1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context PQ pq (6/10)

pop out
(informal)

I have to pop out to take this call, but I’ll be back in a minute. pop out^
pop out to sth
pop out to do sth
Pop out to the bathroom if
you need to, and we’ll
start again in ten minutes.

✍  see also:^ step out^

pour in
Orders have been pouring in since we released her new book. It looks
like we’ll have to print a lot more copies to satisfy the demand.

pour in

Thousands of tourists are
pouring in for tomorrow’s
Mardi Gras parade.

✍  see also:^ flood in^

print out
We don’t need to print out all the receipts and invoices we email to
customers. It’s a waste of paper.

print out sth

print sth out

You’ll need about 1000
sheets of paper to print
out all the orders.

✍  see also:^ run off (used for

multiple copies of sth)

prop up
The government has agreed to prop failing companies up by lending
them the money to develop better products.

prop sth up
prop up sth
(be) propped up by sth
The country’s economy
has been propped up by
foreign aid for years.

✍ ^

provide for
If you can provide for yourself and your family by doing a job you love
to do, you’re a very fortunate person.

provide for sb

After losing his job, the
man couldn’t provide for
his wife and kids.

✍ ^

pull back

The soldiers knew they couldn’t hold their new position with so many

enemy fighters coming, so they pulled back to a safer place.

pull back

We entered the Chinese

market, but pulled back

due to budget problems.

✍  see also: pull out

pull down
A developer is going to pull down our beautiful old cinema and build
another block of apartments on the land.

pull down sth
pull sth down
(be) pulled down
The old buildings had to
be pulled down because
they were no longer safe.

✍  see also: knock down,

tear down

pull in
This new DJ is really popular in the dance clubs. He’s pulling in some
of the biggest crowds these days.

pull in sth

pull sth in

Our morning news pulls
in a bigger audience than
any other channel’s news.

✍ ^ see also:^ pack in (inf) (for

clubs and stadiums)

pull off
Despite thinking he couldn’t make a good presentation, he pulled it off
easily and did a great job.

pull off sth

pull sth off

Their plan to take over the
company worked well,
and they pulled it off.

✍  see also:^ bring off^

pull out
We knew the company was going under, so we pulled out of our deal
with them rather than risk losing our investment.

pull out
pull out of sth
pull sth/sb out of sth
Most people think the
president should pull the
troops out of the war.

✍ ^ see also:^ back out (of),

pull back (from)