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

Before the trial Hank and his lawyer went over what Hank was going to say.
No one understood the manager's plan after he explained it, so he went back over it.
5. go over p.v. When an idea, suggestion, or performance is accepted and liked by other
people, it goes over.
Senator Dolittle's plan to raise taxes didn't go over with the voters.
The sinaer's performance went over well with the critics.
Infinitive
go up
present tense -ing form past tense past participle
go up & goes up going up went up gone up
1. go up (to) p.v. When you move to a higher level or position, or from south to north, you go
up or go up to that place. Go down is the opposite of go up.
Suzie came down from her tree house to eat lunch, but she went back up after she finished.
I spend the winters in Mexico, and go up to my home in Ohio in the summer.
2. go up (to) p.v. When the cost, rate, quality, quantity, or level of something increases, it
goes up. Go down is the opposite of go up.
The price of gas hasn't gone up in two years.
In the summer the temperature in Saudi Arabia can go up to 125 degrees.
3. go up (to) p.v. When a schedule or plan ends at a certain time or date, the schedule or
plan goes up to that time or date.
Do you have the new schedule? This one goes up only to the end of April.
The teacher gave the students a syllabus that went up to the midterm.
4. go up (to) p.v. When something extends to a certain point that is farther north or at a
higher elevation, it goes up to that point. Go down is the opposite of go up.
This trail went up to the base camp at the foot of the mountain.
Interstate 5 goes up to Seattle.
5. go up (to) p.v. When you approach a person, you go up to that person.
let in on
There's Sarah, Go up and introduce yourself.
Janice isn't shy — she went right up to the president of the company and asked for a raise.
let in on & lets in on letting In on let in on let in on
1. let... in on p.v. When you tell people information that is secret or not widely known, you let
that person in on the information.
General Chambers let me in on the top secret information.
I'm going to let you In on something not many people know about me.
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