Here you will learn English phrasal verbs about health: to pick something up, to shake off, to throw up, to keel over, to take something up and more.
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List of health phrasal verbs
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20 English Phrasal Verbs about Health
What do I have for you this week? This is the first podcast this week about English phrasal verbs. And today we’re talking about health and I want to teach you some of the phrasal verbs about health.
20 English Phrasal Verbs about Health
to get over something
Meaning: to recover
Example:
I’m fine now. I think I finally got over my sickness, my illness.
to come / go down with something
Meaning: to begin to feel poorly, to begin to feel a little ill
Example:
I think I’m coming down with a tummy bug.
to pick something up
Meaning: to catch the flu or a virus, perhaps when you were travelling
Example:
I was flying for the last few weeks, back and forward. So I think I’ve picked something up in the airport.
to shake off
Meaning: to get rid of (illness)
Example:
I think I’ve finally shaken off that flu that was dogging and bothering me for the last few weeks.
I hope I can shake this flu off by the time of the wedding.
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to cut something out
Meaning: to stop doing something; to eliminate; to remove
Example:
You need to cut out sugar to improve your health.
Also it might be an operation where the doctor has to remove something, for example, to cut out the appendix
Example:
If you got an inflamed appendix, the doctor might suggest to cut it out.
to take something up
Meaning: to start doing something; to become interested in something
Example:
The doctor has suggested that I take up jogging or take up cycling to improve my health.
to cut down
Meaning: to reduce
Example:
If you’re drinking more than four units of alcohol per week, you need to cut it down.
to pass out
Meaning: to faint; to lose consciousness
Example: It was so warm in the room, I thought I was going to pass out.
20 English Phrasal Verbs about Health
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to come round
Meaning: to regain consciousness
Example:
You come round eventually when the anaesthetic wears off.
to fight off
Meaning: to defend against (illness or infection)
Example:
The human body’s immune system usually fights off viruses.
to clog up
Meaning: to block
Example:
High-fat foods can clog up our arteries.
to keel over
Meaning: to fall over, especially when you feel unwell
Example:
One day her husband just keeled over with a heart attack.
to throw up
Meaning: to vomit
Example:
If you think you’re going to throw up, you should go to the bathroom.
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to swell up
Meaning: to become bigger in size, usually of part of the body
Example:
Within 24 hours my ankle swelled up and became tender to touch.
to wear off
Meaning: to gradually disappear or stop
Example:
Over the course of the next hour, the pain eventually wore off.
to go round
Meaning: to spread from person to person
Example:
There’s no evidence that this virus will go round.
to let up
Meaning: to cease or diminish
Example:
Most colds let up after 7 or 10 days.
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to pull through
Meaning: to get better after a life-threatening surgery or condition
Example:
Fortunately, their little girl pulled through after surgery and is now back at home.
to dose up (on/with)
Meaning: to give/take a measured amount of medicine
Example:
People say that you should dose up with vitamin C to avoid colds.
to come out in something
Meaning: to become covered in spots or a rash
Example:
My friend Sarah came out in spots on the night before the wedding.
So there are English phrasal verbs about health. Hopefully you enjoyed that.
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