Welcome to your Phrasal Verbs with IN / OUT lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Phrasal verbs with IN / OUT
• Other phrasal verbs with IN
• Other phrasal verbs with OUT
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Phrasal verbs with IN / OUT
| verb + IN = into a room, a house, a car etc. | verb + OUT = out of a room, a house, a car etc. |
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| You can also say go in, walk in, break in etc. | You can also say go out, let out, get out etc. |
Compare IN and INTO:
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Compare OUT and OUT OF:
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Other phrasal verbs with IN
- drop IN / call IN (visit somebody without arranging to do this):
“I dropped in to see Mark yesterday.”
- fill IN / fill OUT (complete a form with information):
“Please fill in this form with your name and address.”
- join IN (take part in an activity that is already happening):
“You’re playing basketball? Can I join in?”
- plug IN (connect a wire to something):
“Plug your phone in the computer to synchronise it.”
- take IN (deceive somebody):
“He told me he was a Nigerian prince, I was completely taken in.”
Other phrasal verbs with OUT
- cross OUT / rub OUT:
“Some of the information has been crossed out.”
- cut OUT (use scissors to remove something from a newspaper etc.):
“My daughter was in the newspaper so I cut the article out and kept it.”
- eat OUT (go to a restaurant):
“We ate out at the new Chinese last night.”
- drop OUT (leave something before you finish it):
“She was too tired to finish the race so she dropped out.”
- get OUT OF (avoid doing something):
“I’m supposed to see my auntie tomorrow, but I really want to get out of it.”
- leave OUT (not include something):
“You don’t have to put your age on the CV, you can leave that out.”
