1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007
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hold out for
The striking workers refused the company’s offer of a small wage rise.
They held out for a bigger raise, and eventually they got it.
hold out for sthWe held out for a better
deal and, after some hard
bargaining, we got it.
✍ ^hold up
Sorry I’m late. I got held up in a traffic jam.
(be/get) held up by sth
hold sb/sth up
hold up sth/sb
What’s holding the
shipment up? It should
have arrived yesterday.
✍ ^ see also:^ tie up^hold up
Two armed men held up a bank. Police say the pair have been holding
stores up for a while, but this is the first time they’ve robbed a bank.
hold up sth/sb
hold sth/sb upThey were charged with
holding up several gas
stations and liquor stores.
✍ hook up
Do you know how to hook up the new computers to the printers and
fax machines?
hook up sth
hook sth up
hook sth up to sth
How many peripheral
devices can you hook
your computer up to?
✍ hunt down
The U.S. military have been hunting down a major terrorist leader, but
they seem to have had a lot of trouble finding him.
hunt down sth/sb
hunt sth/sb downSam spends a lot of time
hunting down old books
on Buddhism.
✍ see also:^ track down^hurry up
My wife was taking a long time to get ready, so I told her she’d better
hurry up or we’d be late.
hurry upTell Jason to hurry up and
finish the brochures. He’s
taking far too long.
✍ ^ see also:^ speed up^