TEN Phrasal Verbs in English with Multiple Meanings

Hi everyone. Welcome or welcome back to my English learning channel. My name is Claire and if you don't already know, you can also find me on TikTok and Instagram where I post weekly mini lessons in English. But today I thought this topic needed a bit of a longer video and that is phrasal verbs. I've gotten a lot of questions from a lot of you if I can cover them in a video and the phrasal verbs that I chose for this video all have multiple meanings. So they're a little bit more complicated and I want to give some clear examples so that you understand by the end of this video all of the meanings that can come with these 10 phrasal verbs that I'm going to cover today. So let's go. The first phrasal verb we'll look at today is blow up. Now blow up can literally mean to explode but it can also mean to become very angry suddenly or lose your temper. So an example could be she was so angry, she totally blew up at me. Come across. Come across can mean to find something unexpectedly like I was in the attic and I came across an old photo album. Come across can also mean how someone or something appears or is perceived. So the sentence he comes across as a very friendly person. That means he seems that he is friendly to other people. A lot of people think that he is friendly. That's how he comes across. That's the impression he gives. Drop out. With the phrasal verb drop out we usually think of school when someone drops out of school and that just means to discontinue to no longer attend school. It also just means generally to quit or leave something like he dropped out of the race. So he's not going to partake in the race. Give away. Give away can either mean to give something for free like she gave away her clothes to charity or it can mean to reveal a secret unintentionally like he gave away the surprise by accident. End up. This phrasal verb is very versatile. We use this one a lot in English. It generally describes the result of a situation or the final place you find yourself. So an example would be I wanted to go to the party but I ended up staying home and watching TV. Or we often use this phrasal verb in the conditional like in the sentence if you don't work hard now you'll end up without a job. Get over. Get over is also used in a couple different ways but generally the meaning is to recover from something like an illness. It didn't take her long to get over the flu. So that just means that she got well again after having the flu or you could use it in the context of it took me a long time to get over my ex. So not an illness. An ex is a person like an ex-partner but to move on from the relationship to become happy again that is what's implied that you're recovering from with this use of get over. Grow up. Now grow up is the process of getting older. So babies grow up to become adults but it's also generally used to talk about your childhood. Like I grew up in a small town but grow up can also be used not just in the context of physically getting older but also maturing as a person. So if you tell someone to grow up you're telling them that they need to stop acting like a child and they need to be more mature. So you might say something like it's time to grow up and take responsibility. Make up. Make up has multiple meanings. It can mean to invent or create something. For example that story is made up or he made up an excuse for why he was late. Make up can also refer to reconciling after an argument like in the sentence they made up after their fight. Turn down. Turn down has a couple meanings. It can mean to reject or refuse something. For example I turned down the job offer because I accepted another one or he asked me on a date but I turned him down. Turn down can also mean adjusting the level of something. Usually the light or the volume. So you might ask someone to turn down the TV if it's too loud or maybe it's too bright in the room so you want to turn down the lights. Our final phrasal verb is work out. Work out also has two meanings. First it can mean to exercise like I work out at the gym but it can also mean to solve a problem like let's work out this issue or they had a fight but now they've worked it out. So there you have 10 phrasal verbs all of which have multiple meanings and now you know how to use each of them in different contexts. As always if you found this video helpful please give it a like and if you want to watch more videos like this subscribe to my channel and I will be putting one out every week. Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions of topics that you would like me to cover and turn on notifications so that you know when I do post something new. I will see you next week. Have a lovely day. Until next time. Bye.