2.7.- Phrasal verbs about travel.

Here, there are some phrasal verbs about travel.

• Get away (from someone or somewhere)

  Leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this.

  I didn't think I was every going to get away. He just wouldn't stop talking to me!

• Back up

  Vehicles have to wait in a long line because there are too many of them.

  The traffic has started to back up because of the accident.

  Road works have caused a lot of delays and cars are backing up along the mains roads into the city.

• Get on (a vehicle)

  Go onto a bus, train, plane or boat.

  We got on the train at 9 o'clock but it didn't leave until 9.30.

  He got on the bus and then realised he'd left his wallet at home.

• Hop on (informal)

  Go onto a bus, train, plane or boat.

  With a one-day travel card you can hop on and off as many busses as you like.

  Just hop on the 172 and you'll be in the city in 10 minutes.

• Get off (a vehicle).

  Leave a train, bus plane or boat.

  Get off at the bus stop after the cinema and I'll meet you there.

  We got off the ship for a few days and spent the time at the beach.

• Check in

  Show your ticket at an airport to confirm that you are flying a particular flight and so that your bags can be put on the plane.

  We need to check in two hours before the flight.

  You can't go through to passport control until you have checked in.

• Pull over (a vehicle) / pull someone (a driver) over.

  A vehicle moves to the side of the road and stops.

  Just pull over by the petrol station, and I'll run in and buy us some chocolate.

  The Police pulled him over because he was speeding.

• Pull out (a vehicle).

  Move onto a road where the traffic is moving faster.

  He just pulled out without even signalling. I almost crashed right into him.

  Wait until there's a break in the traffic and then pull out.

• Stop over (verb) a stopover (noun).

  Stay at a place for one night or a few nights on the way to somewhere else.

  They stopped over in Singapore for one night on the way to Australia.

  Do you want a stopover in New York for a few days on your way back from Mexico?