1 NOTE The opposite of go out is stay in.
go over
If you go over, you go to someone's house and visit them for a short time.
There was a phone message from Jeremy, asking me to go over the next evening.
Can we go over to Ella's today?
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1 You can also use go round.
hang out
If you hang out somewhere or hang out, you spend a lot of time in a place, often not doing very much.
[INFORMAL]
I don't hang out at the park any more.
Shall we go to town and just hang out?
put off
E If you put off something, you delay it or arrange to do it at a later time than planned.
She used tiredness as an excuse to put off things she didn't want to do.
I know I've got to call him but I keep putting it off.
5] If you put a person off, you delay seeing them or doing what they want you to do.
She'll be here soon, unless I can put her off somehow.
show up
If you show up, you arrive at a place where people are expecting you.
I waited for half an hour, but she didn't show up.
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! You can also use turn up.
stay in
If you stay in, you remain at home rather than going out.
We stayed in the whole evening.
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I You can also use stop in.
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I The opposite of stay in is go out.
take up
If you take up an activity or job, you start doing it.
I thought I'd take up fishing.
You're good at art. You should take it up professionally.
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Exercise 1
Match verbs 1-4 with particles A-D to make phrasal verbs from this unit.
1 take / show / catch
A in
2 eat / go / hang
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