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Particle – Prepositional Verbs

  • Posted by Ambra
  • Date November 2, 2018

  • break in on (interrupt a conversation)
  • catch up with (keep abreast)
  • check up on (examine, investigate)
  • come around to (convert to, for instance an opinion)
  • come down to (reduce itself to one aspect, which is essential or the most important)
  • come up with (contribute, bring forth, produce, for instance money, solution, ideas)
  • cut down on (curtail expenses)
  • drop out of (leave school)
  • fill in for (do somebody else’s work on a temporary basis)
  • fill in on (provide additional or missing information)
  • follow up on (try to find more information about something)
  • follow up with (take action about something, especially in order to reinforce the effect of a previous related action)
  • get along with (have a good relationship with)
  • get away with (escape blame)
  • get down to (begin to pay serious attention to something)
  • get through to (succeed in reaching a destination or stage; be successfully conveyed)
  • get in on (get involved in an exciting or profitable activity)
  • get rid of (eliminate)
  • get through with (finish)
  • go on to (proceed to do, tackle something after doing something else)
  • hang out with (spend one’s leisure time)
  • hold back from (decide not to do or say something)
  • hold on to (refuse to let go of something)
  • hang on to (refuse to let go of something)
  • keep up with (maintain pace with)
  • look back on (reconsider something past)
  • look forward to (anticipate with pleasure)
  • look down on (despise)
  • look in on (visit somebody)
  • look out for (be careful, anticipate; take care and protect the interests of somebody)
  • look up to (respect)
  • make up for (compensate)
  • make sure of (verify)
  • put up with (tolerate)
  • run out of (exhaust supply)
  • take care of (be responsible for)
  • talk back to (answer impolitely)
  • think back on (recall)
  • walk out of (leave an event or a place, especially angrily and suddenly)
  • walk out on (abandon)
  1. To be continued

Over time, in subsequent posts, I will pick up various such semantic units and discuss them in relevant contexts.

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