| Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel |
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bang around,
also UK: bang about vi phrasal | (move about clumsily) (informeel) | klungelen onoverg.ww |
| The baby woke up in the middle of the night, crying, because Joe was banging around in the kitchen. |
bat [sth] around,
also UK: bat [sth] about vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discuss casually) | bepraten, bespreken overg.ww |
| (informeel) | doorpraten overg.ww |
| boast about vtr phrasal insep | (brag or speak arrogantly about) | opscheppen over ww + vz |
bring [sth] about,
bring about [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (cause) | zorgen voor ww. + vz |
| bewerkstelligen, teweegbrengen, tot stand brengen overg. ww |
| He promised that he would bring about change. |
clown around,
also UK: clown about vi phrasal | informal (play the fool, behave in a silly way) (informeel) | de clown uithangen onoverg.uitdr. |
| One can never take him seriously; he's always clowning around. |
| come about vi phrasal | (happen) | gebeuren, geschieden onoverg.ww |
| Dave's idea to start his own business came about after he lost his job. |
| come about vi phrasal | (nautical: tack) (scheepvaart) | overstag gaan bw + ww |
| The yacht came about. |
| complain about vtr phrasal insep | (be critical of, express unhappiness about) | klagen over ww + vz |
| She never stops complaining about her lazy, useless husband. |
| cry about vtr phrasal insep | figurative (mourn, lament) (figuurlijk) | huilen over ww + vz |
| zich druk maken over frase |
| (Belg.) | wenen om ww+vz |
| Spilled milk is nothing to cry about. |
| cry about vtr phrasal insep | literal (shed tears for) (letterlijk) | huilen over ww + vz |
| What on earth are you crying about? |
| drone on (about [sth]) vi phrasal | (talk boringly) | doorzeuren, doordrammen onoverg.ww |
| doorzeuren over, doordrammen over ww+vz |
| I slipped out the back of the hall while she was droning on. |
fart around,
also UK: fart about vi phrasal | vulgar, informal (spend time foolishly) (informeel) | lummelen, niksen onoverg.ww |
fiddle around,
also UK: fiddle about vi phrasal | informal (waste time doing [sth] trivial) (informeel, figuurlijk) | stoeien met ww+vz |
| zich bezighouden wk.ww |
| He began to fiddle around doing crossword puzzles, but soon noticed his English was improving. |
fiddle around with [sth],
also UK: fiddle about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (play absent-mindedly with) (informeel) | prutsen met ww+vz |
| She fiddled around with the things on her desk while I was talking. |
fiddle around with [sth],
also UK: fiddle about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (alter or adjust unhelpfully) (informeel) | rommelen met, klooien met ww+vz |
| He loved to fiddle about with old cars, but never actually fixed them up. |
| find out about [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | (learn about) | iets te weten komen over iets woordgr |
| I read his biography to find out about his life. |
| find out about [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (learn news or truth of) | iets te weten komen over iemand woordgr |
| I have just found out about your mother; I'm so sorry for your loss. |
| freak out (about [sth]) vi phrasal | slang (get angry) (informeel) | flippen, doordraaien onoverg.ww |
| (figuurlijk) | door het lint gaan frase |
| When I tell my parents I'm quitting school, they are going to freak out. |
| Wanneer ik mijn ouders vertel dat ik stop met school gaan ze flippen. |
f*** around,
UK: f*** about vi phrasal | slang, vulgar, offensive (waste time) (informeel) | aankloten, aanrommelen onoverg.ww |
| prutsen onoverg.ww |
| Stop f***ing about and get on with your homework! |
| Stop met aankloten en doe verder met je huiswerk! |
| get about vi phrasal | informal (travel frequently or widely) | overal komen bw + ww |
| Paris yesterday, Sydney next week; you really get about, don't you! |
| go about vi phrasal | (move from place to place) | rondgaan onoverg.ww |
| He goes about from place to place, taking casual jobs wherever he can get them. |
| Hij gaat rond van plaats naar plaats en neemt ongedwongen banen aan waar hij ze maar kan krijgen. |
| go about [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (approach, tackle: a task) | iets aanpakken scheidbaar overg.ww |
| iets benaderen overg.ww |
| Isn't it time you went about fixing the broken table? How am I to go about painting the ceiling when I have no ladder? |
| Wordt het geen tijd dat je de kapotte tafel gaat aanpakken? Hoe moet ik het plafond schilderen als ik geen ladder heb? |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (illness: be transmitted) (ziekte) | heersen onoverg.ww |
| There's a nasty strain of flu going around. |
| go on about [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk incessantly about) | over iets doorgaan woordgr |
| The teacher went on about the topic he had chosen regardless of the fact that many students were asleep. |
| go on about [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk unintelligibly about) | over iets doorgaan woordgr |
| When my sister goes on about programming, I can't understand a word she is saying. |
hang around,
also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (loiter) | rondhangen scheidb.onoverg.ww |
