Phrasal verbs

take apart (separate something into pieces, dismantle) This bike can be taken apart and put together with ease. (beat someone) If you talk to me that way again, I’ll take you apart. (ruin or damage) The storm took apart the roof and the walls. (criticize someone strongly) He took the …

  work out (calculate) Let me work out the cost of the vacation. (exercise) I work out at the local gym twice a week.  (happen, develop, end up) Things didn’t work out the way we planned. (figure out) I’m trying to work out a way to do it. envocabulary.com

  work off (pay a debt) It will take months to work off the cost of the car I ruined. (get rid of) I went jogging to work off my bad mood. I just joined a gym to work off extra calories. envocabulary.com  

  pull up (to stop a vehicle) The driver pulled up in front of the hotel. (to move a chair close to someone) Pull up a chair and sit down right here. (improve the situation) If you study hard, you’ll soon pull up your French. (to move up) They used …

  pull out (to leave; depart) The ship pulls out at 8:00 a.m. (to retreat; move out) The army will pull out of the region as soon as peace restored. (to stop being involved in something) The exercise became so intense that I had to pull out. (to move out …