Phrasal Verbs

aim it at those people.
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Cigarette manufacturers were accused of aiming their advertising at young
people.
The candidate’s speech was aimed at female voters.
Infinitive: bring back
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bring back & brings
back
bringing back
brought back
brought back
1. bring . . . back p.v. When you take something to another place and then bring it from that
place to the place where you were before, you bring it back.
I told Tom to bring my pen right back.
Sally borrowed my blue sweater and brought it back yesterday.
2. bring . . . back p.v. When something that was popular or current in the past is introduced
again, it is brought back.
Many schools are bringing back uniforms for children.
Every few years designers try to bring miniskirts back.
3. bring . . . back p.v. When something causes you to recall memories and emotions from
the past, it brings the memories and emotions back.
Looking at these old pictures brought back wonderful memories.
I had tried to forget that awful incident, but this magazine article has brought it
all back.
Infinitive: chill out
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chill out & chills out chilling out
chilled out
chilled out
1. chill out p.v. [informal] When people relax or do things that are pleasurable and fun, and
not work, they chill out.
I was going to clean my house yesterday, but I just chilled out instead.
My BFF is coming over tonight. We’re just going to stay here and chill out.
Infinitive: cool off
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cool off & cools off
cooling off
cooled off
cooled off
1. cool off p.v. When the temperature of a thing or place becomes lower, it cools off.
It was really hot yesterday, but it cooled off in the evening.
This is too hot—I’ll eat it after it cools off.
2. cool . . . off p.v. When people or things cause a thing or place to become cooler, they cool
it off.
The coffee was really hot, but he put an ice cube in it and it cooled right off.
This bath is too hot. Put more cold water in it to cool it off.
3. cool off p.v. When you become less angry or less excited, you cool off.
He’s furious now, but he’ll cool off by morning.
Their passion for each other has cooled off.
Infinitive: go back
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go back & goes back going back
went back
gone back
1. go back (to) p.v. When you return to a place where you were before, you go back or go
back to that place.
That restaurant was terrible. We’ll never go back.
Dorothy left the Emerald City and went back to Kansas.
2. go back (to) p.v. When a condition, problem, practice, or custom goes back to a certain
time, it began at that time.
The tradition of saluting in the military goes back to the Middle Ages.
His drug problem goes back to his college years.
3. go back (to) p.v. When you are discussing the age of something, you go back or go back
to when it was created or started.
This table is very valuable. It goes back to the 1760s.
The archeologist found ruins that go back 5,000 years.