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*rain off*
rain off (usually passive) Definition: to stop something happening because it is raining. E.g.1: We had planned to have a picnic yesterday, but it was rained off. We’ll have the picnic when the weather improves. E.g.2: A: Are you going to watch the cricket match today? B: No. It’s been rained off. They are going [...]
*snowed in*
snowed in (passive) Definition: to be prevented from leaving your house because there is too much snow. E.g.1: During the winter we have a lot of snow. In fact, last winter we were snowed in for a week! E.g.2: There’s too much snow to get the car out of the garage – I’ll have to [...]
*snow under*
snow under (usually passive) Definition: to have too much work to do. E.g.1: I’m sorry but I can’t help you today. I’m snowed under with paperwork. E.g.2: We were snowed under with e-mails and couldn’t answer them all. This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*sleep over*
sleep over
Definition: to sleep at another person’s house for the night.
E.g.1: Don’t drive home – you’ve drunk too much beer. We have a spare bed so you can sleep over.
E.g.2: Where were you last night? The party ended very late so I slept over at John’s house.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*stay up*
stay up
Definition: to go to bed later than usual
E.g.1: Many children stay up to see the New Year in.
E.g.2: I am really tired. I stayed up until 2 o’clock in the morning.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated
*put up with*
put up with
Definition: to tolerate or accept something or someone, even though you find it difficult or unpleasant
E.g.1: Christmas is the season of goodwill and forgiveness. For the sake of a family celebration, we often put up with relatives we only see once a year.
E.g.2: If you want to study chemistry you have to put up with the smell of the chemicals.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated
*sleep off*
sleep off
Definition: to recover from eating or drinking too much by sleeping
E.g.1: David had a terrible hangover. He knew he would feel better in the morning after sleeping it off.
E.g.2: We always eat and drink too much for Christmas dinner. Uncle Vernon already sleeps it off during the Christmas film in the afternoon.
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 1 + 2)
*dress up*
dress up
This phrasal verb has more than one meaning
Definition: to put on clothes you don’t normally wear as a disguise, or to look smarter than usual because you are going somewhere special
E.g.1: For Christmas dinner, everyone dressed up in their finest clothes.
E.g.2: Little Anna had a fancy dress party for her birthday and she dressed up as a princess.
This phrasal verb can be separated
*take (yourself) off*
take (yourself) off
Definition: to go away, usually suddenly and unexpectedly, informal
This phrasal verb has more than one meaning
E.g.1: David wanted to stop travelling, marry Bianca and buy a house, but after 6 months he took off again to travel round South America.
E.g.2: I was fed up with everything, so I thought I’d take myself off to Spain for a week.
This phrasal verb can be separated, but only by a reflexive pronoun.
*shoot off*
shoot off
Definition: to leave very quickly
This phrasal verb has more than one meaning
E.g.1: “Oh, my goodness! Is that the time? I have to shoot off.”
E.g.2: When they released the animal back into the wild, it shot off to the safety of the high grass.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated