{"id":73228,"date":"2020-03-22T05:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T05:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73228"},"modified":"2020-03-22T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T05:52:56","slug":"phrasal-verbs-letter-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-letter-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs | Letter P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with P. Each phrasal verb is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences.<\/p>\n<h5>Pan out<\/h5>\n<p>When something (e.g. a plan) pans out, it becomes successful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They were planning to get married in Las Vegas, but that didn\u2019t pan out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Part with = give up, give away<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>He won\u2019t part with his money, no matter what.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass away: die<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>After a prolonged battle with cancer, she finally passed away at the age of 67.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass off (separable)<\/h5>\n<p>To pass something off is to try to convince somebody that it is real.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was caught while trying to pass the fake painting as a real Picasso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass on<\/h5>\n<p>To pass something on is to transmit it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents pass on hereditary traits to their children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pass on can also mean \u2018not accept an invitation etc.\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She passed on my invitation to join me for dinner.<\/li>\n<li>This is a great opportunity for me and I don\u2019t want to pass it on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass off = come to an end<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The pain soon passed off.<\/li>\n<li>The controversy surrounding his alleged involvement in the scam ran its course and quietly passed off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Pass off<\/b>\u00a0can also mean take place without trouble.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The meeting of the protestors passed off quietly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass out = faint<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>She passed out when she heard the news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pass over<\/h5>\n<p>To pass something or somebody over is to pay no attention to them.<\/p>\n<h5>Pass up (separable)<\/h5>\n<p>To pass an opportunity up is to fail to take advantage of it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can\u2019t believe that she passed up an opportunity to work for Google.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pay back (separable) = repay<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>When are you going to pay me my money back?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pay off = Make complete payment on a debt<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>It took me fifteen years to pay off my home loan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Pay off\u00a0<\/b>can also mean \u2018bribe\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He got away by paying off the police officer. (= He got away by bribing the police officer.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pick out = choose<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Could you help me pick out a nice gift for Gautam?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pick up (separable) = lift objects with the hands<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>He gently picked the baby up and held her close to his chest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pick up can also mean \u2018come and get someone in a car\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Could you pick up Jane from school?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Pick up = learn something with effort<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>I picked up some French during my visit to France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with P. Each phrasal verb is followed by its meaning \/ definition and example sentences. Pan out When something (e.g. a plan) pans out, it becomes&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1059,1928,3],"class_list":["post-73228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs","tag-common-phrasal-verbs","tag-english-phrasal-verbs","tag-phrasal-verbs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73229,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73228\/revisions\/73229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}