1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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face up to
It’s time I faced up to the fact that I’m getting older and I have to start
taking better care of my body.

face up to sth

We have to face up to the
challenge of competing
with cheap imports.

✍ ^

face with
Kim was faced with a difficult decision when offered a high-paying job
in Korea. If she took it, she’d have to live far away from her family.

(be) faced with sth

Our company is faced
with strong competition
from foreign producers.

✍ ^ see also:^ come up against,^

run up against

factor in
Don’t forget to factor in the cost of moving to our new offices when you
work out next year’s budget.

factor in sth

factor sth in

If we factor lower labour
costs in, production in
Vietnam is cheaper.

✍  see also: allow for

fall apart
Use strong glue when you put together your model airplane or it’ll fall
apart when you try to fly it.

fall apart

If the deal falls apart, we’ll
have to look for other
investors.

✍  see also: come apart

fall back on

If you get your degree, you’ll have some qualifications to fall back on if

your career in music doesn’t work out.

fall back on sth

If his new business fails,

he has teaching to fall

back on to make a living.

✍  see also:^ resort to, turn to^

fall behind
If she takes too much time off school, she’ll fall behind. Then she’ll have
to study very hard to catch up with her classmates.

fall behind

fall behind with/in sth

If we fall behind with our
loan repayments, we
could lose our apartment.

✍ ^

fall for
The salesman is trying to talk you into spending more money than you
need to. Don’t fall for it!

fall for sth

Don’t fall for email scams
which promise to make
you a lot of money.

✍ ^

fall for
He fell for Katherine as soon as they met. He says it was love at first
sight.

fall for sb

When she was young,
she’d fall for any boy who
was cute and acted cool.

✍ ^

fall off
Sales of sunscreen lotion always fall off in winter, but pick up again in
summer, of course.

fall off

Interest in the company’s
shares fell off when their
new products sold poorly.

✍  see also:^ go down^

fall out
Jim and Bob fell out because of a disagreement over money, and now
they’re not talking to each other.

fall out
fall out with sb
fall out over sth
The band broke up after
the members fell out over
artistic differences.

✍ ^