In this post I am giving phrasal verbs relating to preparing food and drink, surving them up, styles of eating, eating a lot and quickly, eating a little and with difficulty, starting to eat and eating all of something etc.
Preparing Food and Drink
PUT ON smth / PUT smth ON - to start cooking something
Ex. I put your supper on an hour ago. It should be ready by now.
WHIP UP smth / WHIP smth UP - to quickly make something to eat.
Ex. If your girls are hungry, I can whip up something to eat in no time.
CHOP UP smth / CHOP smth UP - to cut smth, especially food or wood, into smaller pieces
Ex. Chop up a cup of green or black olives and add them to the sauce.
Similar to: cut up.
SLICE UP smth / SLICE smth UP - to cut meat, bread, vegetables etc. into thin flat pieces.
Ex. Slice up the onions and add them to the meat.
Similar to: cut up.
CHOP OFF smth / CHOP smth OFF - to remove smth using a knife or other sharp tools.
Ex. Chop off the ends of the carrots before you peel them.
Similar to: cut off.
SLICE OFF smth / SLICE smth OFF - to remove a piece of smth from the rest of it with one movement of a sharp knife.
Ex. Slice off the bottom of each pear so they'll stand up in the dish.
Similar to: cut off.
PEEL OFF smth / PEEL smth OFF - to remove the ouside layer (skin, rind) from the surface of fruit, vegetables etc.
Ex. Boil the potatoes and then peel off the skin.
FRY UP smth / FRY smth UP (BrE, informal) - to quickly fry some food in order to make a meal.
Ex. Do you want me to fry up some eggs?
FRY-UP (noun, countable) - a quick meal made of fried eggs, bacon etc.
Ex. He has a really unhealthy diet - all he ever eats is fry-ups.
BOIL AWAY - (of a liquid) to disappear and change into steam because it has been heated for a long time.
Ex. All the water in the pan had boiled away and it was red hot.
BOIL DOWN / BOIL DOWN smth / BOIL smth DOWN - (of food and liquid) to reduce in amount because it has been heated for a long time.
Ex. Add a lot of cabbage - it will boil down quite a bit.
Boil down the liquid until it becomes a thick red sauce.
BOIL OVER - (of liqiud) to rise and flow over the side of the pan because it is being heated at a high temperature.
Ex. The milk's boiling over - quick, turn it off!
BOIL UP smth / BOIL smth UP (especially BrE) - to heat liquid or food untill it starts to boil
Ex. Sit down and relax while I boil up some water for tea.
Ex. Sit down and relax while I boil up some water for tea.
THAW OUT smth / THAW smth OUT - (of frozen food) to put it somewhere where it can warm up until it is no longer frozen
Ex. How about a pie - there's one in the freezer and I can thaw it out in the microwave.
Ex. How about a pie - there's one in the freezer and I can thaw it out in the microwave.
Similar to: defrost
HEAT UP smth / HEAT smth UP or WARM UP smth / WARM smth UP - to make cooked food hot again after it has become cold
Ex. She heated up some more of the stew and took it out to him.
HEAT THROUGH smth / HEAT smth THROUGH / HEAT THROUGH (BrE) - (of food) to make it hot or to become hot.
Ex. The rice may be prepared in advance and heated through later.
Finally stir in the tomato paste and let the mixture heat through.
Ex. She heated up some more of the stew and took it out to him.
HEAT THROUGH smth / HEAT smth THROUGH / HEAT THROUGH (BrE) - (of food) to make it hot or to become hot.
Ex. The rice may be prepared in advance and heated through later.
Finally stir in the tomato paste and let the mixture heat through.
Serving Food and Drink
SERVE UP smth / SERVE smth UP or DISH UP smth / DISH smth UP / DISH UP (BrE) - to put food onto plates so that it is ready to eat
Ex. Do you want me to serve up the vegetables?
I'll open the wine - you dish up.
HAND ROUND smth / HAND smth ROUND or PASS ROUND smth / PASS smth ROUND - to offer something, especially food or drink, to each person in a group
Ex. Sally put the chicken soup into bowls and handed them round to us.
Carla brought some cakes in and passed them round.
POUR OUT smth / POUR smth OUT - (of a drink) to fill glasses or cups with it.
Ex. Mandy was pouring out tea and passing round bisquits.
TOP UP smth / TOP smb, smth UP (especially BrE) or TOP OFF smth / TOP OFF (AmE) - to put more drink into someone's glass or cup to make it full again
Ex. Can I top up your beer? Do you want me to top you up?
Let me top off your drink.
TOP-UP (noun, countable) - more drink poured into a glass or cup
Ex. Would you like a top-up?
