Grammar
notes: phrasal verbs G
List
of verbs
get something across
to make people understand
The advertising campaign
should get it across to
people that our product is the best.
The company is in financial trouble, and this meeting has been called to get that
message across.
get
down to something
to start
I'll just introduce everyone,
and then we'll get down to business.
We've been chatting far too long. It's time we got
down to some work.
get
on (with something)
to continue
to progress
get
on (with someone)
to have a good relationship
I must get
on now or I'll never finish this report before
the deadline.
You started a new job last month, didn't you? How are you getting
on?
How are you getting on with
that report? Nearly finished?
I wish my old boss hadn't retired. My new boss and I don't
get on.
The old manager was very easy to
get on with.
It's difficult to get on well with
the new manager.
get
through (to someone)
to contact by phone
At last! I've been ringing
all morning. It's taken me ages to get
through.
I was ringing you all day yesterday, but I couldn't get
through.
I finally got through to
the department I wanted, but they said it would be best to go to the
office in person.
give something away
to give without receiving payment
When we renewed our computer
system we gave all
the old equipment away to the local secondary
school.
It's such a terrible product you couldn't give it away.
give something out
to distribute
We'll be giving
out copies of the chairman's
speech at the end of the morning.
You need to give these feedback
forms out before the end of the session. And make sure you
collect them back in again.
go
ahead (with something)
to proceed
You're the expert. Go
ahead and do whatever you think best.
I've spoken to the client and he says we can go ahead with
the advertising campaign.
go-ahead (noun)
Have you got the go-ahead for
the plans yet?
We have to wait for the director to give us the go-ahead.
go
along with something
to agree to
OK, I'll go
along with that idea.
He never has any suggestions to make. He just goes
along with what everyone else says.
go
down (well/badly etc)
to be received
The ideas we had for
the future didn't go down well at
the meeting.
How did your suggestion go
down?
So you told your boss that he didn't know how to manage people. I can imagine how that went
down.
go
into something
to talk about in detail
"What about the
plans for the new building?"
" We can go into that later,
after this meeting."
You don't need to go into all
the details. Just tell me yes or no.
go
on (with something)
go on (doing
something)
to continue
go
on
to happen
Sorry I'm late. Please go
on.
OK, go on. I'm ready.
While everyone else was looking out of the window at what was happening in
the street, he just went on with
his work.
She went on working until
the day before she had the baby.
What's going on? Why isn't anyone working?
go
through
to be completed successfully
go
through something
to check/examine
to experience
If we get the buyer's
signature this afternoon, the deal can go
through by the end of the week.
My application to join the club went through last
month.
Go through your notes before
the presentation to make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
Don't mention taxes! We don't want to go through that again.
I don't want to go through a
journey like that again. It took nine hours to get here from Madrid.
go
under
to go bankrupt
We'll have to cut the
number of staff, otherwise the company will go
under.
Some of our smaller competitors have gone under because
they got into too much debt.
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Phrasal verbs A-B: account for --> brush
up
Phrasal verbs C: call for --> cut off
Phrasal verbs D-F: deal with
--> fit in
Phrasal verbs H-L: hand out --> look
up to
Phrasal verbs M-P: make out --> put
through
Phrasal verbs R-S: reckon on --> sum
up
Phrasal verbs T-Z: take down --> work
out
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