Meaning: Go into a place quickly or for a short time.
Ex: I’ll nip in next week to book an appointment.
Ex: I will just nip into this shop for cigarettes
Ex: Shall we nip in to the café for a bite to eat?
Meaning: To go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time
Ex: Can you nip out/round/down to the shop for me?
Ex: Should I nip out and get some groceries?
Ex: Cheryl’s just nipped out to the bank. She’ll be back in a minute.
Ex: Nip off to the shops before they close and fetch me some milk, will you?
Ex: Have we time to nip down the pub for a quick drink?
Ex: I’m going to nip off early so I can catch my train.
Ex: He nipped off to the gym.
Ex: I am nipping over to Grannie’s
Ex: Can I nip out for a bit?
Ex: He nipped over to Paris for the weekend
Meaning: When something finally happens that you think should have happened a long time ago.
Ex: It’s about time that women’s sports were treated the same as men’s.
Ex: I think it’s about time that our country invested in education.
Ex: It’s about time she got a job.
Ex: It’s about time you sell your car
Ex: A: Here’s the book you asked me to bring
B: It’s about time! I asked you for that ages ago!
Ex: A: They’ve finished the new theatre in the city centre
B: About time! They were working on it for years
About to
Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates that something is imminent.
Ex: I am about to leave
Ex: I’m about to cry
Ex: I’m about to sleep
Ex: I’m about to fall over
Ex: We are about to run out of coffee
Ex: He’s standing at the edge, and I think he’s about to jump
Ex: She is about to become the youngest scientist
Ex: A legal agreement between two people who are about to get married
Ex: Indiana weather roller coaster ride about to start
Ex: One US city is about to get smarter buses
Ex: Someone Is About to Win the Largest US Lottery Jackpot
Ex: HR staff to share some of the known warning signs indicating you may be about to be given your notice.
Ex: Hurry up! The ceremony is about to begin!
Pull through
Get through an illness or other dangerous or difficult situation.
Synonyms: get better, get well again, improve, and recover
Ex: The illness is difficult to overcome, but we hope she’ll pull through
Ex: Without the wonderful care she received from nurses, I don’t think my grandmother would have pulled through
Ex: Don’t worry, your dad’s going to pull through.
Ex: They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to pull through
Ex: The doctors were relieved when the patient pulled through his serious illness.
Ex: I managed to pull through it
Ex: I knew the doctors would do everything they could to help pull him through
Phrasal verbs: what are they and how are they used?
An idiomatic phrase consisting of a verb and another element, typically either an adverb or a preposition which creates a meaning different from the original verb.
Example:
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night (Run + into = meet)
He ran away when he was 15. (Run + away = leave home)
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