Question

Work in pairs and find out the meaning of the following phrasal verbs in a dictionary. Use them in sentences of your own:

run away	go about	take aback
run down	go away	take off
run into	go ahead	take on
run out	go through	take over
run around	go along
	go into

Answer 1

• Runaway: (win (a prize) easily) The talented students of that school run away with all prizes.
• Rundown: (knockdown with a vehicle) My brother was in danger of being run down by a speedy car.
• Run into:(meet by Chance) I run into my long-lost friend in the market.
• Run out: (use up or be used up) Ramesh couldn’t send the article timely because he runs out of paper.
• Run around: (search) I am running around for a good house.
• Go about: (begin or carry on work) Since the deadline is approaching, I have to go about my work without wasting my time.
• Go away: (go or vanish) After his father’s accident, fears about his future refused to go away from Ramu’s mind.
• Go ahead: (permission to proceed) I don’t mind at all Go ahead and have more servings of the dessert.
• Go through: (experience, suffer) During the recession, we had to go through a tough period.
• Go along: (agree to, suit something) These curtains do not go along with the rich upholstery.
• Go into: (investigate or inquire into) When the police went into the details of the case, they realized that the son himself was the murderer of the father.
• Take aback: (surprise) I was taken aback when. the stranger walked straight into my house and settled down on the sofa. 
• Take off: remove (clothing), become airborne Why don’t you take off your coat: It is very warm inside.
• Take on: (undertake [a task], acquire [a particular meaning or quality] The competition for the president’s post has taken on a warlike quality.
• Take over: (assume control or responsibility for) When she saw that I was ill, my mother took over the work of preparing lunch.