TO PUT UP WITH – PHRASAL VERB

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Example sentences: 

  • I will not put up with your terrible behaviour!
  • She had no choice, she had to put up with that cold.
  • I can’t put up with your constant whining.

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Get These Blues Off Me – B.B. KING


Please don’t be angry with me cause I’ve gone away
I’ve told you about your mistakes
But you didn’t hear a word I said
I’m so tired of worrying
I don’t know just what to do
I’m sorry baby
I just can’t put up with you

I’ve tried to please you
But you just wasn’t satisfied with me
Well I tried to please you
You just wasn’t satisfied with me
I’ve had to do it ever since I met you
Now you ought to be free
Get These Blues Off Me

TO BACK UP

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Example sentences from the web:

  • Does the Council intend to back up the diplomatic work being carried out by Spain and the other Member States on this issue?
  • He is backed up by other professors at Copenhagen University, Kaj Sand-Jensen and Carsten Rahbek.
  • Everyone, back up a little bit here.
  • Could you back up a little to give me some room?

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TO CUT BACK ON

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Example sentences from the web: 

  • People are not having as many hours to work and they are being cut back on their working hours because of this issue.
  • You’ve drastically cut back on calories, but your body doesn’t stop burning them, so you may feel weak.
  • In recent years, the state began cutting back on costs because of the economy.

 

COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING

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Example sentences from the web:

  • Maybe you’re coming down with an ear infection…
  • He came down with malaria, went home, recovered, and in early 1996, with the support of the World Health Organization, returned.
  • Mr C. has come down with a fever. He can’t work today.

Get along

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More example sentences:

  • I don’t get along with Sebastian, we have nothing in common!
  • The reason you don’t get along is because you have different values.
  • I like her so much! We are getting along well.

Another meaning of ‘TO GET ALONG’ is ‘to manage’, ‘to cope’, ‘to make progress while doing something’.

Example sentences:

  • I’m not getting along well with my schoolwork. I need to work harder.
  • How are you getting along with your work?
  • I just can’t get along without a secretary.

SYNONYMS:

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Get rid of

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‘Get rid of’ is an INSEPARABLE phrasal verb.

Example sentences:

  • She’s trying to get rid of us.
  • I can’t get rid of my phone until John calls.
  • I just can’t bring myself to get rid of this old dress because it has so many good memories attached to it.

 

 

To go – Phrasal verbs

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB:

  • GO FOR
    1) To be attracted to; to have an interest in.
    – You and me … We go for the bad boys.
    – He tends to go for girls like her.
    2) To attack.
    – The neighbour’s dog went for the postman and bit him.
    – He is known to go for the jugular in arguments.
    3) To seek to obtain; to choose.
    – I think they would go for that kind of centralization.
    – I could really go for some hot wings.
  • GO THROUGH
    1) To bear; to experience a difficult/unpleasant situation.
    – Nobody would want to go through something like that.
    – In Malta, my fellow workers are going through disastrous changes.
    2) To examine the contents of something carefully.
    – We need to go through every message and assess the damage.
    – That subpoena gives us the right to go through your files.
  • GO IN FOR
    1) To occupy oneself with; to engage in
    – She goes in for volleyball.
    – We have responded more to the will of our citizens and have been that much less inclined to go in for big events.
    – This will enable our students to go in for a three-year degree, in Italian, directly from Cairo and also take the exams in Egypt.
    2) To have or show an interest in or liking for.
    – I thought you didn’t go in for those kinds of shenanigans.
    – I don’t go in for those modern things.
    3) To enter a competition or to take an examination.
    – My brother decided to cheer himself up by going in for a competition. The prize was a luxury holiday in the Caribbean.
    – He went in for the photography prize but didn’t win.
    – His school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year competition.
  • GO WITHOUT
    To be denied or deprived of something
    – If you don’t like your tea, you can go without.
    – She has had to go without a holiday for several years now.
    – There were days I knew he went without food to buy music paper.
  • GO ABOUT
    1) To occupy oneself with; to perform
    – Meanwhile, the unsuspecting citizens of Coruscant go about their daily lives.
    – The shoemaker goes about his work with a smile.
    2) To begin to do
    – We went about getting evidence of what was going on.
    – How can I go about getting a good idea?
  • GO THROUGH WITH
    To stay with (something) to the end even if it’s something unpleasant or difficult.
    – She went through with the divorce.
    – We’re going to use him to go through with the transaction.
    – Now you won’t have to go through with all that mess.
  • GO OFF
    1) To explode, or to make a loud noise.
    – The bomb could go off at any moment.
    – The Hulk is a bomb waiting to go off.
    2) To leave suddenly.
    – John went off with the money.
    – Brian is going off to Milan and we’re throwing him a farewell party.
    3) To become angry quickly.
    – He went off in a flash when he heard the news. I’ve never seen him so upset.
    4) To cease to be available, running, or functioning (of a light, electricity, or heating); to stop.
    – The generator went off and we can’t get it started again.
    – The lights go off every six minutes, you know, to save electricity and stuff.

    5) To begin (with alarms, or signals).
    – My alarm clock didn’t go off today and that’s why I was late.
    – My alarm clock went off at 7:00 a.m.
    – It’s programmed to go off before you do.

    6) To follow the expected or desired course; to occur specified.
    – The party went off well.
    7) To go bad; to decay.
    – Something has gone off in the fridge, there’s a horrible smell.
    – The food went off very quickly, we had to throw it all.
  • GO ON
    1) To happen or take place.
    – What’s going on at school?
    – What’s going on outside? All your friends are out in the street carrying placards.
    2) To continue; to proceed; to keep on.
    – Please, go on. Don’t let me interrupt you.
    – Go on, tell me what happened next.

    3) To start running or functioning (of power, water supply, etc.)
    – The alarm goes on when you close the front door.
    4) To act or behave.
    – Don’t go on like that; stop kicking the dog.
  • GO ALONG WITH
    To agree with someone’s opinion/decision; to support an idea.
    – I said it wouldn’t work. I didn’t go along with it from the beginning.
    – She’s still angry with me for going along with your idea.
  • GO TOGETHER
    1) To have a romantic relationship (informal).
    – Are Mark and Mary still going together?
    – They had been going together for years.
    2) To look or taste good when experienced at the same time (items of clothing, furniture or food).
    – Fish and red wine don’t go together.
    – Drinking and driving don’t go together.

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