It looks like Timmy was the last one in the bathroom — it's really messed up.
2. mess... up p.v. [informal] When you mess up a situation, you create problems. When you mess up a plan or arrangement, you interfere with it and prevent it from happening as planned. Mess up is similar to screw up.
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Everything was perfect until you messed it up.
Our honeymoon was messed up by the airline strike.
messed up part.adj. When you interfere with a plan or arrangement and prevent it from happening as planned, it is messed up. Messed up is similar to screwed up.
Bob changed my plan, and now it's totally messed up.
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| stand up | stand up & stands up | standing up | stood up | stood up |
1. stand up p.v. When you stand up, you change from a sitting position to a standing position. Get up is similar to stand up.
Everyone stands up when the judge enters the courtroom.
When the students are sleepy, the teacher makes them stand up.
2. stand... up p.v. [informal] When you stand people up, you do not arrive at their house as you have promised or at a social event or meeting where you are expected.
Heather had a date with Jim last Saturday night, but she was stood up.
The senator was scheduled to speak at our meeting, but he stood us up.
EXERCISE 28a — Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this section. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense.
1. If you ________ ________ a long airplane flight into two or three shorter flights, it isn't as boring.
2. My workroom was clean and neat, but my brother did some work and he ________ it ________.
3. It's going to be a surprise party, so don't ________ it ________.
4. The neighborhood council asked the police to ________ ________ their patrols in high crime neighborhoods.
5. I haven't talked to Sam in a long time. I think I'll _______ him _______ tonight.
6. The general expects his orders to be ________________ immediately.
7. In some countries, students always _______ _______ when they speak in class.
8. The huge iceberg ________ ________ when it drifted into warmer water.
9. Breaking my leg sure ________ my ski trip ________.
10. Janice didn't come to my house last night as she promised. She _____ me _____.
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11. Timmy and his friend were fighting, and Timmy's mother ________ the fight ________.
12. These boxes are really heavy. Can you help me _____ them _____ of the house?
13. After the rally ended, the crowd quickly ________ ________ and went home.
14. I'm too busy to talk on the phone now. Can you ________ me ________ later?
15. Bob claimed to have an excellent education, but he was ________ ________ by his poor grammar.
16. Mark is very upset. His girlfriend just________________with him.
17. Jim told the Girl Scouts that he didn't want to buy any cookies, but as they walked away he changed his mind and ________ them ________.
18. Instead of charging for the software program, the company decided to ________ it ________ free.
EXERCISE 28b — Write three sentences using the objects in parentheses. Be sure to put the objects in the right place.
1. The White House beefed up. (security, it)
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2. The police are breaking up. (the protest, it)
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3. A trained technician ought to carry our. (the experiment, it)
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4. The foundation gave away. (the money, it)
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5. Susie always messes up. (the bathroom, it)
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6. Todd stood up. (Heather, her)
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EXERCISE 28c — Write answers to the questions using phrasal verbs and participle adjectives from this section. Make all the phrasal verbs passive.
1. Dr. Wood will do the test of the new drug. What will happen to the test?
2. The statue was smashed by thieves. What happened to the gold statue?
3. The children made the house dirty and disorganized. What happened to the house?
4. In Question 3, how would you describe the house?
5. Mike's friend promised to come to his house, but he didn't. What happened to Mike?
6. Karen called Sarah, but Sarah was at school. Sarah didn't call Karen later. What didn't happen to Karen?
7. A supermarket chain gave the food to charity and didn't receive any money for it. What happened to the food?
8. The palace is making security stronger. What is happening to security at the palace?
9. In Question 8, how would you describe the security now?
10. The personnel manager will call all the candidates for the job. What will happen to all the candidates for the job?
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EXERCISE 28d, Review — Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs from previous sections. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense. To check their meanings, review the section number given after each one.
