Phrasal Verbs
Verb → ACT
Meaning - To take action because of something like information received.
Example - The CBI were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the goons red-handed.
Meaning - Perform something with actions and gestures.
Example - The Drama Group ACTED OUT the story on stage.
Meaning - Behave badly or strangely.
Example - My laptop's ACTING UP; I think I might have a virus from an unauthorized website.
Verb → ADD
Meaning - Include in a calculation.
Example - You have to ADD the VAT ON to the price of the bottle they give.
Meaning - To make a mathematical total.
Example - We ADDED UP the hotel bill to check it was correct.
Verb → AGREE
Meaning - to think that something is the right thing to do.
Example - I don’t AGREE WITH corporal punishment in schools.
Verb → Aim
Meaning - To target.
Example - The daily magazine is AIMED AT teenagers who started their career recently.
Verb → Allow
Meaning - Include something in a plan or calculation.
Example - You should ALLOW FOR delays when planning an international vacation.
Meaning - Make possible, permit.
Example - The school rules don’t ALLOW OF any exceptions.
Verb → Angle
Meaning - Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting.
Example - She’s been ANGLING FOR an invitation, but I don’t want him to come
Verb → Answer
Meaning - To reply rudely to someone in authority.
Example - His mother was shocked when he started ANSWERING her BACK and refusing to help in daily chaos.
Verb → Argue
a.) Meaning - Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument.
Example - The lecturer tried to ARGUE the boy DOWN, but he couldn’t.
b.) Meaning - Persuade someone to drop the price of something they’re selling.
Example - Sneha ARGUED him DOWN twenty percent.
Meaning - Argue about a problem to find a solution.
Example - If we can’t ARGUE our differences OUT, we’ll have to take them to court.
Verb → Bash
Meaning - Mistreat physically.
Example - If you BASH your CPU ABOUT like that, it won’t last long.
Meaning - Break, damage or injure by hitting.
Example - The goons BASHED the door IN to enter the house.
Meaning - Write something quickly without much preparation.
Example - I BASHED the speech OUT the night before I had to hand it in.
Verifying, please be patient.