Unit 12 - Phrasal Verbs

Front 1

chance upon

Back 1

find or see someone or something when you didn't expect to

Hint 1

We chanced upon a charming little restaurant.

Front 2

come across

Back 2

meet someone or find something by chance

Hint 2

I came across a reference to my grandfather in an old book.

Front 3

cool down

Back 3

become cooler, or make something cooler

Hint 3

It has cooled down a lot in the last couple of days.

Front 4

cut back (on)

Back 4

reduce the amount of something, especially money that you spend

Hint 4

I'm trying to cut back on groceries.

Front 5

die out

Back 5

become weaker or less common and then disappear completely

Hint 5

There used to be wolves here but they've died out.

Front 6

dig up

Back 6

remove something from under the ground by digging;

dig holes in an area of land;

find information by searching carefully

Hint 6

Archaeologists have dug up a bag of coins from Roman times.

Police have dug the garden up looking for evidence.

See what you can dig up on the internet on Mr Anderson.

Front 7

dry up

Back 7

if something dries up or is dried up, all the water comes out of it;

stop being available

Hint 7

The river has completely dried up.

I'm a TV repairman, but work seems to have dried up lately.

Front 8

get through

Back 8

use or finish something;

manage to deal with a difficult situation or stay alive until it is over;

finish dealing with some work, a subject, etc

Hint 8

We get through a litre of milk a day.

How we got through it I'll never know.

I've got a lot of work to get through.

Front 9

heat up

Back 9

make something hot; become hot

Hint 9

Heat up the baby's milk, would you?

Front 10

kill off

Back 10

destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead

Hint 10

The pollution killed off all the fish in the lake.

Front 11

put down to

Back 11

if you put something down to a particular reason, you think it has happened for that reason

Hint 11

What do you put your success down to?

Front 12

slip up

Back 12

make a careless mistake (slip-up)

Hint 12

We can't afford to slip up this time.

Front 13

spring up

Back 13

appear or be produced suddenly and quickly

Hint 13

A lot of cafés have sprung up around here lately.

Front 14

store up

Back 14

keep a lot of smth so that you can use it later;

do something that will cause problems in the future

Hint 14

Squirrels store up nuts for the winter.

If you ignore it, you're just storing up problems for the future.

Front 15

throw out

Back 15

get rid of something that you no longer want, for example by putting it in a dustbin;

force someone to leave a place or group;

if someone in authority throws out a plan, proposal, etc they refuse to accept it

Hint 15

Are you throwing these things out?

Charlie was thrown out of the Scouts.

The Minister threw out the proposed changes.

Front 16

throw up

Back 16

produce something new or unexpected;

cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air

Hint 16

The new rules have thrown up a few problems.

As the helicopter landed, it threw up a lot of dust.