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Phrasal verbs (crime)

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  • I didn't check the windows and I lied to my father about it. As soon as I heard we had been burgled, I ADMITTED THAT I HAD LIED.
    OWNED UP TO MY DAD ABOUT LYING/OWNED UP TO LYING
  • I forged my mother's signature to AVOID doing sport. When my mum DISCOVERED THAT I HAD FORGED HER SIGNATURE she went mad.
    GET OUT OF/FOUND OUT
  • We must act now because WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.
    TIME IS RUNNING OUT/WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
  • When you’re the boss you can INVENT your own rules.
    MAKE UP
  • Someone OPENED MY CAR USING FORCE and stole my bag.
    BROKE INTO MY CAR
  • No one ADMITTED (to) breaking the window.
    OWNED UP TO
  • Last night was the first time Ken HAD TALKED about his feelings.
    HAD OPENED UP
  • He’s trying to AVOID tidying his room.
    GET OUT OF
  • I remember when my neighbour CAME and knocked on my door a year ago. She said she wanted flour because she DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
    CAME OVER/HAD RUN OUT OF IT
  • The siege ended peacefully after the gunman ALLOWED THE POLICE TO TAKE HIM AS PRISONER.
    GAVE HIMSELF UP
  • I lost the money my mother gave me so I INVENTED something about being mugged.
    MADE UP
  • The prisoner ESCAPED from his guards and ran into the forest.
    GOT AWAY
  • Has anyone bothered to DISCOVER how much all this is going to cost?
    FIND OUT
  • I took a pair of scissors and cut off a chunk of my hair in front of my friends. I'm not sure why - maybe I was just TRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.
    SHOWING OFF
  • The three men ESCAPED in a stolen car.
    GOT AWAY
  • The gunman ALLOWED THE POLICE TO TAKE HIM AS PRISONER
    GAVE HIMSELF UP
  • Someone FORCED THE WAY INTO his apartment last night.
    BROKE INTO
  • Billy, please stop TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION and sit down quietly!
    SHOWING OFF
  • I kept saying I hadn't done it and I almost believed it in the end. I thought I'd MANAGED TO DO IT WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED/CRITIZED, but my mum told me recently she'd always known.
    GOT AWAY WITH IT
  • At school he DID the bare minimum amount of work and DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.
    ALWAYS GOT AWAY WITH DOING