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

fill in
present tense -ing form past tense past participle
fill in & fills in filling in filled in filled in
1. fill... in p.v. When you fill in a form, you put information in the correct spaces.
Fill out is the same as fill in.
Maria filled in the job application and gave it to the secretary.
The teacher gave us the quiz and told us to fill the blanks in with the correct answers.
filled in part.adj. After you write all the information in the correct spaces of a form, the form is
filled in.
Are those forms blank or filled in?
This check isn't any good — the amount isn't filled in.
2. fill... in p.v. When people want or need more information about a plan, situation,
or occurrence and you supply that information, you fill them in.
Something interesting happened while you were gone. I'll fill you in later.
I fell asleep during the meeting. Can you fill me in?
3. fill in (for) p.v. When you temporarily do someone else's job, you fill in for that
person.
The regular bartender is on vacation, so Todd is filling in.
She's the star of the show. No one can fill in for her.
fill-in n. Someone who temporarily does someone else's job is a fill-in.
go
Jerry is Ann's fill-in while she's on vacation.
The regular driver is in the hospital, and the fill-in doesn't know the route.
go ahead & goes ahead going ahead went ahead gone ahead
1. go ahead (with) p.v. When you take an action you have already considered doing, you
go ahead with the action.
I've decided to go ahead with my plan to reorganize the company.
After she learned about Jim's drug problem, Raquel went ahead with the marriage anyway.
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