Awesome Phrasal Verbs vol. 2

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Turn Around

After Niko Bellic came back from the war in Europe, his life began to turn around

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to improve in some way, especially after a poor performance

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Fire off

Tom: That thing you sent me on Whatsapp, what was that all about?

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Jimmy: As you can imagine, I had no time to explain so I fired off "get in the banana."

By the way, Tom. Why didn't you get in the banana? You know it is mighty important to get in the banana whenever you're invited.

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1 to hastily write and send a message

you can say "fire off something" or "fire something off"

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2 to make statements or ask questions in rapid succession

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Crank out

You're taking the ENEM; there are five minutes left to finish the exam and you remember there's the essay left to do, so with that time you decide to crank out a few paragraphs and submit it.

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to do or complete something quickly (and perhaps with a loss of quality as a result)

you can say "crank out something" or "crank something out"

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Buck up

Why the long face? Buck up, man!

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to adopt a positive outlook, attitude, or mood when one is upset or discouraged.

The phrasal verb is usually used in the imperative, i.e. you tell someone or yourself to buck up!

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Scrounge up

I wasn't expecting to rain this hard. Also, I don't have "rain clothes", but I managed to scrounge up an old jacket. I just dusted it off, slipped into my boots and headed out.

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to locate someone or something after searching exhaustively

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Chip in

1. 1. Matt, I heard you're moving out of your parents house. You and the boys are gonna move some boxes next Saturday, right? Cool, I wanna chip in.

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1. 2. My classmates were in the corner talking about video games during the break and I decided to chip in, because I know a lot about the subject.

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1 to contribute to something being undertaken by a group, such as a task

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2 to join in a discussion about something; to offer one's thoughts

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Stay in

Jim: Sup, Matt. It's a nice Sunday, so me and the boys are going to the park. Wanna join?

Matt: Thanks, buddy. Nice of you to invite me, but today I just wanna stay in.

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to remain at home, especially as an alternative to some social activity

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Crap out

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A: I want to assemble a good, high-end, gaming PC this month.

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B: Oh yeah, what happened to your old one?

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A: It crapped out on me.

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Elizabeth said she'd take the challenge, but crapped out at the last minute.

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1 when talking about machines, devices, etc. to malfunction or to break completely

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2 to break one's commitment to someone or something

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Pull out

Jane would sign a contract to work with a company, but pulled out at the last minute. It was a good decision, because a few weeks later a better company with a great offer approached her.

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Tom was going on a tinder date, but pulled out when he found out it was all a scam.

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Means to get out of some situation of commitment.

If you pull out of an agreement, a contest, or an organization, you leave it, you move away from it.