Saturday, June 5, 2021

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.

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