Verbs
about human body
This
section deals with verbs and phrasal verbs built around the names of
body parts.
Break
an arm / leg etc.
To
break your arm is to break the bone in the arm.
She
fell off the ladder and broke her arm.
To
eye something
To
eye something is to look at it with interest.
She
eyed my car until I drove off.
To
finger something
To
finger something is to touch or feel it with your fingers.
She
fingered the clothes to see if they were wet.
To
head
To
head is to hit a ball with your head.
Andrew
headed the ball with all his might and within no time it was in the
goal.
To
mouth
To
move your lips as if you were talking
It
was pretty clear that actors were only mouthing their dialogues.
(= The actors weren’t saying their dialogues on the stage. They
were simply making appropriate lip movements. )
To
nose
To
nose is to look around in order to find something
You
can’t hide anything from her. She will nose around until she finds
out the truth.
Some
phrasal verbs with names of body parts
Back
down
To
back down is to admit that you were wrong.
At
last he backed down and apologized.
Back
out
To
decide not to do something that you had promised to do
She
has promised to give me $1000, but she eventually backed out of it.
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