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Phrasal Verbs — Turn and Run

Turn down, turn out, run out of, run into, run through.

Meaning · Examples · Sentence practice
B2 Vocabulary

Phrasal verbs with TURN

Français
English
refuser
→
turn down — refuse an offer or request / reduce volume
apparaître
→
turn up — arrive / increase volume / be found unexpectedly
s'avérer
→
turn out — prove to be the case / result in a particular way
se transformer en
→
turn into — become or transform into something
céder
→
turn over — hand to authorities / generate revenue
renverser
→
turn around — reverse a bad situation / physically face the other way

Phrasal verbs with RUN

Français
English
manquer de
→
run out of — have no more of something
tomber sur
→
run into — meet someone by chance / encounter a problem
dépasser
→
run over — go beyond a time limit / read through quickly
réviser
→
run through — practise / explain quickly
accumuler
→
run up — accumulate a debt or bill
soumettre
→
run by — mention an idea to get someone's opinion

Examples in context

She turned down the promotion — she didn't want the extra responsibility.
The project turned out to be far more complex than anyone had anticipated.
We are running out of renewable energy capacity in this region.
She ran into her former colleague at the conference on data privacy.

Summary

Français
English
tourner
→
TURN — turn down · turn up · turn out · turn into · turn over · turn around
courir
→
RUN — run out of · run into · run over · run through · run up · run by
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