Saturday, October 14, 2023

ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS

                                       ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS

1. Monkey Around With

          - To try to play with or repair a device that you have no true knowledge about.

          Ex: Are you really a certified technician?! I don’t want anyone monkeying around with my computer.

2. Dash off

          - Write something quickly or hastily.

          Ex: I dashed off a quick letter.

3. Leave up to

          - If you leave something up to someone, you let them do it or you give them responsibility for it.

          Ex: We need to upgrade our computer network, and Harry is our computer expert so we will leave it up to him.

4. Warp up

          - To cover something with some kind of special paper.

          Ex: We need to warp up all these gifts in two hours. Let’s get started!

Author: 

Dr M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore – 641 020

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