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What does it mean to 'ask someone around'?
What does it mean to 'ask someone around'?
Which situation best describes 'asking someone out'?
Which situation best describes 'asking someone out'?
What is a common reason someone might hesitate to 'ask someone out'?
What is a common reason someone might hesitate to 'ask someone out'?
Which phrase would most accurately represent inviting someone into your home?
Which phrase would most accurately represent inviting someone into your home?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of 'asking out'?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of 'asking out'?
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What does it mean to 'break into' in the context of entering a building?
What does it mean to 'break into' in the context of entering a building?
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Which of the following is NOT a correct meaning of 'break into'?
Which of the following is NOT a correct meaning of 'break into'?
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In a criminal context, breaking into a building often implies what intention?
In a criminal context, breaking into a building often implies what intention?
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What is a common scenario where firemen might need to 'break into' a structure?
What is a common scenario where firemen might need to 'break into' a structure?
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What is an alternative meaning of 'break into' aside from entering a building?
What is an alternative meaning of 'break into' aside from entering a building?
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What does it mean to be snowed under?
What does it mean to be snowed under?
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Which expression means to be shocked or surprised?
Which expression means to be shocked or surprised?
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What does it mean to be there for someone?
What does it mean to be there for someone?
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What does the phrase 'be up' signify in a context of time?
What does the phrase 'be up' signify in a context of time?
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In the expression 'be taken with', what does it imply?
In the expression 'be taken with', what does it imply?
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What does it mean if someone says they are not up yet?
What does it mean if someone says they are not up yet?
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What does 'be up for' express?
What does 'be up for' express?
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Which of the following best describes the phrase 'be snowed under'?
Which of the following best describes the phrase 'be snowed under'?
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What does 'be cut out for' imply about a person's suitability for a job?
What does 'be cut out for' imply about a person's suitability for a job?
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How does the phrase 'be down' relate to an individual's emotional state?
How does the phrase 'be down' relate to an individual's emotional state?
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What does the phrase 'be away' signify in a work context?
What does the phrase 'be away' signify in a work context?
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When someone is described as 'cut up' about a situation, how are they feeling?
When someone is described as 'cut up' about a situation, how are they feeling?
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What does 'be down with' typically refer to in terms of health?
What does 'be down with' typically refer to in terms of health?
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Which phrase indicates someone has negative feelings towards another person?
Which phrase indicates someone has negative feelings towards another person?
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What does it mean if someone is described as 'be down to' in a discussion about availability?
What does it mean if someone is described as 'be down to' in a discussion about availability?
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If a company's profits are 'down by ten percent,' what does this mean?
If a company's profits are 'down by ten percent,' what does this mean?
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What does 'to be up for something' imply?
What does 'to be up for something' imply?
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Which meaning is associated with 'bear down on'?
Which meaning is associated with 'bear down on'?
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What does 'bear with' mean in the context of a conversation?
What does 'bear with' mean in the context of a conversation?
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Which expression means to confirm that something is correct?
Which expression means to confirm that something is correct?
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What does 'beat down' refer to when discussing weather conditions?
What does 'beat down' refer to when discussing weather conditions?
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If someone is said to be 'not up to the job', what does it mean?
If someone is said to be 'not up to the job', what does it mean?
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What does 'bear up under' imply about a person's situation?
What does 'bear up under' imply about a person's situation?
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What does 'be with' mean in terms of relationships?
What does 'be with' mean in terms of relationships?
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When someone tells you to 'bear on' a situation, what is expected of you?
When someone tells you to 'bear on' a situation, what is expected of you?
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What does 'beat him down' mean in the context of negotiation?
What does 'beat him down' mean in the context of negotiation?
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What does the phrase 'blow off' refer to when someone intentionally avoids a responsibility?
What does the phrase 'blow off' refer to when someone intentionally avoids a responsibility?
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In what context can 'blow off' indicate the removal of something by wind?
In what context can 'blow off' indicate the removal of something by wind?
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What does 'blow out' imply when referring to extinguishing candles?
What does 'blow out' imply when referring to extinguishing candles?
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How is 'blow off' used when referring to engaging in unproductive activities?
How is 'blow off' used when referring to engaging in unproductive activities?
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What does it mean when someone 'blew me off' in a social context?
What does it mean when someone 'blew me off' in a social context?
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What is indicated by the phrase 'I need to blow off some steam'?
What is indicated by the phrase 'I need to blow off some steam'?
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What does 'blow out' mean in the context of a tire?
What does 'blow out' mean in the context of a tire?
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Which situation best illustrates the phrase 'to blow off work'?
Which situation best illustrates the phrase 'to blow off work'?
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In which context can 'blow off' refer to disregarding someone's feelings?
In which context can 'blow off' refer to disregarding someone's feelings?
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What does it mean to 'blow off' a meeting?
What does it mean to 'blow off' a meeting?
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What does the term 'blow off' imply in relation to a social or leisure activity?
What does the term 'blow off' imply in relation to a social or leisure activity?
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Which description best fits the phrase 'blow out' in a competitive sport?
Which description best fits the phrase 'blow out' in a competitive sport?
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What does 'blow off' mean when referring to a task that is considered easy?
What does 'blow off' mean when referring to a task that is considered easy?
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Which scenario best illustrates 'blow off' in a negative context?
Which scenario best illustrates 'blow off' in a negative context?
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Study Notes
Phrasal Verbs: Definitions and Examples
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Ask someone around: Invite someone to visit your home.
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Example: I asked Mary around to watch a movie, but she was busy.
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Ask someone out: Invite someone on a date.
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Example: Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.
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Clarification: This implies a romantic interest.
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Be around: To be alive, existent, or present.
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Example: This restaurant has been around since 1938.
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Be away: To be elsewhere, on holiday, etc.
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Example: She's away on business for three weeks.
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Be cut out for: To be suited or suitable for a particular role or occupation.
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Example: She is definitely cut out for a career in medicine.
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Alternative definition: Be suitable, have the necessary qualities.
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Example: She's not cut out for this kind of work.
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Alternative definition: Naturally able or suited to do or be (something).
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Example: Why do you think that you're cut out for this job?
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Be cut up: To be upset.
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Example: She was very cut up about coming second as she thought she deserved to win.
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Be down: To be depressed.
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Example: He's been down since his partner left him.
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Alternative definition: Be reduced or less.
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Example: The firm's profits are down by ten percent this quarter.
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Alternative definition: Have negative feelings toward someone.
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Example: After the argument, James is down on his boss.
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Be down with: To be ill.
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Example: Gul is down with some bug and is off work today.
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Example: She has been down with the flu for a week.
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Be down with: To be on friendly terms with or enjoy the company of somebody.
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Example: I'm still down with Cathy.
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Be snowed under: To have too much work.
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Example: We're completely snowed under at work because it's the end of the tax year.
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Be taken aback: To be shocked or surprised.
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Example: I was taken aback when I saw him because he's lost all his hair.
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Example: She was completely taken aback by his anger.
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Be taken with: To like something.
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Example: I was very taken with the performance, it was superb.
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Be there for: To be available to provide comfort and support for someone, especially in a period of difficulty.
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Be up: To be out of bed.
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Example: She's not up yet.
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Alternative definition: Have increased or risen.
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Example: The company's profits are up by fifteen percent.
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Alternative definition: When the time for something finishes or expires.
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Example: Time's up, please finish your drinks and leave.
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Be up for: To be enthusiastic about an upcoming event.
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Example: Are you up for the climb of Mt. Blanc?
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Alternative definition: To want to do something.
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Example: Who's up for pizza tonight?
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Alternative definition: Ready and willing for something, agreeable to something.
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Example: Sure, I'm up for going to the mall.
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Be up to: To be good enough.
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Example: He's not up to the job, get someone else.
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Alternative definition: Doing something naughty or wrong.
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Example: What are those kids up to?
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Alternative definition: Do or be involved in doing something.
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Be with: Have sex with someone.
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Alternative definition: Date or be boyfriend/girlfriend with
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Alternative definition: Agree with someone
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Alternative definition: Understand someone's point or intention
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Bear down on: To move towards.
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Example: She spotted him on the other side of the room and bore down on him.
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Bear on: To influence, affect.
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Example: The judge's character may well bear on the final decision.
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Alternative definition: Be relevant to
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Bear out: To confirm that something is correct.
