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Making requests and giving instructions
There are some phrasal verbs with a particular meaning. See the next chart.
Phrasal verbs
Meaning
Example
1
Clean up /tidy up
Make something clean.
The children have to clean
up their room.
2
Break into (something)
To enter a building by
force.
The robbers broke into my
house last year.
3
Break up (with some-
body)
Stop the relationship.
Pamela is very sad be-
cause she broke up with
her boyfriend.
4
Drop in
Visit somebody for a
short time.
My friends just dropped in
after school, yesterday.
5
Drop off (college, uni-
versity, etc.)
Stop before the univer-
sity is Fnished.
Peter wants to drop off his
studies.
6
Fill in (a form, a ques-
tionnaire)
Write the necessary in-
formation on a form.
When I went to get my
passport, I had to Fll in all
the application forms.
7
Get out (of something
you have arranged to)
To avoid doing some-
thing.
I want to get out of this
work, but I can’t.
8
Give up
Stop doing something.
I don’t give up all my re-
sponsibilities.
9
Heat up
Make hotter.
The milk is cold, please,
heat it up.
10
Look after
Take care of somebody.
My father has to look af-
ter us when my mother is
away.
11
Look for
Search for something.
I don’t know where my
keys are. I have to look for
them.
12
Looking forward
Wait for an event with
anticipation.
I look forward to meeting
my friends from Canada.
13
Look out
Be careful.
It is raining! Look out, the
oor is wet.
14
Look up
Find the meaning in the
dictionary.
What’s the meaning of
plane?
Look it up in a dictionary.
15
Wake up
Stop sleeping.
Don’t shout, please! Anita
is sleeping and she is go-
ing to wake up.
16
Put off
Delay doing something.
You have an exam to-
morrow; don’t put off your
studies.