Phrasal Verbs Part 2

 Bear with 

• Be patient. 
• Please BEAR WITH me a moment while I finish this email. 

Beat down

•  Strong sunshine. 
• The sun WAS really BEATING DOWN and we couldn't stay outdoors. 

Beat down 

• someone to lower the price of something.
•  I managed to BEAT him DOWN to fifty Euros. 

Beat out

•  Narrowly win in competition.
•  The marathon runner barely BEAT OUT his rival at the tape. 

Beat up

•  Attack violently. 
• The mugger BEAT him UP and stole his wallet. 

Beaver away 

• Work hard. She's BEAVERING AWAY before her exams.

 Beaver away at 

• Work hard doing something. 
• I have to BEAVER AWAY AT it or else I will fail the course.

 Bed down

•  Sleep somewhere less comfortable than normal. 
• We had to BED DOWN on the floor for the night. 

Bed down 

• Become established or successful over time. 
• The new government has found it hard to BED DOWN and become accepted. 

Bed out 

• Move a plant outside. 
• I BEDDED the plants OUT when the weather warmed up.

Beef up 

• Make something stronger or more solid.

• The company BEEFED UP their case when they saw that the public wouldn't accept their first explanation of the accident. 

Belong to 

• Be a member.
•  He BELONGS TO a secret society. 

Belong to 

• Be connected to a time, place, belief, thing, etc.
•  Their ideas BELONG TO the nineteenth century and seem old-fashioned now. 

Belong with

•  Be in the correct or appropriate location with other items. 
• Does this disc BELONG WITH those on the shelf? 

Belt out

•  Sing something loudly. 

• They BELTED OUT the national anthems before the game. 

Belt up 

• Be quiet. She told the students to BELT UP because they were making so much noise. 

Belt up 

• Fasten your seat belt. 
• I told the kids to BELT UP before I started the car. 

Bend down

•  Lower the top half of your body.
•  I BENT DOWN to pick it up off the floor. 

Bend over 

• Lower the top part of your body. 
• I BENT OVER to do my shoes up. 

Bend over backwards 

• Do a lot to try to help or please someone. 
• I BENT OVER BACKWARDS for them and they didn't even thank me. 

Big up 

• Exaggerate the importance. 
• He BIGS himself UP all the time. 

Big up

•  Increase the size of muscles by exercise. 
• They work out a lot to BIG themselves UP. 

Bitch up 

• Spoil or ruin something. 
• I BITCHED UP the interview. 

Black out 

• Fall unconscious.
•  He BLACKED OUT and collapsed on the floor. 

Black out 

• Lose light.
•  Everything BLACKED OUT when the power supply failed.