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Your turn!
Think of an event or activity you would like to 
organize. Use the phrasal verbs in this unit to talk 
about it. For example:
The event would be aimed at young people.
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Discussions
agree with
If you agree with an action or suggestion, you approve of it.
You didn't ask anybody whether they agreed with what you were doing.
back down
If you back down, you start to accept someone else's opinion or demand, even though you do not want 
to.
Eventually he backed down on the question of pay.
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You can also use give in.
backup
If you back up a statement, you give evidence to prove that it is true or reasonable.
You need some statistics to back up your claim.
Supporters of this theory offer no evidence to back it up.
bring into
3 If you bring someone into an event or group, you ask them to take part in it or be part of it.
Greece has got to be brought into the talks.
El] If you bring a subject into a discussion or situation, you introduce it or start talking about it.
They always bring money into it.
come down to
If a problem, question, or situation comes down to a particular thing, that is the most important thing 
about it.
It all comes down to what sort of education you received.
give in
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S If you give in, you finally agree to do what someone wants you to do even though you do not want to do it.
He can say what he likes - 1 won't give in.
Hi If you give in, you finally accept that someone else has defeated you and you stop competing.
All right, I give in - what's the answer?
go back on
If you go back on a promise, agreement, or statement, you do not do what you promised or agreed, or 
you say something which is the opposite of what you said earlier.
It wouldn't be fair to go back on all those promises.
go back to
If you go back to a point in a discussion or conversation, you start talking about it again.
Going back to what you said earlier, we simply don't have the budget for this.