Phrasal Verb

Phrasal Verb

Get up to - do

E.g. What are you getting up to at the weekend?

Get on with (SO) - have a good relationship

E.g. I don’t get on with my mother in law.

Get over (ST, SO) - recover from - recuperarse de

E.g. I’m still getting over the flu.

Get away with (ST) - be successful in something - salirse con la suya

E.g. Do you think I can get away with taking monday off?

Get at (SO) - criticise someone repeatedly - tener de punto a alguien

E.g He’s really getting at us. // My mum is always getting at me to start a family.

Get rid of (ST, SO) - Remove/ throw away something unwanted - tirar, reemplazar

E.g. This washing machine is too old. We need to get rid of it. // I wish we could get rid of him.

Get out of (Doing ST) - Avoid something you don’t want to do.

E.g. I got out of doing that boring project because I said I was too busy.

Get off ligthly - to experience less suffering that expected - estar con suerte

E.g. I think criminals get off lightly in this country. They never get sent to prison for long enough. // We got off lightly for once.

Get through to (SO) - Successfully explain something - comunicar, hacerse comprender

E.g. I can’t get through to my students about the importance of speaking English. // I’ve tried to get through to him.

Get wound up (About ST) - get angry about something

E.g. I get wound up by the neightbour’s dog. He’s always barking and keeps me awake at night. // We shouldn’t get too wound up about it.

Track down - Find after a long search - localizar, ubicar

E.g He has tracked down a copy of the recipe(receta).

Come across - find by chance - encontrase con una persona o cosa

E.g. I came across this article in the news papper.

Tuck away - put something in a place where it isn’t easy to see or find - guardar, esconder

E.g. The house is tuck away.

Stumble (up) on - encontrar

E.g. He stumbled on an article.

Hand down - legar, heredar, transmitir

E.g. The notebook has been handed down the generations.

Go down - fall down to the ground

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