Examples or additional expressions (with +)

Phrasal verb	Meaning	Examples or additional expressions (with +)
Bring
Bring sth home to smb	Make smb realize how serious/ dangerous/ important sth is
Bring about	Make sth happen
Bring in	1. Ask smb to be involved into a conversation/ discussion or situation 2. Get some profit	2. The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000. + Bring in a verdict
Bring smb up short = bring smb up with a start	Surprise smb and make them suddenly stop talking or doing sth	Her question brought me up short.
Bring out the best/worst in smb	Make someone behave in the best or worst way that they can
Bring smb out (of him-/herself)	Make someone feel more confident and able to talk to people
Bring the house down	Make a lot of people laugh
Bring smb/sth up	Raise children/ raise the issue of
Get
Get away with sth	1. Not be caught or punished when you have done something wrong 2. Receive only a small punishment for sth 3. Do sth without experiencing any problems or difficulties, even though it is not the best thing to do	3._1) At school he had always got away with doing the bare minimum amount of work. 2) The colour is not quite right, but I think you’ll get away with it.
Get round sth	1. If news or information gets round, it is told to a lot of people 2. Avoid sth that is difficult or causes problems for you 3. Find the way to deal with the problem	1. News like this soon gets round. 2. Most companies manage to get round the restrictions.
Get round to sth	Do sth that you have been intending to do for some time	I keep meaning to put a lock on it, but I never get round to it.
Get round smb	Gently persuade someone to do what you want by being nice to them
Get round sth	Start to do sth	I haven’t got round to unpacking from my holiday yet.
Get smb down	Upset smb, make feel unhappy
Get down at work	Start work
Get on with	1. Be friendly with smb 2. Start doing sth	+ Time is getting on = approaching
Get at smb	1. Keep criticizing someone in an unkind way 2. Threaten and/or give a bribe (in passive)	2.The judge was got at
Get at sth	1. Be able to reach sth 2. Be getting at sth - to be trying to say sth in a way that is difficult for other people to understand	1. We had to move the washing machine out to get at the wiring behind it.
Get over sth	Recover after an illness/ become feel better after a very upsetting experience
Get sth over Get sth over [with]	1. Succeed in communicating ideas or information to other people 2. Do and finish sth difficult that you have to do	2. I can’t wait to get the interview over with.
Get one’s own back = Get even with smb	Take revenge	I was cheated and I will get even with him.
Get sth across to smb	Succeed in communicating an idea or piece of information
Get off [with] sth Get off to sleep	Finish work and leave the place where you work at the end of the day
Get behind with sth	If you get behind with a job, payments, rent etc, you do not do or pay as much of it as you should have by a particular time	I got behind with my installments (= Я задолжал, не заплатил в срок)
Get through [sth]	1. Do an amount of work 2. Use a lot of something 3. Spend a lot of money 4. Come to an end 5. Discuss (an idea, some issue) 6. Reach smb by calling them 7. Be officially approved	1. We got through half the application forms this morning. 2. You wouldn’t believe the amount of food children can get through in a week! 3. He can get through £100 in one evening. 4. We got our exams through. 5. We managed to get through the raised issue. 6. I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t get through. 7. Anti-hunting legislation will never get through the House of Lords.
Get in with smb	Become friendly with smb
Get out of sth/doing sth	Avoid sth/doing sth
Get smb out of sth	Help smb to avoid sth	Sally asked him to get her out of classes on Friday (=Салли попросила его «отмазать» ее от занятий в пятницу)
Get sth out of smb	1. Force smb to tell/ do sth 2. Get pleasure from sth	1. She got the truth out of him (= Она «выбила» из него правду) 2. I don’t understand how people get pleasure out of listening to such kind of music.
Get on at sth	Continue to advance, develop and change sth	Get on at work (= move on)
Get sth down	Put down (write sth)
Get smb up	Wake smb up
Get up to sth	Do something, especially something slightly bad	Go upstairs and see what the kids are getting up to. (=Натворить)
Useful expressions: Be a sore point with smb – sth that is likely to make someone upset or angry when you talk about it (=Больная тема) Be home free – have succeeded in doing the most difficult part of sth (If I last five years with no symptoms, I’ll be home free).

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