1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
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wise up
It took a long time, but George finally wised up to the fact that his
business was going to fail no matter how hard he worked.
wise up
wise up to sthAfter stress-related
illnesses, Tanya wised up
and decided to work less.
✍ see also:^ cotton on (inf)^work out
Mark was overweight so he decided to lose weight by going to the gym
every day and working out.
work outSusan doesn’t work out,
but she keeps fit by doing
yoga and swimming.
✍ ^work out
Mark’s plan to lose weight didn’t work out as he’d hoped. He hurt his
back at the gym and couldn’t do any exercise for weeks.
work outIt didn’t look good at first,
but the plan worked out
well in the end.
✍ see also:^ come off, pan
out, turn outwork out
Mark tried to work out another way to lose weight. His doctor said he
should cut out desserts, but Mark said he just couldn’t give them up.
work out sth
work sth outHow much would it cost
to set up an office in Rio?
Can you work it out?
✍ see also:^ figure out^wrap up
We wanted to wrap Jill’s birthday present up but we couldn’t find any
birthday paper, so we had to use some plain paper instead.
wrap sth up
wrap up sthWe spent hours wrapping
up Chinese New Year
gifts for our Asian friends.
✍ ^wrap up
We’d been working on the deal for months and after finally wrapping it
up, we all went to the pub to celebrate.
wrap sth up
wrap up sthWe’ll have to wrap up the
discussion now, so any
final comments?
✍ see also:^ wind up^write down
After chatting the girl up for a while, Tim wrote his name and number
down on a piece of paper and gave it to her.
write sth down
write down sthDid anyone write down
the car’s registration
number?
✍ see also:^ jot down, note
downwrite off
After accepting that their CD production business was going to fail, they
wrote off their investment and closed down the factory.
write off sth
write sth offWe won’t get the money
back, so we’ll have to
write it off as a bad debt.
✍ write out
I waited while my doctor wrote out the prescription for the medicine I
needed.
write out sth
write sth outThe policeman smiled,
wrote a speeding ticket
out, and gave it to me.
✍ ^write up
After finding all the figures and information she needed, Rosie began
writing up her marketing report.
write up sth
write sth upA reporter collects all the
facts she can about a story
before writing it up.
✍ ^