THE ULTIMATE PHRASAL VERB

Did you see Mike? He's put on so much weight that I didn't recognize him.
 I need to go on a diet. I've been putting on a lot of weight lately.

5. put ...on p.v. When you organize or perform something for other people's entertainment, such as a play or a concert, you put it on.

The club put on a show to raise money for the party.

 That opera hasn't been put on in more than 200 years.

6. put.. .on p.v. [informal] When you put people on, you kid or tease them.

You won the lottery? You're putting me on!

Don't put me on — tell me the truth.

put-on n. Something done with the intention[S1]  of fooling or deceiving [S2] people is a put-on.

He didn't really win the lottery. It was all a big put-on to impress his girlfriend.

Infinitive
	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
run into	run into & runs into	running into	ran into	run into

 

1. run into p.v. When you are driving and hit another vehicle or something near the road, such as a tree or a telephone pole, you run into it.

Ali was driving too fast, and he ran into a telephone pole.
 I was run into by a drunk driver.

2. run into p.v. When you meet people unexpectedly[S3]  or unintentionally[S4] , you run into them. Bump into is the same as run into.

We ran into Karen and her new boyfriend at the supermarket yesterday.

 I owe Frank $300, so I hope I don't run into him.

3. run into p.v. When you unexpectedly encounter[S5]  difficulties or problems, you run into them.

/ thought it would be easy to fix my car, but I've been running into problems.

Janice ran into one problem after another at work today.

4. run into p.v. When the total of something grows to a large amount or number, it runs into that amount or number.

If you fixed everything on that old car that needs fixing, it would run into thousands of dollars.
The number of starving people in the country ran into millions.

show up
	show up & shows up	showing up	showed up	shown up

 

1. show up p.v. When you appear somewhere, you show up. Turn up is similar to show up.

/ was supposed to meet my sister for lunch, but she hasn't shown up yet.

Over a hundred people showed up for the news conference.

2. show up p.v. When something appears or becomes visible, it shows up.

It's hard to photograph polar bears because they don't show up well against the snow. The spots won't show up until the last stages of the disease.

Infinitive
	present tense	-ing form	past tense	past participle
take off	take off & takes off	taking off	took off	taken off

 

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1. take ...off p.v. When you remove something from your body, you take it off.

/ was so tired when I got home that I took my clothes off and went straight to bed. Take off your shoes. You're getting mud on the carpet.

2. take ...off p.v. When you remove something from a surface, you take it off.

I took the book off the table. You need to take the old wax off the floor before you wax it again.

3. take ...off p.v. When you remove something from something it is attached or affixed to, you take it off.

Alfonso always takes the skin off chicken before he cooks it. After Jane took the flat tire off her bicycle, she put on the new one.

4. take ... off p.v. When you take time off from work or study, you do something different, in stead of working or studying.

I can't work tomorrow. I have to take the day off for some tests at the hospital. Our company always lets us take the week between Christmas and New Year's Day off.

5. take off p.v. When an airplane leaves the ground and flies up into the air, it takes off.

Our plane took off an hour late because of the snow.
Put on your seat belt; we're taking off now.

takeoff n. Takeoff is when an airplane leaves the ground and flies up into the air. The takeoff was delayed because of the snow.

6. take off p.v. When a business or other organized activity becomes very successful, it takes off.

The new restaurant's business is taking off because it got a good review in the news­paper.
If this business takes off, we could make a lot of money.

7. take off p.v. [informal] When you leave suddenly or quickly, you take off.

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