Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: go overboard
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
go overboard & goes
overboard
going overboard
went overboard
gone overboard
1. go overboard p.v. When people go overboard, they do something or engage in an
activity too much so that there is a negative result.
Exercise is good for you, but don’t go overboard. If you do too much at first, you
could hurt yourself.
I asked the stylist to cut my hair a little shorter, but now I’m almost bald. She
really went overboard.
Infinitive: look up
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
look up & looks up
looking up
looked up
looked up
1. look . . . up p.v. When you get information from a reference book, such as a word from a
dictionary or a telephone number from a telephone book, you look the word or number
up.
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The teacher told the students to look the new words up in a dictionary.
I looked up his number, but it’s not in the phone book.
2. look . . . up p.v. When you locate and visit people you have not seen for a long time, you
look them up.
I was in Dallas on business, and I looked up Dan Jones, my old college
roommate.
If you’re ever in my town, look me up.
3. look up p.v. When a situation is looking up or starting to look up, it is improving.
Business was pretty bad for a while, but things are starting to look up.
I’m much happier than I was last year. Things are looking up.