see also: put down

run down
A bus nearly ran me down while I was riding my bicycle along the road.
If Jill hadn’t yelled out, I could’ve been killed.

run sb down
(be) run down by
sb/sth
An old man was crossing
the road when he was run
down by a speeding car.

✍  see also: run over