Phrasal Verbs

go ahead with the action.
I’ve decided to go ahead with my plan to reorganize the company.
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After she learned about Jim’s health problems, Rosa went ahead with the
marriage anyway.
2. go ahead p.v. When you tell people to go ahead, you tell them to do something without
any further delay or hesitation. If you are in a position of authority and you tell someone
to go ahead with an action, you give permission for that action.
What are you waiting for? Go ahead.
Yes, go ahead and leave work early. It’s no problem.
go-ahead n. When you give people permission to perform an action, you give them the
go-ahead.
We approved his plan and gave him the go-ahead.
The Food and Drug Administration gave the pharmaceutical company the go-
ahead to test the drug on humans.
Infinitive: grow up
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
grow up & grows up growing up
grew up
grown up
1. grow up p.v. When you grow up, you gradually change from a child to an adult.
I grew up on a small farm in North Dakota.
Growing up without a father wasn’t easy.
grown-up part.adj. When young people behave in a mature way, people say that they are
grown-up. Something that relates to adults, and not children, is grown-up.
Susie is only eleven, but she acts very grown-up.
Timmy doesn’t like grown-up books because they don’t have any pictures.
grown-up n. [informal—used primarily by children] A grown-up is an adult.
There were children and grown-ups at the party.
Only grown-ups are allowed to sit in the front seat of the car.
2. grow up p.v. When you tell people to grow up, you are saying that their behavior is
childish and immature.
You’re acting like a baby. Why don’t you grow up!
When he put his fist through the wall, I said, “Oh, grow up!”