1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context C c (12/13)

crank out
(informal)

They’re a terrible band. They crank out the same boring old songs night

after night.

crank out sth

crank sth out

He used to be a great
writer, but he just cranks
books out for money now.

✍ 

crank up
(informal)

The music isn’t loud enough. Let’s crank it up and get this party going.

crank up sth

crank sth up

It’s too hot in here. We
should crank up the air
conditioning.

✍  see also:^ turn up^

crash out

(informal)

Bernie crashed out on the couch after the party and slept there all night. crash out^

I was really tired. I

crashed out on the sofa

while watching TV.

✍ ^

creep up on
Old age creeps up on you. One day you’re young, but before you know
it you’ve got gray hair and a wrinkly face.

creep up on sb

Credit card debt crept up
on her, and now she has a
serious problem.

✍ ^

crop up
(informal)

We have to expect problems to crop up now and again, and we should

know how to deal with them.

crop up

Health problems start to
crop up more when
you’re over 60 years old.

✍  see also:^ come up^

cross out
Check the guest list and cross out the names of all the people who didn’t
come.

cross out sth

cross sth out

If you make a mistake,
just cross it out and write
down your correction.

✍ ^

crowd
around

After the car crash, lots of people crowded around to see the damaged

cars and the injured people.

crowd around

People were crowding
around Tiger Woods and
asking for his autograph.

✍ 

cry out
The wounded soldier cried out in pain as his friends picked him up and
put him on a stretcher.

cry out

cry out in/with sth

Matt cried out in fear
when a big, black spider
fell on his face.

✍  see also:^ call out, yell out^

cry out for
Our apartment is crying out for some new furniture. What we’ve got
looks old-fashioned and worn out.

crying out for sth
(usually used in
progressive form)
This city is ugly. It’s
crying out for nicer
buildings and more trees.

✍ ^ see also:^ could do with^

culminate
in

After several weeks, the talks among the leaders of the countries

involved in the war culminated in an agreement to stop the fighting.

culminate in sth

The meetings culminated
in the signing of our
biggest contract ever.

✍  see also:^ end with^