| It's annoying when youths hang around at the bus stop intimidating customers. |
| Het is vervelend wanneer jongeren bij de bushalte rondhangen en klanten intimideren. |
hang around with [sb],
also UK: hang about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (socialize with [sb]) | met iemand omgaan woordgr + onoverg.ww. |
| Since Harvey started hanging around with a group of older boys, he is always getting in trouble. |
| harp on about [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (talk incessantly about [sth]) | onophoudelijk over iets praten woordgr |
| I'm tired of hearing you harp on about the weather! |
| hear about [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | (learn latest news) | over iets horen woordgr |
| Did you hear about the earthquake in Japan? |
hover around,
also UK: hover about vi phrasal | figurative (wait nearby) | rondhangen onoverg.ww |
| zwermen om ww+vz |
loaf about,
loaf around vi phrasal | UK, informal (sit idly) (informeel) | rondhangen, lummelen onoverg.ww |
| I can't loaf about, watching television; I have to go to work. The lazy student loafed about instead of doing his homework. |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) (informeel) | klooien ww + vz |
| (informeel) | onzin verkopen frase |
| Stop messing around and let's discuss this seriously. |
mess around,
also UK: mess about vi phrasal | informal (be unproductive) (informeel) | aanprutsen, rondscharrelen onoverg.ww |
| My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
muck about,
muck around vi phrasal | UK, slang (behave in a frivolous way) (informeel) | klieren, klooien, lummelen onoverg.ww |
| Stop mucking about and get to work. |
rush around,
also UK: rush about vi phrasal | (go about things hurriedly) | druk rondrennen onoverg.uitdr. |
| James was rushing around, trying to get everything organized for the party. |
| see about vtr phrasal insep | informal (consider) | bekijken, overdenken overg.ww |
| I might sign up for that class; I haven't decided. I'll see about it. |
| see about [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (attend to, deal with) | zorgen voor iets ww + vz |
| Our guests will be here soon, so I'd better see about getting some food prepared. |
| set about vtr phrasal insep | (start: doing) | beginnen, aanvangen onoverg.ww |
| Julius set about arranging his collection of butterflies. |
| set about vtr phrasal insep | (attack: [sb]) | aanvallen overg.ww |
| bandy [sth] around vtr phrasal sep | (word, term: use carelessly) | te pas en te onpas noemen bw + overg. ww |
| rondbazuinen overg. ww |
| bat around vi phrasal | US, informal (travel) | reizen onoverg.ww |
| (informeel) | toeren onoverg.ww |
| cat around vi phrasal | slang (look for sex) | losbandige seks hebben frase |
| (vulgair!!!) | rondneuken onoverg.ww |
| Wives don't want their husbands to cat around with other women. |
center around [sth] (US),
centre around [sth] (UK) vtr phrasal insep | (be based on, concerned with) | draaien om ww+vz |
| zich richten op wk.ww+vz |
come around,
UK: come round vi phrasal | (date, event: occur again) (datum, gebeurtenis) | terugkeren onoverg.ww |
| Jill always feels sad when the anniversary of her husband's death comes round. |
come around,
UK: come round vi phrasal | (visit [sb]) | langskomen, bezoeken onoverg.ww |
| If you come round later, we can do our homework together. |
come around (US),
come round (UK) vi phrasal | figurative (be persuaded) (figuurlijk) | bijdraaien onoverg.ww |
come around,
UK: come round vi phrasal | informal (recover consciousness) | weer bijkomen bw + ww |
| The patient came round soon after his operation. |
drop around,
also UK: drop round vi phrasal | informal (visit [sb]'s house) | langskomen onoverg.ww |
| (informeel) | langswippen onoverg.ww |
| Steve dropped round earlier, while you were out; I said you'd phone him when you got back. |
drop around,
also UK: drop [sth] round vtr phrasal sep | informal (bring [sth]) | langsbrengen overg.ww |
| As you'll be passing my house anyway, could you drop that paperwork around? |
| fool around vi phrasal | informal (act in silly way) | gek doen bw + ww |
| de clown uithangen frase |
| The teacher told Bobby to stop fooling around in class. |
| fool around vi phrasal | informal (not be productive) (informeel) | aanrommelen, aanklooien, aankloten onoverg.ww |
| lanterfanten, rondhangen onoverg.ww |
| The boss doesn't like people fooling around when they should be working. |
| fool around vi phrasal | slang (have casual sex) (slang) | rondneuken onoverg.ww |
| Helen suspects that her husband has been fooling around. |
| fool around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (have casual sex) (slang) | rondneuken met ww + vz |
| He had fooled around with every girl in town before he met Helen. |
| Hij neukte in het rond met ieder meisje in de stad voor hij Helen leerde kennen. |
| fool around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (amuse yourself) | spelen met ww + vz |
| (informeel) | dollen met ww+vz |
| Ben spent the afternoon fooling around with his new camera. |
| f*** around vi phrasal | vulgar, offensive!!, informal (have casual sex) (slang) | rondneuken onoverg.ww |
| Stan was devastated when he discovered his girlfriend had been f***ing around behind his back. |
gather round,
