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PHRASAL VERBS

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A. Committing crimes:
Hold up: to steal from a person, business, or vehicle by
threatening them with a gun or other weapon.

A thief held up the jewelry shop last week.
Deprive someone of something: if you deprive someone of
something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having
it

As a child he had been deprived of love.
Rip off: to cheat someone, especially by charging them too
much money for something or to steal something.

Tourists are worried they’ll get ripped off.
Blow up: if someone blows something up, it explodes and is
destroyed.

Terrorists had threatened to blow up the embassy.
Take in: to trick someone into believing something that is not
true

Don’t be taken in by his sweet words.
Make off: to leave quickly, especially after doing something
wrong

The kids made off when they heard us coming.

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Gun down: to shoot someone and kill them or injure them
badly, especially someone who is not guilty of anything, or who is
not carrying a gun

He was gunned down in his own house.
Do away with someone: to murder someone

Gang life is very unforgiving. If the rules aren't followed, gang
members will do away with people they don't like.

B. Caught somebody red-handed
Turn in: to tell the police about someone, or to take them to

the police, because they have committed a crime

His own mother turned him in.
 Turn yourself in: She turned herself in to local police.
Let someone off: to give someone little or no punishment
for something that they did wrong

I was pulled over for speeding, but I was let off with a
warning.
 Let someone off lightly: They let her off lightly because

she was only sixteen.
Get away with something: to manage to do something bad
without being punished or criticized for it

They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it.
 Get away with doing something: How can he get away

with speaking to her like that?

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