Phrasal Verbs

comeback n. When a condition, problem, situation, or activity returns or greatly
increases, it makes a comeback.
Health officials are concerned that tuberculosis is making a comeback.
4. come back p.v. When a fashion or fad comes back, it becomes popular again.
Miniskirts are coming back this year.
Western movies and TV shows go out of style and then come back every few
years.
comeback n. When a fashion or fad becomes popular again, it makes a comeback.
I saved all my wide neckties because I knew they’d make a comeback someday.
Infinitive: get off on
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
get off on & gets off
on
getting off on
got off on
gotten off on
1. get off on p.v. [informal] When you get off on something or get off on doing something,
you find it enjoyable and exciting.
Sally loves winter sports, and she especially gets off on snowboarding.
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Mountain climbing is what I get off on.
Infinitive: go away
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
go away & goes
away
going away
went away
gone away
1. go away p.v. When you leave a place or leave a person, you go away.
Go away! I’m trying to study.
Mark went away not realizing he had left his briefcase behind.
2. go away (for) p.v. When you travel for a period of time, you go away for this time.
We always go away for a few weeks in the winter.
Lydia is going to go away for a while.
3. go away (to) p.v. When you leave your home and live temporarily at another place, such
as a school, you go away to that place.
Jane didn’t go away to school. She went to a school near her home.
Some young people are nervous about going away to school, but others look
forward to it.
4. go away p.v. When a condition, problem, situation, or activity disappears or greatly
decreases, it goes away.
I have a pain in my back that never goes away.
If the rain doesn’t go away, we’ll have to call off the game.
Infinitive: run around
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
run around & runs
around
running around
ran around
run around
1. run around p.v. When you run around a place, you run to various parts of it.
The cat ran around the room chasing the mouse.
The children were running around the museum, and the guard told them to stop.
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2. run around p.v. When you run around doing something, you go to various places trying
urgently to accomplish something that is important to you.
The woman was running around the store looking for her lost child.
We ran around the house trying to rescue whatever we could from the rising
floodwater.
runaround n. When people are not honest with you or helpful to you, they give you the
runaround.
Why didn’t you just tell me the truth instead of giving me the runaround?
Infinitive: stick with