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Exercise 7
Correct the phrasal verbs in these sentences.
1 We're cracking over hard on vigilante groups in general.
2 The new measures are designed to deal on immigration more effectively.
3 The agreement will lead with better relationships between the two countries.
4 The government will not stand over and allow thieves to operate in this way.
5 NATO stands on North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
6 Campaigners are pressing out a review of the current law.
7 The state dominates the groups and imposes its directives under them.
8 The two countries are engaged out a border dispute.
Exercise 8
Read this comment from a political blog. Underline all the phrasal verbs, then in your own words, explain 
what each one means.
: I entered into politics because I wanted to help shape the future of my country. As a politician, I see it as 
: my job to push for change. But I don't want to impose changes upon anyone. I want to encourage people 
: to engage in the political process, not to just stand by and watch it happening. That's why I'm standing for 
: Governor of this city.
Your turn!
Look for articles about political events in a 
newspaper or online. Can you find any examples of 
the phrasal verbs in this unit?
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Crime
break in
If someone breaks in, they get into a building illegally or by force.
A thief broke in and forced open the locked safe in the library.
The police broke in and arrested all the men.
break into
If someone breaks into a room or a building, they enter it illegally or by force.
He broke into a shop one night and stole some food.
get away
When someone or something gets away, they escape.
The police followed the gang but they got away.
get away with
If you get away with something that you should not have done, you are not criticized or punished for 
doing it.
No one should get away with such a crime.
get off
If you get off when you have done something wrong, or if someone gets you off, you are not punished 
receive only a small punishment for what you have done.
She was sure that she would not get off so easily.
He hired a good lawyer who could get him off.
give up
CD If you give yourself up, you allow yourself to be arrested or captured.
He went straight to the local police station and gave himself up.
\2l To give someone up who is wanted by the police means to tell the police where that person is so that 
they can be arrested.
They questioned her forcefully, but still she wouldn't give me up.
hand in
E If you hand something in, you give it to someone in authority.
She handed the money in, thinking it was probably stolen.
Someone handed in my phone after finding it on the bus.
® If you hand yourself in, you go to the police and tell them that you have committed a crime.
He walked into a police station and handed himself in.
hold up
To hold someone or something up means to rob them by threatening them with a weapon.
They held up a bank with sawn-off shotguns.
He held me up at gun point.
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