1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context S s (3/13)

send out
When will Tom and Katie send their wedding invitations out? send sth out^
send out sth

How many copies of the
new catalogue are they
planning to send out?

✍  see also:^ mail out^

send out for

Why don’t we send out for pizza? We can eat it in front of the TV and

watch the game.

send out for sth

Their boss sent out for
food for everyone who
was working late.

✍  see also:^ order in^

set about
The new owner set about saving the company by cutting costs and
laying off staff who weren’t performing well enough.

set about sth

set about doing sth

We’ve set about the task
of finding new markets
for our products overseas.

✍  see also: go about

set against

The new tax was very unpopular and set a lot of people against the

government.

set sb against sth/sb

The civil war set many

neighbours and friends

against each other.

✍ 

set aside
Are you sure you’ve set enough money aside for your trip to Japan?
Everything’s very expensive there, you know.

set sth aside

set aside sth

How much of the budget
did they set aside to cover
marketing costs?

✍  see also:^ lay aside, put

aside

set back
(informal)

Airline tickets will set them back about two thousand dollars, or about

fifteen hundred if they’re flying on a budget airline.

set sb/sth back sth

How much will travel
insurance for the whole
family set them back?

✍ ^

set down
It’s important to set the refunds policy down and post it on the
company website so customers can read it whenever they want to.

set sth down

set down sth

It’s a good idea to set
down some guidelines on
how to treat customers.

✍  see also:^ write down^

set in
The rain looks like it’s set in for the day, so it might be best to call off the
game.

set in

The economic recession
seems to have set in and it
might go on for years.

✍ ^

set off
There was a loud explosion just as the president stepped out of his car.
Someone had set off a bomb.

set off sth

set sth off

Rumours of huge share
sales set the economic
crisis off.

✍  see also:^ let off (for

bombs and fireworks only)

set off / out
If you want to get there by midday, you’ll have to set off at around
seven o’clock.

set off/out

If they set out at ten a.m.,
they should have arrived
by now.

✍  see also:^ head off^