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✈️ Travel

When you leave a place
and when you return

Phrasal verbs for departure, arrival, moving on, and the moments of transition in between.

6 pairs to explore A2 – B2 Real-life English
Most used in this cluster

Start with the essentials

The three pairs you'll hear most when travel and change of place are the theme.

a lone traveller with a backpack stepping out of a front door at dawn
set off
when a journey begins
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a hotel lobby with a key left on the counter
check out
when you leave a place behind
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a person walking away from a city skyline at sunset with one bag
move on
when you leave and don't look back
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One verb, many opposites

set off — it depends on where you're going

Starting a journey can be reversed in different ways. The opposite shifts with the destination.

a traveller turning around on a road, facing the direction of home
set off
⭐ most used pair
↔ head back
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a path splitting in two, one side leading back the way it came
set off
complementary
↔ turn back
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an aeroplane descending toward a runway at dusk
set off
complementary
↔ touch down
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Go deeper  ·  Discover what travel really sounds like

Travel · pair
check out
↔check in Flip it →
↔settle in Flip it →
Travel · pair
move on
↔settle down Flip it →
↔put down roots Flip it →
Travel · pair
pack up
↔unpack Flip it →
↔settle in Flip it →
Travel · pair
take off
↔touch down Flip it →
↔come back Flip it →