Phrasal Verbs S
This is the phrasal verb reference section. Here there are definitions and examples for hundreds of phrasal verbs found in English.
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stick
Stick At
Keep working, etc at an activity.
You can't quit another job. You never stick at anything!
Stick Out
1. Be obvious in comparison to something else.
You really stick out in those pink trousers.
2. Put something out, outside.
Stick your hand out of the window and see if you can catch a snowflake.
3. Keep doing something until conditions improve.
I hate my job but I will stick it out until I can get a better one.
Stick To
Stay to an agreed contract, decision.
Please stick to our agreed deal, Mr. Jones. We never said I would have to pay extra as you are saying now!
Stick Up
Give support for somebody.
I will stick up for you if they accuse you of doing it.
stop
Stop By
Visit a person.
If I have time, I will stop by and see you tomorrow.
Stop In
Stay at home.
Look at the terrible weather, let's stop in tonight.
Stop Over
Break your journey.
On the way to Melbourne, we stopped over for a day in Bangkok.
Stop Up
Block a hole with something.
We can stop up that hole with a bit of cloth.
strike
Strike Off
Remove someone from a professional body.
The doctor was struck off for serious malpractice.
Strike Up
Begin, start.
I struck up a great friendship with a man in Paris last year.
string
String Along
Deceive a person repeatedly.
He won't give you that job - he is stringing you along.
String Out
Make last longer than necessary.
I hate it when he strings out his jokes like that.
String Together
Join together.
He was so drunk that he couldn't even string together three words.
strip
Strip Down
Take a machine to pieces.
I had to strip down the engine completely before finding the problem.
suck
Suck Up To
(Informal) Ingratiate oneself to figure of authority.
Of course he gets the best marks. He is always sucking up to the teacher.
swear
Swear By
Believe in something very much.
I swear by Tea Tree Oil for curing all my skin problems.
Swear On
Ask as a witness for your honesty, promise.
I swear on my son's life that I never killed her.
