Close-up C1 Unit 5 phrasal verbs

clean sth out

clean sth thoroughly

cut down on

reduce the amount of

cut out

remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)

dine out

to eat at a restaurant

eat up

to eat all of something

go off

to spoil (food/milk)

live on

eat only a particular type of food

look down on sb

think that you are better than sb

pack away

to eat a lot of food

pick at

eat unwillingly, nibble

pig out

to eat too much

pile on

put on a lot of (weight)

polish off

finish all of a particular dish or portion of food

pull through

to recover

put up with

to suffer or tolerate (a difficult situation or person) without complaining.

take after sb

to be similar to an older member of your family

take in

to understand

tuck in

start eating enthusiastically

warm up

heat

whip up

to quickly make a meal or something to eat