1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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left over
She never throws food away. If there’s anything left over, she wraps it
up and puts it in the fridge.

(be) left over

If there’s any money left
over, put it aside for our
next trip.

✍ ^

leave to
You cooked the meal, so leave cleaning up the kitchen to me. leave sth to sb^

It’s time you took more
responsibility, so we’ll
leave this decision to you.

✍  see also:^ leave up to^

leave up to
We can all make suggestions about the advertising campaign, but the
final decisions are left up to the head of marketing.

leave sth up to sb

Harry is our internet
expert so we’ll leave the
website design up to him.

✍  see also: leave to

let down
Jason felt terrible after he failed his exam. He said he’d let down his
family, his teachers and all the friends who’d helped him study.

let sb down

let down sb

Jenny is very reliable. She
always works well and
she’s never let us down.

✍ 

let in / into
Nicola’s waiting at the door. Could someone let her in, please? let sb in^
let sb into sth

Don’t let anyone into my
office while I’m not here.

✍ ^

let in on
Don’t let anyone in on the secret. Keep it to yourself.
let sb in on sth

Make sure no-one lets any
other companies in on the
results of our survey.

✍ ^

let off
The corrupt politician should have been sent to jail, but the judge let
him off with a warning.

let sb off

I’ll let you off this time,
but if you’re late again I’ll
have to fire you.

✍ 

let off
On New Year’s Eve, many people celebrate by letting off fireworks. It
can be very noisy.

let off sth

let sth off

Someone let a bomb off in
the market, and many
people were killed.

✍  see also:^ set off^

let out
‘Don’t let the cat out of the bag’ doesn’t refer to cats or not releasing
them. It’s an idiom that means ‘Don’t tell the secret to anyone.’

let sth/sb out
let sth/sb out of sth
let out sth/sb
They won’t let out the
factory workers until
they’ve been searched.

✍ ^

let up
Let’s wait here in the cafe until the rain lets up. Then we can go on to
the park for a walk.

let up

The pressure at work
won’t let up until we’ve
completed this contract.

✍ ^