How do you use these phrasal verbs?
1. ask around
2. break down
3. call on
4. chip in
5. come down with
6. cut in
7. get round to
8. let down
9. take apart
10. take after
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The Free Dictionary at http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ lists many idioms and examples.
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1. ask a number of people to see if anyone has an answer, or to collect a variety of opinions from which to choose.
2. A. stop working, in the sense of a vehicle. (e.g. My car breaks down every month. The bus broke down.) The vehicle may be reparable, or not, but 'to break down' does not imply that the vehicle is permanently disabled (broken).
B. have an emotional collapse. This is often hyperbolic (meaning: describing an exaggerated statement). (e.g. My friend broke down in the coffee shop when she saw her ex-boyfriend with his new girlfriend.)
3. visit. (e.g. I'm going to call on some friends after church on Sunday.)
4. contribute financially. (e.g. Everyone please chip in to help pay for the dinner bill!)
5. become ill. (e.g. I come down with the flu every winter.)
6. cut in. When a man interrupts a couple who is dancing, to request to dance with the woman. (e.g. "Excuse me sir, may
I cut in?" Mostly seen in old movies.)
7. The correct term is 'to get around to.' It means to do something eventually, often a chore. (e.g. One of these days, I'll get around to cleaning out my attic.)
8. disappoint someone / yourself. (e.g. My husband really let me down when he forgot our twentieth anniversary.)
9. disassemble. I need to take apart this furniture so that I can put it in storage.
10. resemble, as in a parent or other relative. This resemblance can be physical or behavioral. (e.g. "My son really takes after his grandfather. He looks just like the pictures in the family album!" "My daughter takes after my sister. They both throw temper tantrums.")
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