12A: Three-Word Phrasal Verbs - Unit 6

to try to discover what someone is doing or how someone is doing

• grow out of

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

to stop doing something as you grow older

• grow out of

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

to avoid punishment for something

• get away with

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

Never trust a rich person who _____ the poor.

• goes back on

• gets through to

• looks down on

• lives up to

to be as good as something

• get away with

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

to defend or support an idea or person who is being criticized or attacked

• get away with

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

Playing video games used to be something people ______, but not any more.

• grew out of

• stood up for

• checked up on

• lived up to

to succeed in making someone understand or believe something

• go back on

• get through to

• look down on

• live up to

It's hard to _____ parents' expectations when they don't understand what you really want out of life.

• get away with

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to

Let's stop by the hospital and _____ your sick uncle.

• grow out of

• stand up for

• check up on

• live up to