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Example: Statistics bear out the government's positions on the issue.
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Alternative definition: Corroborate, prove, or confirm, to demonstrate.
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Bear up: To resist pressure.
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Example: How are you bearing up under the strain?
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Alternative definition: Cope with something difficult or stressful.
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Example: He's bearing up under the pressure.
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Alternative definition: Be relevant to
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Bear with: To be patient.
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Example: Please bear with me a moment while I finish this email.
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Beat down: Strong sunshine.
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Example: The sun was really beating down and we couldn't stay outdoors.
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Alternative definition: Get someone to lower the price of something.
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Example: I managed to beat him down to fifty Euros.
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Alternative definition: Strike with great force.
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Example: The rain has been beating down on our roof for hours.
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Alternative definition: Haggle with someone to sell at a lower price.
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Example: The clerk wanted $40 for the shoes but I beat him down to $30.
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Alternative definition: To exhaust or discourage someone.
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Example: The long winters here just beat me down.
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Blow in: To arrive, sometimes suddenly or unexpectedly.
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Example: He blew in from Toronto early this morning.
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Blow off: When the wind removes something from its place.
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Example: We were going to meet last night, but she blew me off at the last minute.
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Alternative definition: Not keep an appointment.
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Example: We were going to meet last night, but she blew me off at the last minute.
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Alternative definition: Ignore, not do something.
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Example: I blew the homework off and did badly.
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Alternative definition: Expel gas from the anus.
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Example: He blew off in front of everybody.
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Alternative definition: When the wind removes something from its place.
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Example: We were going to meet last night, but she blew me off at the last minute.
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Alternative definition: Let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose.
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Alternative definition: Shirk or disregard.
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Alternative definition: To ignore or intentionally avoid a person, planned event, or responsibility, often to do something frivolous instead.
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Example: I blew off class this afternoon and went to the mall instead.
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Alternative definition: The act of ignoring someone.
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Alternative definition: To engage in frivolous or unproductive activities.
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Example: Stop blowing off and just work on your paper!
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Alternative definition: Forcibly disconnect something by use of a firearm or explosive device.
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Alternative definition: Move something off of a surface, making it move by the force of wind.
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Example: That wind today blew off all of the clothes I'd hung on the clothesline.
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Alternative definition: Be carried off something by moving air.
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Example: The leaves of the trees blew off in the strong wind.
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Alternative definition: To explode off of something, typically due to an increase in pressure that must be released.
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Alternative definition: To voice one's anger or frustration.
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Example: I'm sorry to rant like that, but work is so frustrating right now that I needed to blow off a little.
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Alternative definition: Prioritizes frivolous activities over important or productive ones.
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Example: Stop being such a blow-off and just work on your paper!
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Alternative definition: Something that is very easy to do.
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Example: Come on, these chores are a blow-off - you can get them done in 10 minutes.
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Blow out: To extinguish or make a flame stop burning.
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Example: She blew the candles out on her birthday cake.
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Alternative definition: Extinguish candles, matches, etc.
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Example: She blew the candles out on her birthday cake.
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Alternative definition: Defeat decisively.
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Example: The Broncos blew out the Raiders 55-0.
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Alternative definition: To extinguish or make a flame stop burning.
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Example: She blew the candles out on her birthday cake.
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Alternative definition: Extinguish something, especially a flame.
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Example: Make a wish and blow out your birthday candles!
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Alternative definition: Deflate quickly on being punctured.
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Alternative definition: Be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
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Alternative definition: To break or burst suddenly.
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Example: I almost lost control of the car when one of the tires blew out on the highway.
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Alternative definition: To break or explode due to excessive pressure or force.
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Break into: Enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
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Alternative definition: Successfully enter a profession or business.
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Alternative definition: Begin suddenly.
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Alternative definition: Enter (with effort or force).
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Alternative definition: Enter a building or car by using force, in order to steal something.
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Alternative definition: Open or begin to use.
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Alternative definition: Enter forcibly.
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Break down: Disintegrate, divide into smaller parts.
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This quiz focuses on understanding various phrasal verbs and their meanings through clear definitions and contextual examples. Test your knowledge of these common phrases and see how well you can identify their usage in everyday conversations.
