Phrasal Verbs


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[@pdfbooksyouneed] Barron\'s Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: hammer out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
hammer out &
hammers out
hammering out
hammered out
hammered out
1. hammer . . . out p.v. When two sides of a negotiation hammer out a deal, contract,
treaty, or other similar agreement, they come to an agreement after difficult negotiations.
After months of negotiation, the company and the union hammered out a
contract that calls for a 9 percent raise in pay over three years.
We tried for days to hammer a deal out, but finally we gave up and called it off.
Infinitive: knock out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
knock out & knocks
out
knocking out
knocked out
knocked out
1. knock . . . out p.v. When you knock people out, you hit them hard enough to cause them
to lose consciousness. When people are knocked out, they are hit by someone or
something hard enough to cause them to lose consciousness.
The boxer knocked his opponent out with a blow to the head.
David fell and hit his head on the sidewalk so hard that it knocked him out.
knockout n. A hit hard enough to cause someone to lose consciousness is a knockout.
At the count of ten the referee declared a knockout.
2. knock . . . out p.v. If something knocks you out, it impresses or surprises you a lot.
Tom’s new house is fabulous! It really knocked me out.
The Youngs’ daughter is only sixteen and she’s already in college? That just
knocks me out.
knockout n. A knockout is something that impresses or surprises you a lot.
Have you seen Erik’s new girlfriend? She’s a real knockout.
3. knock . . . out p.v. When you try very hard to please other people, you knock yourself out
or knock yourself out to do something.
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Marsha’s Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous. She really knocked herself out.
Thanks for inviting me to spend the weekend with you, but don’t knock yourself

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