Phrases & Expressions

To leave a place or vehicle.

• Get out of the car, please.
• We need to get out of here now.

To become ill.

• I got sick after eating at that restaurant last week.
• Children get sick more often in the winter months.

To stop trying to do something, often because it is too difficult.

• Don't give up – you're almost there!
• I'm not giving up yet; I can still win.

To continue doing something.

• Please go on with your story.
• She went on talking even after everyone had left.

To start eating less or healthier.

• I'm going on a diet next week.
• She went on a diet before the wedding.

To leave your home to go to a social event or for entertainment.

• We go out every Friday night.
• She asked him if he wanted to go out this weekend.

To have a romantic relationship with someone.

• She's been going out with him for six months.
• Is your brother still going out with that girl from work?

Used to show you understand.

• Turn left at the light. — Got it.
• Got it, thanks.

To develop from a child into an adult.

• I grew up in a small village near the sea.
• Children grow up so fast.

To give birth to a child.

• They're going to have a baby.
• She had a baby boy last week.