HELP yourself TO smth - to put some food on your own plate or drink in your own glass
Ex. Help yourselves to the vegetables.
HELP smb TO smth - to put some food on someone else's plate for them, or put drink in their glass
Ex. Shall I help to some rice?
GO WITH smth - to combine or taste good with something
Ex. This wine should go well with meat and strong-tasting cheeses.
BE LEFT OVER - (of food) to remain after you've eaten as much as you need
Ex. Nothing was left over at the end of the meal.
LEFTOVERS (noun, plural) - food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal.
Ex. Shall I throw away the leftovers, or do you want to use them for something else?
LEFTOVER (adj., always before noun) - that has not been eaten at the end of a meal
Ex. Here are some great recipes for ways to use leftover turkey.
Ex. Can I top up your beer? Do you want me to top you up?
Let me top off your drink.
TOP-UP (noun, countable) - more drink poured into a glass or cup
Ex. Would you like a top-up?
HELP yourself TO smth - to put some food on your own plate or drink in your own glass
Ex. Help yourselves to the vegetables.
HELP smb TO smth - to put some food on someone else's plate for them, or put drink in their glass
Ex. Shall I help to some rice?
GO WITH smth - to combine or taste good with something
Ex. This wine should go well with meat and strong-tasting cheeses.
BE LEFT OVER - (of food) to remain after you've eaten as much as you need
Ex. Nothing was left over at the end of the meal.
LEFTOVERS (noun, plural) - food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal.
Ex. Shall I throw away the leftovers, or do you want to use them for something else?
LEFTOVER (adj., always before noun) - that has not been eaten at the end of a meal
Ex. Here are some great recipes for ways to use leftover turkey.
Styles of Eating and Drinking
TAKE AWAY (BrE) - to buy prepared food in a shop or restaurant and take it somewhere else to eat
Ex. Two burgers and two teas to take away, please.
Similar to : to go (AmE)
TAKEAWAY (noun, countable) - hot meal that you buy in a shop or restaurant and eat
somewhere else
Ex. I can't be bothered to cook - let's get a takeaway.
TAKEAWAY (noun, countable) - a shpo that sell hot food that you buy and take to eat
somewhere else
Ex. I'm going to the Chinese takeaway - d'you want anything?
SEND OUT FOR smth - to telephone a restaurant and ask them to bring food to your home or work
Ex. I usually send out for Chinese food when I work late at the office.
Ex. Two burgers and two teas to take away, please.
Similar to : to go (AmE)
TAKEAWAY (noun, countable) - hot meal that you buy in a shop or restaurant and eat
somewhere else
Ex. I can't be bothered to cook - let's get a takeaway.
TAKEAWAY (noun, countable) - a shpo that sell hot food that you buy and take to eat
somewhere else
Ex. I'm going to the Chinese takeaway - d'you want anything?
SEND OUT FOR smth - to telephone a restaurant and ask them to bring food to your home or work
Ex. I usually send out for Chinese food when I work late at the office.
EAT OUT or DINE OUT (formal, especially in written English)- to eat a meal in a restaurant instead of at home
Ex. I don't feel like cooking - let's eat out.
Dining out on the island is a real pleasure.
Opposite: eat in / dine in
EAT IN or DINE IN (formal)- to eat a meal at home instead of going to a restaurant.
Ex. I'm too tired to go out - let's eat in instead.
Please tell Anton that we shall be dining in this evening.
Opposite: eat out / dine out
EAT IN - to eat inside a restaurant instead of taking your food somewher else.
Ex. "Two burgers and two coffes, please". - "To eat in or take away?"
Ex. I don't feel like cooking - let's eat out.
Dining out on the island is a real pleasure.
Opposite: eat in / dine in
EAT IN or DINE IN (formal)- to eat a meal at home instead of going to a restaurant.
Ex. I'm too tired to go out - let's eat in instead.
Please tell Anton that we shall be dining in this evening.
Opposite: eat out / dine out
EAT IN - to eat inside a restaurant instead of taking your food somewher else.
Ex. "Two burgers and two coffes, please". - "To eat in or take away?"
LIVE ON / OFF smth - to only eat a particular kind of food
Ex. Many teenagers tend to live on hamburgers and fries.
Most of the population live off a diet of rice.
CUT OUT smth / CUT smth OUT - to stop eating, drinking, smoking etc. something, especially in order to improve your health or lose weight.
Ex. I wish I'd cut out cigarettes years ago.
Similar to: give up
CUT DOWN (on smth) - to eat, drink, smoke etc. less of something that is bad for you in order to improve your health or lose weight.
Ex. It's the fatty foods you need to cut down on if you want to lose weight.
