1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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try out
You can download the software and try it out. If it works well and does
what you need it to do, then you can buy it.

try sth out

try out sth

Try out your new jokes on
the office staff and see if
they laugh.

✍ ^

tune in
Every morning while I’m driving to work I tune in to FM radio 99.5 and
listen to the latest hit songs.

tune in

tune in to sth

I loved tuning in to radio
broadcasts of the football
when I was a kid.

✍  see also:^ listen in^

turn against

The fans used to like the new coach, but they turned against him when

the team started losing lots of games. Some even booed him.

turn against sb/sth

Even his family turned

against him when he

started beating his wife.

✍  see also: go against

turn around
The company’s new CEO claims he’ll be able to turn the company
around and make it profitable again within two years.

turn around

turn sth around

Her election campaign
turned around when she
did well in a big debate.

✍ ^

turn away
We wanted to look around a classy hotel we saw, but we were turned
away by the doorman because we were wearing shorts and sandals.

turn away sb

turn sb away

The embassy official
turned him away because
he didn’t have any ID.

✍ ^

turn down
Ted turned down the job offer because it would have meant moving to
Los Angeles and he doesn’t want his kids living in that city.

turn down sth/sb

turn sth/sb down

The court turned his
appeal down, so he had to
stay in jail.

✍  see also:^ knock back (inf)^

turn in
(informal)

I’m really tired so I’m going to turn in. I’ll see you in the morning.

turn in

It’s too late to call her
now. She usually turns in
by ten o’clock.

✍  see also: crash out (inf)

turn in
You can leave after you’ve turned in your exam papers.
turn in sth
turn sth in

All the students turned
their reports in on time,
except for James.

✍  see also:^ hand in^

turn into
Isn’t it amazing how a caterpillar spends a few weeks inside a cocoon,
and while it’s in there it turns into a butterfly?

turn into sth

turn sth into sth

Our CEO wants to turn
our little company into a
global corporation.

✍  see also:^ change into^

turn off
Turn off the main road just after the bridge and then cross over the
railway line.

turn off sth

Be careful after you turn
off the highway. It’s easy
to get lost.

✍ ^