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Phrasal verbs

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• catch up

  to reach the same level as other participants in a physical or intellectual activity

  intransitive

  You go ahead. I'll catch you up later.

• eat up

  to finish eating all of something

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  You go ahead. I'll catch you up later.

• split up

  to end a romantic relationship or marriage

  intransitive

  Peter and Susan split up last year after 3 years together.

• look back

  to think about a time or event in the past

  intransitive

  Looking back, I realise how happy I was at school.

• put off

  to postpone an event to a later time

  transitive, separable

  The wedding was put off until the early summer.

• open up

  to talk about what you feel and think

  intransitive

  After a while, she started opening up to him about her past.

• take after

  to resemble a parent or relative

  transitive

  She really takes after her mum. They are so similar.

• leave out

  to not include someone/something

  transitive, separable

  They left him out when they chose the team.

• turn into

  to change or develop into something different

  transitive, separable

  His novel was turned into a successful film.

• put back

  to change the time of a scheduled event so that it happens later

  transitive, separable

  The time of the meeting was put back by 2 hours.

• throw up

  to vomit

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  She turned completely white and threw up all over the floor.

• come up with

  produce an idea or a plan

  transitive

  He's always coming up with such crazy ideas.