Phrasal verbs start with ‘Z’ (Phrasal Verbs With Z). A Phrasal verb like Zero in on, Zero out, Zip around, Zip by, Zip it, Zip up, and more.
Phrasal Verbs Starting With Z
Zero in on
Meaning: Direct or focus attention on
Example: They can zero in on this big wall map and pick any phone they want, and record the conversation.
Zero out
Meaning: Cut off funding for a project
Example: The entry was zeroed out of the database.
Zip around
Meaning: Move quickly
Example: Some of these fellas are several screens high, yet they zip around at lightning speed!
Zip by
Meaning: Pass quickly
Example: You know what it’s like. Sit chatting with a friend, and the hours can zip by.
Zip it
Meaning: Keep quiet, say nothing
Example: This bag’s too full, I can’t zip it shut.
Zip up
Meaning: Keep quiet
Example: These trousers must have shrunk – I can’t do the zip up.
Zone in
Meaning: Pay attention after not doing so
Example: The raid devastated Hitler’s strategically vital industrial zone in the Ruhr by breaching the Eder and Molne dams.
Zone in on
Meaning: Pay attention after not doing so
Example: I Zoned in on what they were saying when they started gossiping.
Zone out
Meaning: Not pay attention
Example: Two further developments are likely to put the rouble zone out of its misery before long.
Zone out
Meaning: Dissociate yourself from a situation
Example: She zoned out during the lecture because it was so boring.
Zonk out
Meaning: Fall asleep
Example: I’ve got to go home and zonk out.
Zoom in
Meaning: Focus more closely
Example: At the beginning of the film, the camera zooms in to show two people sitting by the side of a river.
Zoom in on
Meaning: Focus more closely
Example: The contributors here seem instead keen to zoom in on and ferment nihilistic tendencies, through bleak but listenable insights.
Zoom off
Meaning: Go somewhere quickly
Example: He rushed out of the building and zoomed off in his car.
Zoom out
Meaning: Focus less closely
Example: If you zoom out at this point, we shall get a view of the whole square.
