American English Grammar Review
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Phrasal Verbs Work Out, Take Up, Set Out! Try it, You'll Like it!
Here are more phrasal verbs just for you. Hey, the phrasal verb work out can mean to solve a problem. In other words, how did that work out? Maybe you had a challenge at work, maybe there was something difficult, might have been something not so difficult. But the idea is what is the result? Right? And someone might say, hey, how did that project? How did that problem work out yesterday? It also has a literal definition. And that would be possibly when we're working out at the gym. Hey, I'm going to work out today at the gym. Come on, let's go work out together. Let's exercise. That would be how that's used. What about the phrasal verb set out? set out commonly is used when we talk about beginning a journey, maybe a course of some kind, hey, she set out to start a new life in a new country. It can be something like that, where we start something very new. It can also be something where we decide to go somewhere, hey, what time are we setting out tomorrow? We're going to set out at seven. We're going to leave. He can also be used as a project. The beginning to a project. In other words, we need to undertake something or attempt to do something. How about the phrasal verb take up to accept someone's offer. If someone says, hey, let's go to the movies tonight. You can reply Hey, I'll take you up on that. In other words, He can also be used when we talk about some kind of an issue. Hey, we need to talk about that. We need to take up that subject. I need to take up that skirt. In other words, I need to shorten the skirt. How about the charm, get back, get back means to return. Hey, what time are you getting back? Well, I'm getting back at seven.
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