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Phrasal Verbs

With 'Change'

Hi guys❗ I'm sure that you've said this word many times. Do you use phrasal verbs with 'change'

If you don't. Well, I'll tell you some of them. Let's begin❗

Change (sth) around/round
To move things like furniture, etc. into different positions.
     Once a year, my sister changes the furniture around.
                                               change (sth) around

Change back
To take off your 👕👚👔👗👘👖👟👟👞👞👠👠 and put on the ones you were wearing.
     After PE class, the students changed back into their uniform.
                                                          change back into (sth)
*PE is abbreviation of Physical Education.

Change down
To start driving a 🚗, 🚲, etc., in a lower gear.
     Maria changed down to third to pick up speed.
                        change down

Change over
To stop using or doing something and start using or doing another.
     She's getting her 🚗 changed over to electric.
                                                change over [from (sth)] to (sth)

Change up
To start driving a 🚗, 🚲, etc., in a higher gear.
     Marcos accelerated and changed up.
                                                 change up


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