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    The document provides definitions and examples for 20 common health-related phrasal verbs in English. Some of the phrasal verbs discussed include "get over" meaning to recover from something, "come down with" meaning to become sick, "throw up" meaning to vomit, "fight off" meaning to resist an illness, "pass out" meaning to faint, "warm up" meaning to begin physical activity gradually, and "shake off" meaning to shake something off of you.

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    The document provides definitions and examples for 20 common health-related phrasal verbs in English. Some of the phrasal verbs discussed include "get over" meaning to recover from something, "come down with" meaning to become sick, "throw up" meaning to vomit, "fight off" meaning to resist an illness, "pass out" meaning to faint, "warm up" meaning to begin physical activity gradually, and "shake off" meaning to shake something off of you.

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    The document provides definitions and examples for 20 common health-related phrasal verbs in English. Some of the phrasal verbs discussed include "get over" meaning to recover from something, "come down with" meaning to become sick, "throw up" meaning to vomit, "fight off" meaning to resist an illness, "pass out" meaning to faint, "warm up" meaning to begin physical activity gradually, and "shake off" meaning to shake something off of you.

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    The document provides definitions and examples for 20 common health-related phrasal verbs in English. Some of the phrasal verbs discussed include "get over" meaning to recover from something, "come down with" meaning to become sick, "throw up" meaning to vomit, "fight off" meaning to resist an illness, "pass out" meaning to faint, "warm up" meaning to begin physical activity gradually, and "shake off" meaning to shake something off of you.

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    Health Phrasal Verbs with Meaning and

    Examples
    Get over
    Pass away
     Meaning: Recover from something
     Meaning: Die  Example: It’s taken me ages to get
     Example: His mother passed over the flu.
    away last year.

    Come down with


    Run over
     Meaning: Become sick (not
     Meaning: Hit by a vehicle seriously)
     Example: Two children were run  Example: I think I’m coming down
    over and killed. with the flu.

    Break out Throw up

     Meaning: Develop skin sores or  Meaning: Be sick, vomit


    irritation  Example: The baby’s thrown
     Example: The measles caused me up her dinner.
    to break out in a rash.

    Come round
    Fight off
     Meaning: Become conscious
     Meaning: Resist an illness  Example: Your mother hasn’t
     Example: I’m trying to fight off a yet come round from
    cold. the anesthetic.

    Come to Work out

     Meaning: Become conscious  Meaning: Train the body by


     Example: When he came to, he physical exercise
    was lying on the floor with his  Example: I work out regularly to
    hands tied behind his back. keep fit.

    Pass out Warm up

     Meaning: Faint, lose consciousness  Meaning: Begin a physical activity


     Example: People everywhere gradually
    were passing out from the heat.  Example: It’s necessary to warm
    up before exercise to prevent
    injuries.
    Block up Dose up (UK)

     Meaning: Stop something from  Meaning: Give medicine to


    moving through something else  Example: You should dose up with
     Example: My nose is blocked up. vitamin C to fight colds off.

    Lay (Laid) up Lay low

     Meaning: Unable to work, etc.  Meaning: Render someone unable


    because of an illness or injury to move or leave their bed
     Example: She’s laid up with a  Example: The flu
    broken leg. usually lays people low for five to
    ten days.

    Swell up
    Let up
     Meaning: Become large, inflated,
    or bulging  Meaning: Become less strong or
     Example: The boy’s arm swelled stop
    up where the bee had stung him.  Example: A cold continues at its
    peak for several days, then it
    gradually let up.
    Clog up

     Meaning: Become or cause to Shake off


    become obstructed
     Example: High fat foods can clog  Meaning: Shake something in
    up our arteries. order to get something off of it
     Example: She has failed to shake
    off her stomach injury.

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