SET VI, ESL 6d

Two-Word Verbs

Combinations with other forms

1. back out - reverse a decision; move backward

2. call off - cancel

3. find out - discover, learn

4. give away - give, often with the recipient not named

5. give back - return (transitive)

6. give in - capitulate; yield to pressure

7. have on - be wearing

8. look in - visit briefly

9. look on - watch, without participating

10. look out - be careful

11. look over - examine

12. put off - delay, postpone

13. put on - dress; fool someone

14. run into - happen to encounter

15. show off - be an exhibitionist; exhibit

16. take off - undress (clothing) leave, used especially for aircraft

17. take on - assume responsibility

18. take over - take control of

19. try out - be tested, audition; test

20. turn off - stop the flow of; leave a road

21. turn on - begin the flow of, as electricity, water, etc.