Phrasal Verb 3 | Pride Training Institute

Phrasal Verbs 3

APPLY FOR: Make a formal request for something (a job, a permit, a loan etc.)

ARRIVE AT: Reach (An agreement, a decision, a conclusion)

Im hoping they will arrive at an agreement at the end of the meeting.
The MD asked the team members to arrive at a conclusion.
Finally all the umpires arrived at the conclusion that it was a not out.
Atlast Thomas arrived at a decision that he will not play basketball anymore.
“Do you want to arrive at a conclusion or just argue and kill everyone’s time ?”- asked the CEO of the company.

ASK AFTER: Enquire about someone’s well being.

My mother is always asking after you.
Everyone asked after Mr. Vajpayee’s health after he had undergone a surgery.
“Uncle called and was asking after you”- said my father to me.
Its a goodwill gesture to ask after anyone after he undergoes some surgery or operation.
The doctor asked after my grandfather when I met him on the road.

ASK AROUND: Mention it to someone you see or meet.

I’ll ask around if someone has seen your cat.
He asked around if anyone knew the address.
Scared mom was asking around for her baby when she did not find her in the room.
The teacher requested me to go and ask around if anyone was interested in the dance competition.
“Why don’t you go and ask around if anyone is interested in playing rugby?” said my father to me.ASK IN: Invite someone to come in
I couldn’t leave her standing outside in the cold so I asked her in.
After making us wait for two hours, the inspector finally asked us in.
The teacher asked us in as she wanted us to inform students about inter college football meet.
I asked him in and have some snacks as he was waiting for his parents downstairs all by himself for the past hour.
His mother asked me in as he was sleeping.

ASK OUT: Invite someone to lunch, dinner, cinema.

John has asked Mary out several times.
After asking him out for the first time, i came to know how awesome he was.
We should ask our friends out for a weekend trip.
Ronald asked me out many times for a movie but i could not go.
After a week’s busy schedule, i felt so relieved when my friend’s asked me out for a movie.

AVAIL (oneself) of: Take advantage of something ( an opportunity)

When the company is privatised you should avail of the opportunity and buy some shares.
When you work for a company, you should avail of all the benefits it gives to its workers.
He availed of his dad’s BMW, when his dad was not in town.
Since he was out of cash, he availed of the facility of a credit card.
The plane crashed, but the pilot avail the facility of ‘EJECT OUT’ button and saved his life.

AVERAGE OUT AT: Result in an average (amount)

The price of the lunch averages out at Rs.100 per person.
The total cost of flats average out at 40 lacs/flat.
Section B students have got highest of marks, but because of more no. of failures in the same class,the overall result averages out to be only 60%.
The trip had some hard times, but the good times averaged out and made it fun overall.
The overall cost of trip averages out to be Rs.3000/head inclusive of food and travel charges.

BACK AWAY: Move backwards, in fear or dislike

When he saw the dog, he backed away.
We should never back away from a decision once we have made it.
He backed away from the task assigned to him, which made him face humiliation at the office.
When the person met an accident and fell down, everyone backed away but Ravi picked him up and took him to the hospital.
Facing a challenge and losing is better then backing away just by looking at it.

BACK DOWN: Withdraw, concede defeat

Local authorities backed down on their plans to demolish the cinema.
In world war 2, Japan backed down after nuclear weapons were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The local cricket team backed down after they came to know that the umpire is not neutral to both the teams.
Rajesh backed down from the plan to purchase the flat in delhi after he came to know about the controversies going on for that.
To back down in wrestling, is a signed of coward.