THE ULTIMATE PHRASAL VERB BOOK - Noel's ESL eBook Library

John won't forget what you did to him. He'll definitely get back at you someday.
She wants to get back at her ex-husband for the way he treated her.
Infinitive
present tense -ing form past tense past participle
go about
go about & goes about going about went about gone about
1. go about p.v. When you go about something or go about doing something, you begin or continue
to follow all the steps necessary to do it.
/ have no idea how to go about opening a restaurant. Everyday he quietly went about his business and
never caused any problems.
grow out of
grow out of & grows out of growing out of grew out of grown out of
1..grow out of p.v. When people become too tall or too big to wear an item of clothing, they
grow out of the item of clothing.
/ bought Susie's shoes one size too big, but she's quickly growing out of them.
Do you want these clothes for your daughter? Mine has grown out of them.
2. grow out of p.v. When people become too mature for a toy, for an interest, or for a form of
behavior, they have grown out of it.
Judy had a big crush on a rock star when she was in high school, but after a while she grew out of it.
Jim's son is going through a difficult stage, but he'll grow out of it in a couple of years.
head into head into & heads into heading into headed into headed into
1. head into p.v. When you head into or are headed into a place or area, you begin to enter it.
rip up
/ almost had an accident as I was heading into town.
We scared away the bear, and it headed slowly into the woods.
Jim was headed into Ashland when his car broke down.
rip up & rips up ripping up ripped up ripped up
1. rip ...up p.v. When you tear paper or cloth into many pieces, you rip it up.
Nancy was furious when she read Tom's letter, and she angrily ripped it up. Always rip up a
check before you put it in the wastebasket.
ripped up part.adj. After a piece of paper or cloth has been torn into many small piece, it is ripped up.
After the kids opened their Christmas presents, the floor was covered with ripped up paper.
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