Phrasal Verb

Do you know what phrasal verb is? And why is it important to know it?

In grammar, phrasal verb is a verb with an adverb or preposition, which has a different meaning from the verb used alone. And today, I'm going to talk about phrasal verbs related to food or eating.

Let's get started!

"I pigged out on keripik last night," the boy said.

By using 'pig out', the boy doesn't need to say that he ate a lot of keripik last night. This phrase eases the boy to describe what he's done last night.

The next phrasal verb is 'polish off'. We can use this phrase to describe that we want to quickly eat or finish all of the food. For example, when you are having lunch with friends and one of them is worried about his mom's anger because he didn't eat all snacks he had.

"I'm worried if my mom get angry because of this," the boy said while pointing snacks.
And then you said, "don't worry! I'll polish it off for you."

Another phrase that you can also use is 'eat up'. But this phrase is very motherly and or fatherly. I mean this phrase is commonly used by parents when they serve food for their kids, "eat up, honey!"

When you want to tell someone that you stop eating or reduce something for a reason, you can use 'cut back'. Let's check the sentence below!
  
"Umm.., this soup has no taste, I'm cutting back on salt for my health."

The last phrasal verb I picked today is 'pick at'. If you pick at your food, you eat only a few small amounts of it, especially because you are worried or feeling ill. This could also happen to someone who has just broken up with his girlfriend or her boyfriend.

"She picked at her food, she seemed to lose her appetite."

Note: improving the writing skill. Any correction is accepted.