Phrasal Verbs: Unit 4 “Pay”

Match each phrasal verb with its meaning.

1 Point out Fully understand the meaning of sth

2 Set up Cancel

3 Look after Start a company, organization,

committee, etc [= establish]

4 Call on 1. Turn to sb

2. Formally ask someone to do

something

3. Visit someone for a short time

5 Buy up Be successful or gain advantage and do

better than other people in a job or
work

6 Step down 1. If a business …, it has to stop

operating because of financial problems

2. Sink beneath the surface of water

7 Get ahead Take care of

8 Go under 1. If a car or machine …, it stops

working.

2. Fail or stop working in a successful

way

9 Break down Leave your job or official position,

because you want to or because you
think you should

10 Call off Quickly buy as much of something as

possible, for example land, tickets, or
goods

11 Sink in 1. Tell someone something that they

did not already know or had not
thought about.

2. Show something to someone by

pointing at it.

Complete the following sentences with one of the phrasal verbs above:
1. Some economists have _______________ that low inflation is not necessarily a good
thing.

2. Rescuers had to ____________ the search because of worsening weather conditions.

3. The news of the President's assassination had only just begun to ____________.
People had just started to think about what would happen to the country and its
government.

4. Kate and her partner are ______________ their own printing business.

5. I'm leaving you here to _______________ the business until I get back.

6. Negotiations _____________ after only two days since the parties couldn’t reach an
agreement.

7. Traditionally management has _______________ labor to cooperate in increasing

productivity and improving the quality of the product.

8. Much of the land was ____________ by property developers.

9. Many citizens believe the President should _______________ because of his bad
performance.

10. She soon found that it wasn't easy to ____________ in the movie business and that
she would have to work hard if she wanted to succeed.

11. More than 7000 businesses have _________________ in the last three months due to
the financial crisis.