| back up, 11 | fix up, 15 | rip up, 17 | tear down, 8 |
| blow away, 15 | hand out, 10 | stick up, 14 | track down, 13 |
| cut off, 11 | hold up, 7 | take in, 7 | use up, 14 |
| drop off, 11 | lay off, 10 | take out, 11 | wake up, 11 |
1. The hard disk is ________ ________ by the computer operator every day.
2. The old buildings are being ________ ________ to make room for a new office building.
3. The isn't any paper in the copier. Someone ________ it ________.
4. Last night I was ________ ________ by a loud noise.
5. I can't believe I was naive enough to be ________ ________ by him.
6. The library book I wanted had already been ________________.
7. Something amazing happened yesterday. You are going to be ________ _______ when I tell you about it.
8. After the old house had been ________ ________, it looked a lot better.
9. Many employees are really worried that they're going to be ________ ________.
10. I was talking to my brother on the phone when I was suddenly ______ ______.
11. My shirt was ________ ________ when I fell off my bicycle.
12. The entire building is ________ ________ by these four steel beams.
13. The pamphlets will be ________ ________ in train stations and airports.
14. The liquor store was________________again last night.
15. The film was________________at the photo lab.
16. The escaped prisoner was easily ________ ________ by the FBI agents.
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- The ultimate phrasal verb book
- 28. Passive Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 210
- 30. Participle Adjectives Formed from Phrasal Verbs, 2 / 223
- Come from
- 2. Focus on: phrasal verbs and do, does,anddid
- Fall for
- 4. Focus on: present and past continuous phrasal verbs
- 5. Focus on: pronunciation of two-word phrasal verbs
- 7. Focus on: separable phrasal verbs with long objects
- 8. Focus on: present perfect phrasal verbs
- 9. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 1
- 11. Focus on: phrasal verbs used in compound nouns
- Light up
- 14. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 1
- Dress up dress up & dresses up dressing up dressed up dressed up
- Dry up & dries up drying up dried up dried up
- Put away
- Stick up
- 16. Focus on: phrasal verbs with gerund objects, 1
- Hold off hold off & holds off holding off held off held off
- Put past
- Intransitive phrasal verbs
- 18. Focus on: phrasal verbs and can, could, will, andwould
- Figure on
- Lift upon
- Line up
- Tell apart tell apart & tells apart telling apart told apart told apart
- 19. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb right
- Bring over
- Cool off
- Hand over hand over & hands over handing over handed over handed over
- Pull over
- 20. Focus on: phrasal verbs followed by the -ingform
- Start out start out & starts out starting out started out started out
- Stay up stay up & stays up staying up stayed up stayed up
- 21. Focus on: phrasal verbs and shouldandought to
- Very probable: should and ought to
- Look over look over & looks over looking over looked over looked over
- Pick on
- Step on
- Take out on
- 22. Focus on: the particle upand the adverbsright andall
- Clear up
- Heat up
- Plug up
- Wipe up
- 23. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs that require an additional particle when used with an object, 2
- Cut down
- Get away
- Make up
- Watch out
- Exercise 23b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- Print out print out & prints out printing out printed out printed out
- Slow down
- Trade in trade in & trades in trading in traded in traded in
- 1. The doctor said I was cured, but he wants me to see him in a year for a __________.
- 25. Focus on: phrasal verbs and haveto,have got to,andmust
- Do with
- Have on have on & has on having on had on had on
- Knock over
- Lighten up
- Plan ahead
- Think up think up & thinks up thinking up thought up thought up
- 26. Focus on: phrasal verbs and the adverb back
- Open up open up & opens up opening up opened up opened up
- Put together put together & puts together putting together put together put together
- Shut off shut off & shuts off shutting off shut off shut off
- Start up
- 27. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle off and the adverbright
- Break off
- Tear off
- Wash off
- Wipe off
- Break up
- Call up
- Carry out carry out & carries out carrying out carried out carried out
- Mess up
- It looks like Timmy was the last one in the bathroom — it's really messed up.
- 29. Focus on: phrasal verbs and might,may, andcan
- Drop in
- Flip out
- Look out
- Luck out
- Run across run across & runs across running across ran across run across
- 30. Focus on: participle adjectives formed from phrasal verbs, 2
- Lock out
- Punch out & punches out punching out punched out punched out
- Put out & puts out putting out put out put out
- Wash up wash up & washes up washing up washed up washed up
- 10. Thanks for helping me move my piano. I'm sorry to ________ you ________.
- Do away with
- Look into look into & looks into looking into looked into looked into
- Plan on
- Put off & puts off putting off put off put off
- 32. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle out
- Come out come out & comes out coming out came out come out
- Fall out
- Stick out
- 33. Focus on: phrasal verbs and midsentence adverbs
- Catch on catch on & catches on catching on caught on caught on
- Fall behind
- Goof around
- Know about know about & knows about knowing about knew about known about
- Pull off pull off & pulls off pulling off pulled off pulled off
- Exercise 33b — Complete the sentences with the correct second particles.
- 34. Focus on: pronunciation of two-and three-word phrasal verbs, 2
- Lead up to
- Stand for
- Stick to stick to & sticks to sticking to stuck to stuck to
- Leave behind
- Live with
- Narrow down narrow down & narrows down narrowing down narrowed down narrowed down
- Trick into trick into & tricks into tricking into tricked into tricked into
- 36. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the particle down
- Fall down
- Go down
- Put down put down & puts down putting down put down put down
- 37. Focus on: phrasal verbs used as nouns, 3
- Hang out
- Leave over left over
- 38. Focus on: the verb keepand adverbs and adverbials showing degrees of variability
- Keep away
- Keep down
- Keep off keep off & keeps off keeping off kept off kept off
- Keep on keep on & keeps on keeping on kept on kept on
- Keep up
- 39. Focus on: passive phrasal verbs, 3
- Cross off
- Fill up
- Take over
- 40. Focus on: gerund phrasal verbs vs. Phrasal verbs followed by the -ing form
- Bring up & brings up bringing up brought up brought up
- Come back
- Go away
- Run around run around & runs around running around ran around run around
- 41. Focus on: two-word phrasal verbs with the particle in that require into when used with an object
- Let in & lets in letting in let in let in
- Plug in
- Sneak out
- 43. Focus on: modals and present perfect phrasal verbs
- Gross out gross out & grosses out grossing out grossed out grossed out
- Head toward & heads toward heading toward headed toward headed toward
- Run up & runs up running up ran up run up
- Stop off
- 44. Focus on: participle adjectives and passive phrasal verbs with the verb get
- Stress out & stresses out stressing out stressed out stressed out
- 45. Focus on: phrasal verbs with the verb turn
- Turn in
- Turn off
- 46. Focus on: pronunciation of phrasal verbs with the particle into
- Bump into
- Freak out freak out & freaks out freaking out freaked out freaked out
- Make for make for & makes for making for made for made for
- Talk into
- Talk out of
- 47. Focus on: particles used without verbs
- Cut back
- Move out
- 48. Focus on: modals and present perfect passive phrasal verbs
- Knock out
- Look up to
- 1. Look up to p.V. When you look up to people, you admire and respect them.
- Put back
- Switch on & switches on switching on switched on switched on
- Throw out throw out & throws out throwing out threw out thrown out
- 49. Focus on: combinations of get, right, back, and to
- Get ahead
- Get back to
- Start off
- Come down to
- Deal with
- Pay back
- Take up on
- 1. Take... Up on p.V. When you take people up on an offer, you accept their offer.
- Wear out
- Index of Phrasal Verbs by Section