PECK AT smth - to eat only a small part of your meal, because you are not very hungry
Ex. She pecked at her food for a few minutes and then pushed her plate to one side.
NIBBLE AT / ON smth - to eat something, taking very small bites
Ex. Emma nibbled at a piece of toast in thoughtful silence.
TOY WITH smth - to keep touching something or moving it about, especially while you are thinking about something else
Ex. We sat there toying with our food and trying to be polite to each other.
SNACK ON smth - to eat small amounts of a particular food between main meals or instead of a meal
Ex. I tend to snack on chocolate during the day when I'm working.
FORCE DOWN smth / FORCE smth DOWN or CHOKE DOWN smth / CHOKE smth DOWN - to make yourself eat or drink something with difficulty, especially because you don't like it, or because you are ill or upset
Ex. I didn't want to be rude, so I forced down the raw fish and smiled at my hosts.
I managed to choke down part of the soup and promised to try to finish the rest of it later.
Eating Very Quickly
GOBBLE DOWN smth / GOBBLE smth DOWN (informal) - to eat something very quickly and eagerly
Ex. Joseph joined us for lunch, gobbled it down and rushed back to work.
WOLF DOWN smth / WOLF smth DOWN (informal) - to eat something very quickly, especially because you are very hungry
Ex. When dinner finally came, we wolfed it down in five minutes.
Similar to: give up
CUT DOWN (on smth) - to eat, drink, smoke etc. less of something that is bad for you in order to improve your health or lose weight.
Ex. It's the fatty foods you need to cut down on if you want to lose weight.
Eating a Little, Slowly or with Difficulty
PICK AT smth - to eat only small amounts of food without showing much interest in it, for example because you are not hungry or you are thinking about something else
Ex. Paige was so worried she could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.PECK AT smth - to eat only a small part of your meal, because you are not very hungry
Ex. She pecked at her food for a few minutes and then pushed her plate to one side.
NIBBLE AT / ON smth - to eat something, taking very small bites
Ex. Emma nibbled at a piece of toast in thoughtful silence.
TOY WITH smth - to keep touching something or moving it about, especially while you are thinking about something else
Ex. We sat there toying with our food and trying to be polite to each other.
SNACK ON smth - to eat small amounts of a particular food between main meals or instead of a meal
Ex. I tend to snack on chocolate during the day when I'm working.
FORCE DOWN smth / FORCE smth DOWN or CHOKE DOWN smth / CHOKE smth DOWN - to make yourself eat or drink something with difficulty, especially because you don't like it, or because you are ill or upset
Ex. I didn't want to be rude, so I forced down the raw fish and smiled at my hosts.
I managed to choke down part of the soup and promised to try to finish the rest of it later.
Eating Very Quickly
GOBBLE DOWN smth / GOBBLE smth DOWN (informal) - to eat something very quickly and eagerly
Ex. Joseph joined us for lunch, gobbled it down and rushed back to work.
WOLF DOWN smth / WOLF smth DOWN (informal) - to eat something very quickly, especially because you are very hungry
Ex. When dinner finally came, we wolfed it down in five minutes.
BOLT DOWN smth / BOLT smth DOWN (BrE, informal) - to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurry.
Ex. Charly bolted down his breakfast and ran out of the house.
SCARF DOWN / UP smth (AmE, informal) - to eat something very quickly
Ex. She scarfed down a bagel on her way to work.
Ex. I like to have porridge for breakfast. It really fills you up.
FILL (yourself) UP (on smth) - make your stomach feel full by eating a lot of food
Ex. If you are extra hungry, fill up on rice, potatoes or pasta dishes.
GORGE yourself ON smth - to eat large amounts of something that you enjoy eating, especially more than is good for you
Ex. We all stood around gorging ourselves on strawberries and cream.
FEAST ON / UPON smth (upon is more formal and used in writing) - to eat a lot of a particular food with enjoyment
Ex. Afterwards they went to a posh restaurant and feasted on smoked salmon and champagne.
PIG OUT (on smth) (informal) - to eat a lot of food, especially more than you need or more than is sensible
Ex. I find that if I don't eat breakfast, I'm starving by lunchtime and I pig out.
PUT AWAY smth / PUT smth AWAY (informal, especially spoken) - to eat or drink a lot of something, especially a surprisingly large amount
Ex. The girl sitting next to me managed to put away half a bottle of vodka before we got to Hong Kong.
PACK AWAY smth / PACK smth AWAY (informal) - to eat a large amount of food
Ex. Billy can really pack it away - no wonder he is so fat!
Ex. Charly bolted down his breakfast and ran out of the house.
SCARF DOWN / UP smth (AmE, informal) - to eat something very quickly
Ex. She scarfed down a bagel on her way to work.
