Phrasal Verb Fun

stick up to
Very similar to
stand up to
but not as strong.
Three-word verb
No problem.
take
(take, took, taken)
Everybody knows what take means. It is probably one of the first twenty
words that a child learns. After no, and mama.

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take after
'Mary has a bad temper. She is always angry. She takes after her uncle.'
Usually,
after
means later in time
Many years ago, perhaps, you took something after somebody else had
them. You took your red hair after your grandfather. You inherit a certain
characteristic from a relative.
The Smith boys are all slow at school. They take after their dad.
(He was slow at school as well.)
Take after always is to do with inheritance.
You can compare this with
name after
.
Inseparable two-word verb
No problem.
take away
When you go to a Chinese restaurant sometimes, instead of sitting down
at a table, you can take the food back home with you. You can take it
away.
Away
, as always, means that the restaurant will never see it again.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
take back
Apart from the literal sense of taking a defective computer
back
to the
shop, there is the idea that sometimes you have to take back your words.
We all remember times when we have said something and
found out
that
it was a mistake.
'And here are the photos of my family.'
'Who's this man?'
'My wife.'
Don't laugh too much. I know a man this happened to. Some words are
very hard to take back.
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
take down
When an interesting teacher talks, you take the information
down
on to
paper. You take notes.
Separable two-word verb
. Be careful.

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take for
When you take one thing for another, you mistake one
for
the other, you
confuse two things.
If you take toadstools for mushrooms and fry them for your dinner then
that is the last mistake you will make.
Separable two-word verb
Always in the form TAKE X FOR Y.