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Question
Given below are the phrasal verbs with their meanings. Use the given phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
| turn on | to open |
| took over | take lead |
| set of | start a journey |
| put of | postpone |
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Solution
- She turned on the induction stove to prepare the dinner.
- After Steven Paul Jobs took over the lead role, Apple started making a revolution in sales.
- The boy set off on foot to his uncle’s home in the city.
- Don’t put off important works as delay could be dangerous.
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