Eating a Lot
FILL smb UP - (of food) to make you feel that you have eaten enough and you are fullEx. I like to have porridge for breakfast. It really fills you up.
FILL (yourself) UP (on smth) - make your stomach feel full by eating a lot of food
Ex. If you are extra hungry, fill up on rice, potatoes or pasta dishes.
GORGE yourself ON smth - to eat large amounts of something that you enjoy eating, especially more than is good for you
Ex. We all stood around gorging ourselves on strawberries and cream.
FEAST ON / UPON smth (upon is more formal and used in writing) - to eat a lot of a particular food with enjoyment
Ex. Afterwards they went to a posh restaurant and feasted on smoked salmon and champagne.
PIG OUT (on smth) (informal) - to eat a lot of food, especially more than you need or more than is sensible
Ex. I find that if I don't eat breakfast, I'm starving by lunchtime and I pig out.
PUT AWAY smth / PUT smth AWAY (informal, especially spoken) - to eat or drink a lot of something, especially a surprisingly large amount
Ex. The girl sitting next to me managed to put away half a bottle of vodka before we got to Hong Kong.
PACK AWAY smth / PACK smth AWAY (informal) - to eat a large amount of food
Ex. Billy can really pack it away - no wonder he is so fat!
Starting to Eat
TUCK INTO smth or DIG INTO smth or DIVE INTO smth - to start eating something with enjoyment
Ex. The waiter brought our meal and we all tucked into it.
TUCK IN or DIVE IN - to start eating very eagerly
Ex. Mrs Birkins brought breakfast out on a tray, and Lisa dived in hungrily.
DIG IN! or TUCK IN! (BrE, informal, spoken) - used to tell people to start eating the food that is in front of them
Ex. Dig in! There's plenty for everyone.
Come on, everyone, tuck in!
Eating All of Something
EAT UP smth / EAT smth UP / EAT UP - to eat all of something
Ex. There's some bacon in the fridge that needs eating up.
FINISH OFF smth / FINISH smth OFF - to eat, drink, or use the last part of something
Ex. Ally I sat outside, finishing off our meal.
FINISH UP smth / FINISH smth UP - to eat or drink all of what you are eating and drinking
Ex. Come on, finish up your drinks! We've got to go now.
POLISH OFF smth / POLISH smth OFF (informal) - to finish food, drink, or work quickly and easily
Ex. When I got home, Mrs Marsh had polished off half the bisquits in the tin.
Drinking
WASH DOWN smth / WASH smth DOWN - to drink something with or after food or with medicine to help you swallow it
Ex. Let your child wash the medicine down with a mouthful of their favourite drink.
DRINK TO smb/smth - to wish someone success, good luck, or good health by holding up your glass before drinking something
Ex. Let's drink to the New Year!
Similar to: toast.
DRINK UP smth / DRINK smth UP / DRINK UP - to drink all of something
Ex. Drink up - the bar will be closing soon.
DIP smth IN smth - to put something into a liquid and take it out again
Ex. She loves dipping a chocolate biscuit in her tea.
WATER DOWN smth / WATER smth DOWN - to add water to alcoholic drinks and make them weaker, especially in order to deceive people by serving them less alchol than they have paid for
Ex. The bar staff aren't very friendly, and I'm sure they water down the drinks.
SPILL OVER - to pour over the edge, usually because the container id too full
Ex. The beer rose up the glass and began to spill over.
SIP ON / AT smth - to drink something slowly, swollowing only small amounts
Ex. Haney sipped on his tea and looked bored.
KNOCK BACK smth / KNOCK smth BACK (informal) - to drink something, especially alcohol, quickly or in large amounts
Ex. I watched him knock back a whole bottle of wine in fifteen minutes.
Ex. The bar staff aren't very friendly, and I'm sure they water down the drinks.
SPILL OVER - to pour over the edge, usually because the container id too full
Ex. The beer rose up the glass and began to spill over.
SIP ON / AT smth - to drink something slowly, swollowing only small amounts
Ex. Haney sipped on his tea and looked bored.
KNOCK BACK smth / KNOCK smth BACK (informal) - to drink something, especially alcohol, quickly or in large amounts
Ex. I watched him knock back a whole bottle of wine in fifteen minutes.
Sources:
1. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Phrasal Verbs in Use.
2. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Phrasal Verbs in Use. Advanced.
3. Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
4. Longman Phrasal Verbs Dictionary.
1. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Phrasal Verbs in Use.
2. M. McCarthy, F. O'Dell. English Phrasal Verbs in Use. Advanced.
3. Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
4. Longman Phrasal Verbs Dictionary.
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