{"id":3175,"date":"2022-05-05T04:16:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be above<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be too go"},"modified":"2022-05-10T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:59:21","slug":"phrasal-verbs-with-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal verbs with Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-1299940814\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be above<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be too good, classy or mature to do something; to disdain<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Applicants must be above the age of 18.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be after<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Try to find or get<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I know how tired she must be after the journey.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be along<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Arrive<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Another bus should be along in a minute.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be around<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be alive, existent, or present<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> You\u2019re fun to be around.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be away<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be elsewhere<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I&#8217;ll be away for almost two weeks.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be cut out for<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be suitable, have the necessary qualities<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> They seem to be cut out for each other.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be cut up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be upset<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The trees will be cut up and used to make compost.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be down<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be depressed<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The price of food should be down next month.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be down to<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be reduced or less<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I should soon be down to my target weight of 70 kilos.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be down on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Have negative feelings toward someone<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> They were about to be down on her when she came into the office.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be down with<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be ill<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I think you are down with the flu.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be fed up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be bored, upset or sick of something<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> People are fed up with all these traffic jams.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be in<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be at home or at work<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The application form must be in by 3 pm on Friday.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be in on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be a party to a secret shared by a small group of people<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He smiled a little to himself, as he was in on the plan.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be into<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Like<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> These plants may be into flower by Christmas.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be not on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be unacceptable<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The way he&#8217;s behaving is just not on.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be off<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Leave to go somewhere<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I will not be off duty until 5 p.m.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be functioning (of machines)<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Be on your guard against pickpockets.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be on about<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Talk about; mean, intend<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I had no idea what on earth you were on about when you started using those scientific terms. I was totally confused.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be on to<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Figure out; to realize the truth<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I was planning it as a surprise, but I think he is on to me.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be out<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be absent from a place<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The violin and the piano seem to be out of tune.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be out of<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Have no more left<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Politicians seem to be out of touch with the real world.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be out to<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Attempt<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The British will be out to see how they stack up to the competition.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be snowed under<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Have too much work<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> We&#8217;re completely snowed under at work because it&#8217;s the end of the tax year.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be taken aback<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be shocked or surprised<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I was taken aback when we weren\u2019t receiving our bonuses this year.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be taken with<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Like something or someone very much<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I could tell he was quite taken with my daughter.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be to do with<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be connected with<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> He said the meeting is to do with a complaint.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be out of bed<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The number can be up to eight digits long.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be up for<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be enthusiastic about an upcoming event<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Regional and runners-up prizes will also be up for grabs.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be up to<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Be good enough<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The number can be up to eight digits long.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Be with<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Agree with someone<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> I\u2019m sorry; 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