Examples about some phrasal verbs
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I am studying English, and I learned these phrasal verbs and I would like to receive examples of theses:
Walk out
Tear down
Look up
Clean up
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Walk out: Leave abruptly, often in protest or anger or as an expression of disapproval.
1. You can't walk out on your wife and children.
2. Just think; tomorrow we shall walk out of this place and leave it all behind us forever.
3. We're so short-staffed. I can't just walk out.
4. You can't walk out on the contract, or you could be taken to court.
5. I never walk out on a job half done.
Tear down: tear down (dismantle something) to make flat with the ground
1. They're going to tear down the old hospital and build a new one.
2. They tried to tear down the reputation of the novelist.
3. It’s not difficult to tear down a groundless argument.
Look up: seek information from.
1. Look up the trains to Beijing in the timetable.
2. They all look up to their teacher.
3. Occasionally Alice would look up from her books.
Clean up: 1. put (things or places) in order 2. make a big profit; often in a short period of time 3. dispose of 4. make oneself clean, presentable or neat.
1. The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image.
2. Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession.
3. Could you please clean up the living room?
4. The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image.
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Examples about some phrasal verbs
Hi people!
I am studying English, and I learned these phrasal verbs and I would like to receive examples of theses:
Walk out
Tear down
Look up
Clean up
He walked out of the house. (He exited the house by walking)
I tore down the poster from my wall. (He removed the poster with some force or violently)
They are looking up the meaning of this word. (They are searching for the meaning of this word in a dictionary, online, or something else)
She needs to clean up the mess that she made. (She is cleaning the mess. Clean up, at least to me, sounds appropriate when there is a mess that is unusual. For routine cleaning I would just use "clean")
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