Definition: to become unconscious.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: She felt dizzy and then passed out but luckily someone caught her before she hit the ground.
E.g.2: I remember climbing the ladder, but I can’t remember the accident. I guess I must have passed out, because the next thing I remember was the paramedic looking down at me.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated by a pronoun
*pay (money) in*
Definition: to put money into a bank account.
E.g.1: The company pays my wages directly into my bank account.
E.g.2: I have to pay some money into my account before I can write any more cheques.
This phrasal verb is separated (E.g. 1 and 2)
*pay up*
Definition: to give someone the money that you owe them, even if you don’t want to.
E.g.1: He told me that if I didn’t pay up soon I would be in serious trouble.
E.g.2: They didn’t pay up until they got a letter from the company lawyers.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*pick on (someone)*
Definition: to treat someone who is less powerful than you badly and unfairly, often repeatedly.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I hate that teacher. He’s always picking on me but I’m not the naughtiest student in the class.
E.g.2: His classmates picked on him because he was a little overweight.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*pay (a debt) off*
Definition: to give someone all the money you owe them so that you are not in debt.
E.g.1: I owe the bank a lot of money, so I’m paying the debt off a little every week.
E.g.2: He won so much money in the card game that he was able to pay off his debts.
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 1)
*pick (something) out*
Definition: to select the thing or things that you want from a group.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He looked at the oranges and picked out 2 of the biggest and juiciest ones.
E.g.2: The police showed her some photographs of suspects and asked her if she could pick her attacker out.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g.2)
*pick up*
Definition: (Concerning business, trade or the economy of a country) to increase or improve after a period of inactivity or decline.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: Profits were down last year, but in the first quarter of this year it seems that business has picked up.
E.g.2: Sales of the product have picked up in recent weeks.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*play up*
Definition: (informal) If part of your body is playing up, or plays you up, it is painful. This is used with chronic or long-term illnesses or injuries.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I can’t come to work today – my back is playing me up again.
E.g.2: When he was younger he injured his knee playing football. Now, during cold weather, it sometimes plays up and then he can’t walk.
This phrasal verb can be separated by a pronoun (E.g. 1)
*play (something) down*
Definition: to try to persuade people that something is less important or significant than it really is.
E.g.1: Politicians always play down the negative consequences of their decisions.
E.g.2: Everyone agreed that he had helped a lot, but he was modest and played it down.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)
*plug (something) in*
Definition: to connect a machine to an electricity supply by pushing its plug into an electric socket. (Opposite: unplug something)
E.g.1: If you switch a computer on and nothing happens, check that you have plugged it in.
E.g.2: Do you have an adapter? I can’t plug my hairdryer in because it has a British 3 pin plug.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1 & 2)
*pour (something) out*
Definition: to fill a glass or cup with a liquid.(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)E.g.1: He poured out 6 glasses of wine and gave one to each of his guests.
E.g.2: She poured a fresh cup of coffee out and sat down to read her book.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)
*pull over*
Definition: to stop a vehicle temporarily at the side of the road.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: The police car signalled that I should pull over. When we had stopped the policeman asked me why I had been driving so fast.
E.g.2: Could you pull over? – I feel sick.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*push (someone) around*
Definition: to tell someone what to do in a rude and insulting way because you are more powerful.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: Just because he’s big he thinks that he can push people around.
E.g.2: I’m sick of being pushed around – the next time she tells me to do something like that I’m going to say no.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g.1)
*push into*
Definition: to use your influence to persuade or force someone to do something
E.g.1: The protesters are trying to push the government into reducing fuel tax.
E.g.2: Give me time to think. I don’t like being pushed into things.
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 1).
*push on*
Definition: to continue doing something with a lot of energy, often because it is important or because there is not a lot of time to do it.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: The weather is getting bad – we should push on if we want to home before it gets dark.
E.g.2: I should push on with this work – the boss wants it by 3 p.m.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.
*put (someone) down*
Definition: to criticise someone and make them seem unimportant and foolish.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I don’t think their marriage will last long – he’s always putting her down.
E.g.2: She’s not very nice; she finds it much easier to put people down than to praise them.
This phrasal verb can be separated.(E.g.1 and 2)
*put forward*
Definition: to give an opinion, idea or proposal so that others can consider and discuss it.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He put forward the idea that all employees should pay to park in the company car park, but the idea was rejected at the meeting.
E.g.2: He put his plan forward so the others could think about it.
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 2).
*put (something) off*
Definition: to postpone or delay an event, appointment or decision. (This phrasal verb has more than one meaning) E.g.1: You can’t put the decision off much longer. They need to know your answer by the end of the week.
E.g.2: He put off doing the work until the night before it was due.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g.1)
*put (weight) on*
Definition: to gain weight; to become heavier.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I must stop eating chocolate biscuits – I’ve put 5kg on since the beginning of the year.
E.g.2: Why is it that putting weight on is so easy, but losing weight is so difficult?
This phrasal verb can be separated (E.g. 1 & 2).
*put (money) up*
Definition: to provide the money that is needed.
E.g.1: If you want to join in the game of poker, you’ll have to put up £100 stake money.
E.g.2: The government will not put all the money up to build the new road.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)
*roll (something) up*
roll (something) up (N.B. the opposite is ‘unroll’, not ‘roll down’)
Definition: to wrap something, such as paper or cloth, around itself several times so that it looks like a cylinder.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He rolled up his newspaper and used it to kill the spider which was crawling up the wall.
E.g.2: If you roll the carpet up it will be easier to carry.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 2)
*round (something) off
Definition: to complete an activity or task in a satisfactory way.
E.g.1: If you make the conclusion more dramatic, it will round your story off better.
E.g.2: To round off the day, I suggest we go to the local pub and have a few beers.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1)
*run out of*
Definition: to not have enough of something that you usually have.
E.g.1: Your computer crashed because it ran out of memory.
E.g.2: The printer has run out of paper.
E.g.3: I want to work on my computer all night, but I’ve run out of coffee and cigarettes.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated
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