Food
Food Phrasal Verbs
This is one episode of Lucy's Youtube Channel.
Eating
- to pig out
to eat a lot of food
example: I'm meant to be on a really strict diet, but I pigged out last night.
- to eat up
to eat everything
Come on, eat your food up or you'll be hungry.
normally moderate for children
- to pick at
to unwilling eat a small amount of food
Are you feeling alright? You've been picking at your food for ages.
- to cut out
to eliminate
Sorry, no cake for me. I'm cutting out sugar.
- to cut back (on)
to reduce
My doctor told me I need to cut back on fat.
- to bolt/wolf down
to eat everything quickly
I wolf down my breakfast this morning because I had no time.
Cooking and preparing for food
- whip up
to prepare food quickly or easily
Here we are, something I whipped up yesterday.
- to cut up
to cut into pieces
Do you want me to cut up your food for you?
- to chop up
to cut with sharp blows
If you cut the pie up, I'll chop up the vegetables.
- to boil over
to cause liquid overflow during boiling
Can you run and get peas? I think they're boiling over.
- to warm up
to heat
Do you want me to warm up your dinner for you when you get home?
- to fry up
to cooking something by frying
Do you want me to fry up some bacon?
phrases with "up", usually childish.
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