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

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comeback n. When a fashion or fad becomes popular again, it makes a comeback. l<br />

saved all my wide neckties because I knew they'd make a comeback someday.<br />

Infinitive<br />

present tense -ing form past tense past participle<br />

get off on<br />

get off on & gets off on<br />

getting off on got off on gotten off on<br />

1. get off on p.v. [informal] When you get off on something or get off on doing something,<br />

you find it enjoyable and exciting.<br />

Sally loves winter sports, and she especially gets off on snowboarding.<br />

go away<br />

Mountain climbing is what I get off on.<br />

go away & goes away going away went away gone away<br />

1. go away p.v. When you leave a place or leave a person, you go away.<br />

Go away! I'm trying to study.<br />

Mark went away not realizing he had left his briefcase behind.<br />

2. go away (for) p.v. When you travel for a period of time, you go away for this time.<br />

We always go away for a few weeks in the winter.<br />

Lydia is going to go away for a while.<br />

3. go away (to) p.v. When you leave your home and live temporarily at another<br />

place, such as a school, you go away to that place.<br />

Jane didn't go away to school; she went to a school near her home.<br />

Some young people are nervous about going away to school, but others look forward to it.<br />

4. go away p.v. When a condition, problem, situation, or activity disappears or greatly<br />

decreases, it goes away.<br />

l have a pain in my back that never goes away.<br />

If the rain doesn't go away, we'll have to call off the game.<br />

run around<br />

run around & runs around running around ran around run around<br />

1. run around p.v. When you run around a place, you run to various parts of it.<br />

The cat ran around the room chasing the mouse.<br />

The children were running around the museum, and the guard told them to stop.<br />

2. run around p.v. When you run around doing something, you go to various places trying<br />

urgently to accomplish something that is important to you.<br />

The woman was running around the store looking for her lost child.<br />

We ran around the house trying to rescue whatever we could from the rising floodwater.<br />

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