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PHRASAL VERBS OR EXPRESSIONS

Make up ones mind: Make a decision.

He made up hes mind to attend the meeting

Cry out: Make a loud and characteristic call.

The wild birds cried out over the water

Plung into: to jump or drive quickly and energetically.

The girls whooped as they plunged into the sea

Rip off: Remove something quickly and violently.

The phantom ripped off his mask

Get down: Enjoy oneself by being uninhibited, especially

with friends in a social setting.

Get down and party!

Knock on: Strike a surface noisily to attract attention,

especially when waiting to be let in through a door.

I knocked on the classroom door.

Climb up: Go or come up (a slope, incline or staircase),

especially by using the feet and sometimes the hands: ascend.

He climbed up the mountain slowly.

Catch up: Do work or other tasks that one should have

done earlier.

He normally used the afternoons


to catch up on paperwork.

Lock up: Shut and secure something, especially a

building by fastening its doors with locks.

Lock up the door when you leave, please

Carry off: Take someone or something away by force.

She was carried off to the custom party.

Tie up: Bind someones legs and arms together or bind

someone that they cannot move or escape.

Robbers tied her up


and ransacked her home

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