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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Plan ahead

plan ahead & plans ahead planning ahead planned ahead planned ahead

1. plan ahead p.v. When you plan ahead, you plan for a future situation or activity so that you will not have a problem then. Plan ahead is similar to think ahead.

Janice is a good manager. She always plans ahead in case there's a problem.

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Plan ahead — you don't want any problems when you're 200 miles from the nearest town.

Infinitive

present tense

-ing form

past tense

past participle

settle for

settle for & settles for

settling for

settled for

settled for

1. settle for p.v. When you settle for something, you accept it even though it may not be exactly what you want or need.

The strikers wanted an 8 percent pay increase, but they settled for 5 percent.

Dr. Smith has very high standards. He won't settle for second best.