1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
201000 Phrasal Verbs in Context C c (2/13)
carry out
The players listened to their coach and then did their best to carry out
his instructions during the game.
carry out sth
carry sth outWe expect our staff to
carry their duties out to
the best of their ability.
✍ ^catch on
Cable TV took a while to catch on, but now nearly everyone watches it. catch on^
A new hairstyle can catch
on quickly if kids see a
pop star with it.
✍ see also:^ take off^catch on
I didn’t understand what she was saying at first, but I soon caught on
when she started speaking slower.
catch onIt took a while for them to
catch on, but scientists
understand Einstein now.
✍ see also: cotton on (inf)catch up
She was a long way behind the leaders, so she had to run fast to catch
up and win the race, but she did it. She caught up and won!
catch up
catch sb up
catch up with sb
I missed many classes, so
I’ll have to work hard to
catch up with the others.
✍ ^catch up
He hasn’t been to his hometown for a long time. When he goes back,
he’ll catch up with his relatives and find out what they’ve been doing.
catch up
catch up with sbWhenever I go home I
spend time meeting old
friends and catching up.
✍ ^catch up on
If Mike travels on business, he takes his laptop computer and catches up
on work or his emails whenever he gets the chance.
catch up on sthI went to bed early last
night because I needed to
catch up on some sleep.
✍ ^cater to
This hotel doesn’t have TVs or internet connections because it caters to
the needs of budget travellers, not business travellers.
cater to sth/sbOur hospital isn’t very big
so it can only cater to a
small number of patients.
✍ ^change into
A caterpillar spends a few months in a cocoon, and by the time it comes
out it has changed into a beautiful butterfly.
change into sthRaul had changed into a
young man, but his mum
still treated him as a boy.
✍ see also:^ turn into^change over
After a virus attacked our computers and destroyed a very important
database, we decided to change over to Mac computers.
change over to sthWill the U.S. ever change
over to the metric system
of weights and measures?
✍ see also:^ move over^charge with
The police caught him with a gun near the bank just after it was robbed,
so they arrested him and charged him with armed robbery.
charge sb with sth
(be) charged with sthThe company’s directors
were arrested and
charged with tax evasion.
✍ ^