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

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 goahead.
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
present tense -ing form past tense past participle
grow up 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. [informal — used primarily by children] When children behave in a mature
way, 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!"
hand out
hand out & hands out handing out handed out handed out
1. hand ... out p.v. When you distribute something to other people, you hand it out. Give out is
similar to hand out.
The teacher handed the tests out to the class.
Emergency loan applications were handed out to the flood victims.
handout n. Something given free to people in need to help them is a handout.
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