English Phrasal Verbs

 

                      Phrasal Verbs Related to Thinking

Think Back

Meaning:

-         To remember or think about something from the past.

Example:

-         I keep thinking back to the day I arrived here.

-         That poem makes me think back to my childhood.

-         These photographs made me think back to my school days.

-         I began to think back to my childhood.

Think Up

Meaning:

-         To invent something in your head, especially excuses.

Example:

-         Advertising companies always have to think up new ways to promote products.

-         We must think up a good plan.

-         He tried to think up a plan for escape.

-         Quick! We have to think up an excuse.

Mull Over

Meaning:

-         To spend some time thinking about something.

Example:

-         The company is mulling over a share offer.

-         He sat there mulling over what he should say.

-         She mulled over what the object might be.

-         The manager needs time to mull over our proposals.

Figure Out

Meaning:

-         To be able to understand the problem and/or solve it.

Example:

-         I am trying to figure out a way to make this work.

-         I can’t figure out how to do this.

-         My Father is trying to figure out his tax.

-         Please figure out the total cost.

-         We must figure out how to solve the problem.

Think Over

Meaning:

-         To consider something over.

Example:

-         Please think over what I have said.

-         We will think over your proposal.

-         I suggest you think over your position very carefully.

-         Let me think it over, please.

-         I will think over your suggestions again.

Author: 

Dr.M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore