The English phrasal verb PUT OFF has the following meanings: 1. Put off = to postpone (transitive) When the time or date of something is rescheduled to a later time, especially because of a problem. With this meaning you can have the object in the middle of the...
The English phrasal verb TAKE ABACK has the following meaning: 1. Take aback = to be surprised or shocked (transitive) When someone hears or sees something that they were not expecting to hear/see and they are surprised by it. When a person is caught off guard and...
The English phrasal verb TAKE UP has the following meanings: 1. Take up = to fill or occupy time or space (transitive) When a task or duty occupies much of your time, or when a person or item occupies space. The meeting took up the entire morning. The new sofa takes...
What are phrasal verbs? A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb + preposition (or adverb). This preposition or adverb part of a phrasal verb is called the particle: Verb + particle Typically, the meaning of a phrasal verb is usually not obvious when we look at the...
