phrasal verbs and idioms with Pull

Phrasal Verbs:

pull ahead

To move ahead, as in a race.

pull away

1. To move away or backward; withdraw: The limousine pulled away from the curb.
2. To move ahead of another or others: The horse pulled away and took the lead in the race.

pull back

1. To withdraw or retreat.
2. To reduce one’s involvement in a given enterprise.

pull down

1. To demolish; destroy: pull down an old office building.
2. To reduce to a lower level: The bad news pulled down stock prices.
3. To depress, as in spirits or health.
4. InformalTo draw (money) as wages: pulls down a hefty salary.

Common phrasal verbs

Happy Viet Nam women’s day.!

Today, many people go out with girlfriend/ boyfriend but If you are in your house, let’s learn by heart these phrasal verbs together.

💐COME UP WITH = đưa ra, phát hiện ra, khám phá
We need to come up with a solution soon.
(Chúng ta cần đưa ra giải pháp sớm.)
💐GET AWAY WITH = thoát khỏi sự trừng phạt
He robbed a bank and got away with it.
(Ông ta đã cướp nhà băng và đã thoát khỏi sự trừng phạt.)
💐GET ON TO = liên lạc với ai đó
Can you get on to the suppliers and chase up our order?
(Anh có thể liên lạc được với các nhà cung cấp và đôn đốc họ làm nhanh yêu cầu của chúng ta không?)
💐GO IN FOR = làm điều gì vì bạn thích nó
I don’t really go in for playing football.
(Tôi thực sự không thích chơi bóng đá.)

19 Most Common Phrasal Verbs with Take

It will take some time to learn all the phrasal verbs, so let’s take a look at them one by one. Below you will see the most common ones with the verb ’take’.

Phrasal Verbs with “call”

 

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1. Call after
To give a child the same name as someone else, especially a family member

= be named after someone

• We have called him Benjamin after his father.

1.1. Call at =  Visit

To call at a place is to stop at that place briefly. This expression is mainly used in association with boats and ships.

• The ship will call at the port for a few hours.

2. Call around / Call round
To go to someone’s house to visit them

• I called around yesterday but you weren’t there.

3. Call away
To ask someone to go somewhere else

• I am afraid the doctor was called away on an emergency earlier today, but he should be back soon.