US: gather around vi phrasal | (congregate) | samenkomen, verzamelen onoverg.ww |
| Gather round everybody! Richard has something to say! |
| Verzamelen iedereen! Richard heeft iets te zeggen! |
get around [sth],
also UK: get round [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (circumvent) | ontwijken, vermijden, omzeilen overg. ww |
| You can't get around the problem by pretending it doesn't exist. |
| get (a)round to (doing) [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (find time) | ergens aan toekomen frase |
| One of these days, I will get around to making the trip to Paris. |
| Een dezer dagen zal ik eraan toekomen om die trip naar Parijs te maken. |
go round (US),
go round (UK) vi phrasal | (rotate, revolve) | rondgaan, ronddraaien onoverg.ww |
| The baby watched the top go round and laughed. Each of the beautifully painted horses became visible as the carousel went round. |
go around,
UK: go round vi phrasal | (be shared by all) | voldoende zijn bn + koppelww. |
| Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around? |
| horse around vi phrasal | informal (behave in a silly or frivolous way) | stoeien, ravotten onoverg.ww |
| While the parents made dinner the kids horsed around at their feet. |
| Terwijl de ouders het avondeten maakten, stoeiden de kinderen wat. |
| kid around vi phrasal | informal (behave jokingly or playfully) (informeel) | dollen onoverg.ww |
| stoeien onoverg.ww |
| Stop kidding around! Sit down and shut up! |
| look around vi phrasal | (seek [sth] in surrounding area) | rondkijken onoverg.ww |
look around [sth],
UK: look round [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (examine by moving through) | rondkijken onoverg.ww |
| look around for vtr phrasal 3-part | (seek in surrounding area) | zoeken naar ww + vz |
| I misplaced my keys, so I'll have to look around for them. |
| lounge around vi phrasal | (sit idly) | rondhangen onoverg.ww |
| We spent the whole weekend lounging around, drinking beer and watching television. |
| mess around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (tease) (informeel) | dollen overg.ww |
| plagen overg.ww |
| Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. |
| mess around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (treat disrespectfully) (slang) | dissen overg.ww |
| respectloos behandelen bn+ww |
| mess around with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (tamper) (informeel) | knoeien met, rotzooien met ww + vz |
| He enjoyed messing around with boats. |
| mess around with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (spoil) (informeel) | rommelen met, prutsen met ww + vz |
| Your painting is fine now, don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. |
| mess around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (have affair) | vreemd gaan bn + ww |
| monkey around vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous or mischievous) (informeel) | klooien, prutsen onoverg.ww |
| rommelen onoverg.ww |
| Joe is always monkeying around in class when he should be paying attention. |
| move around vi phrasal | (be mobile, active) | in beweging blijven woordgr |
| The doctor said I have to move around in order to maintain my weight. He's always moving around; he never stays long in one place. |
| move around vi phrasal | (relocate frequently) | rondreizen ww |
| Diplomats frequently move around from one country to another. |
| order around vtr phrasal sep | informal (be bossy towards) | commanderen overg.ww |
| (informeel) | koeioneren overg.ww |
| Don't try to order me around; you aren't my boss. |
| play around vi phrasal | informal (experiment) | uitproberen overg.ww |
| I was just playing around to see if I could get the webcam to work. |
| play around vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) (informeel) | aanklooien, aankloten onoverg.ww |
| Quit playing around and get back to work! |
| play around with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (tamper) (informeel) | sollen met, knoeien met ww + vz |
| Someone has been playing around with the projector and now it doesn't work. |
| play around with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (amuse yourself) (informeel) | spelen met, dollen met ww + vz |
| The dog was playing around with a stick he'd found on the ground. |
rally around,
also UK: rally round vi phrasal | (show solidarity) | te hulp komen, te hulp snellen overg. uitdr. |
| The neighbours rallied around to help Janet while her husband was sick. |
| screw around vi phrasal | slang, vulgar (waste time) (informeel) | lummelen, rondklooien onoverg.ww |
| Norman didn't finish his homework because he was screwing around on his skateboard. |
| screw around vi phrasal | slang, vulgar (be promiscuous) | vreemd gaan bn + ww |
| (vulgair) | rondneuken onoverg.ww |
| We were surprised when Bill stopped screwing around and settled down with Sally. |
| sleep around vi phrasal | informal (have casual sex) (informeel) | met jan en alleman naar bed gaan frase |
| (vulgair) | rondneuken onoverg. ww |
| I have no more respect for guys who sleep around than for women who do. |
| turn [sth] around vtr phrasal sep | figurative (transform, reform) (figuurlijk) | het toer omgooien onoverg.uitdr. |
| My sister has turned her life around. |
wait around,
also UK: wait about vi phrasal | (wait for [sb/sth]) | wachten onoverg.ww |
