12 phrasal verbs for the festive season
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a particle (a preposition or an adverb). I previously wrote about phrasal verbs here, explaining that they can be challenging to learn because their definitions are not always obvious.
As it is December, here are 12 phrasal verbs relating to the festive season* in the UK. Do you understand the meaning of these? Check your answers in this document:
to put up decorations
to have people round
to wind down
to get together with friends and family
to catch up with friends and family
to run out of wrapping paper
to pig out
to stay up
to count down to midnight
to stay over
to sleep in
to take down decorations
*The festive season in British English means ‘the period immediately leading up to Christmas and ending just after New Year’ (source: the Collins Dictionary).