G - I

*get in*

Definition: to enter a car or lorry. [opposite: get out of]

E.g.1. She got in the car and started the engine.
E.g.2.  It’s pouring with rain! Get in or you’ll get soaked!

This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

*get into*
Definition: to become involved in a difficult situation, often without intending to.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: Don’t use your credit card too much or you’ll get into debt.
E.g.2: He got into trouble with the police because he forgot to pay for his shopping before he left the shop.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*get up and wake up*
Definition: wake up: to stop sleeping
get up : to leave your bed after waking up
E.g.1: Jean always gets up as soon as she wakes up.
E.g.2: On Sundays, I often wake up at 9 o’clock. I have breakfast in bed and read a book. Then I get up at about 12 o’clock.
E.g.3: Alice woke the baby up first to feed her. Then she got the other children up.
These phrasal verbs can be separated.

*give in*
Definition:
1) to admit that you are defeated or cannot do something.
2) to be persuaded to do something you don’t want to do.
3) to surrender, because you have been defeated or because the task is too difficult, tiring or frustrating.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: She wanted a new dress and asked her father to buy it for her. Every time she asked him he said no, but she continued to ask him every day. Eventually he gave in and bought her the dress.
E.g.2: The government refused to give in to the terrorists’ threats.
E.g.3:You can’t give in now – you’ve nearly finished!
E.g.4: He’s very stubborn. He won’t give in no matter how much you try to persuade him.

This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*give up*
Definition: to stop doing something or believing something.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: She wanted a new dress and asked her father to buy it for her. Every time she asked him he said no, but she continued to ask him every day. Eventually she gave up asking him and never got the dress.
E.g.2: My doctor tried to persuade me to give smoking up.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)

*give (something) up*
Definition: to stop doing something.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: If you want to lose weight you’ll have to give up eating sweets.
E.g.2: He put on a lot of weight when he gave tennis up.
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 2).

*go in for*
Definition: to enter a competition.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: When I was at school I always went in for athletics events, but I never won.
E.g.2: There’s a poetry competition being advertised in the newspaper. Are you going to go in for it?
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*go on (at someone, about something)*
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
Definition: to continue talking to someone about the same thing, in an annoying or boring way.
E.g.1: She went on at her father until he agreed to buy her a new dress.
E.g.2: It was a very boring talk – he went on about his theories for over an hour!
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*go over (something)*
Definition: to look carefully at something while checking that you understand it, or that there are no mistakes in it.
E.g.1: When you’ve finished, you should go over your work before giving it to your teacher.
E.g.2: The teacher went over the main points of the lesson again, checking that all the students understood.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*go under*
Definition: (concerning a business) to become bankrupt.
E.g.1: That company doesn’t exist any more; they went under last year.
E.g.2: The company is in danger of going under. We must do something.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*gobble (something) up (also ‘gobble (something) down’)*
Definition: to eat all of something very quickly. (Informal)
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He felt sick because he had gobbled up all his chocolate Easter eggs before breakfast.
E.g.2: She gobbled all the sweets up before her brother got home.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)

*have (someone) on*
Definition: to make someone believe that something is true when it is not in order to amuse yourself or others.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: It can’t be true! Are you having me on?
E.g.2: He didn’t know whether she was having him on or not, so he just smiled and said nothing.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1 and 2)

*have (something) out (with someone)*
Definition: to talk to someone about something that has been causing disagreement or unhappiness between you for some time.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: She couldn’t stand it any longer – when her husband arrived home from work she would have it out with him.
E.g.2: He was so angry he wanted to go to her office and have the matter out with her, but he knew he would probably lose his job if he did.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1 and 2)

*hunt for*
Definition: to try to find something by searching very carefully and thoroughly
E.g.1: Our community always organises an Easter Egg Hunt. This year about 70 children will be hunting for Easter eggs in the park.
E.g.2: My Mummy always hides a lot of Easter eggs for us. My brother and sister and I have to hunt for them in the garden and in the house.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.