Phrasal Verbs

Infinitive: max out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
max out & maxes out maxing out
maxed out
maxed out
1. max . . . out p.v. When you reach 100 percent of a credit card limit or the limit of any
similar privilege to which you are entitled, you max it out.
Can I borrow 100 dollars? I’ve maxed out my credit card.
My MasterCard was rejected at the restaurant. I guess I maxed it out.
2. max out p.v. When something, such as a benefit, capacity, or output, reaches its limit, it
maxes out.
Salaries at this company range from $50,000 at the low end and max out at
$110,000.
The jet flew faster and faster until it maxed out at 700 k.p.h.
Infinitive: pull off
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
pull off & pulls off
pulling off
pulled off
pulled off
1. pull . . . off p.v. When you pull something off, you succeed in doing something difficult
and possibly sneaky or illegal even though the chances of success are not high.
Mike tried to juggle three butcher knives and two bowling balls at the same time,
but he couldn’t pull it off.
When Jake said he was going to try to rob a Las Vegas casino, no one believed he
could pull it off.
2. pull off p.v. When you are driving and you pull off the road, you drive to the side of the
road and stop.
If I get sleepy while I’m driving, I always pull off the road and take a nap.
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When I heard that strange noise, I pulled off to the side and checked the engine.