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Phrasal Verbs With ON
Phrasal Verbs With ON
Phrasal Verbs With ON
Come on: start to arrive or happen “She felt a mild case of the sniffles coming on”.
Make progress, develop “She asked them how their garden was coming on.”
Get on: perform or make progress in a specified way “how are you getting on?”
Go on: of a light, electricity start working “the Street lights went on”
Said when encouraging someone or expressing disbelief “go on, tell him!”
Turn on: start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button.
"Mr Eden thought well of him, and was bringing him on"
cause something, typically something unpleasant, to occur.
"ulcers are not brought on by a rich diet"
Live on: have a particular amount of money with which to buy food and other necessities.
"how much money do you need to live on?"
subsist on a particular type of food.
"he used to lodge in a room with just a bed and a chair and live on bread and water"
Ramble on: If
you say that someone is rambling on, you mean
that they have been talking for a long time in a boring and rather
confused way. She only half-listened as Ella rambled on.
Touch on: deal briefly with a subject in written or spoken discussion.
"her memoirs touch on her experiences in her long life"
come near to being.
"a self-confident manner touching on the arrogant"
Wave on: to make a movement with your hand that tells someone
or something to move in a particular direction: You'll have to
wait till the policeman waves the car on
Switch on: start the flow or operation of something by means of a tap, switch, or button.
"she switched on the light"
Send on: transmit mail or luggage to a further destination or in advance of one's own arrival.
"I've got your catalogue—would you like me to send it on?"
send something on. to send something to a place so that it arrives before you get there.
We sent our furniture on by ship.