125632698 phrasal verbs list

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Phrasal Verbs List

Verb Meaning Example

ask someone out invite on a date Brian asked Judy out todinner and a movie.ask around ask many people

the same

question

I asked around but

nobody has seen my wallet.

add up to something equal Your purchases add up

to $205.2.back something up reverse You!ll have to back up your

car so that I can "et out.back someone up support #y

wie backed me up overmy decision to quit my %ob.

blow up e&plode 'he racin" car blew

up ater it crashed into the

ence.blow something up add air (e have to blow 50

balloons up or the party.break down stop unctionin"

)vehicle*

machine+

,ur car broke down at the

side o the hi"hway in the

snowstorm.

break down "et upset 'he woman brokedown when the police told

her that her son had died.break somethingdown divide into

smaller parts

,ur teacher broke the -nal

pro%ect downinto three

separate parts.break in orce entry to a

buildin"

omebody broke in last

ni"ht and stole our stereo.break into something enter orcibly 'he -remen had to break

into the room to rescue the

children.break something in wear somethin" a

ew times so that

it doesn!t

look/eel new

I need to break these

shoes in beore we run ne&t

week.

break in interrupt 'he ' station broke in to

report the news o the

president!s death.break up end a relationship #y boyriend and I broke

up beore I moved to1merica.


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break up start lau"hin"

)inormal+

'he kids %ust broke up as

soon as the clown started

talkin".break out escape 'he prisoners broke out o

%ail when the "uards weren!t

lookin".break out insomething develop a skin

condition

I broke out in a rash ater

our campin" trip.bring someone down make unhappy 'his sad music

is bringing me down.bring someone up raise a child #y

"randparents brought me

up ater my parents died.bring something up start talkin"

about a sub%ect

#y mother walks out o the

room when my

ather brings up sports.bring something up vomit e drank so much that

he brought his

dinner up in the toilet.call around phone many

di3erent

places/people

(e called around but we

weren!t able to -nd the car

part we needed.call someone back return a phone

call

I called the

company back but the

o4ces were closed or theweekend.call something of cancel Jason called the

weddin" of because he

wasn!t in love with his

-anc.call on someone ask or an answer

or opinion

'he proessor called on me

or question 6.call on someone visit someone (e called on you last ni"ht

but you weren!t home.

call someone up phone 7ive me your phonenumber and I

willcall you up when we are

in town.calm down rela& ater bein"

an"ry

You are still mad. You need

to calm down beore you

drive the car.not care

orsomeone/something

not like )ormal+ I don!t care or his

behaviour.catch up "et to the same

point as someone

else

You!ll have to run aster

than that i you want

to catch up with #arty.


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check in arrive and

re"ister at a hotel

or airport

(e will "et the hotel keys

when wecheck in.

check out leave a hotel You have to check out o

the hotel beore 66800 1#.

check someone/somethi ngout

look at careully*investi"ate

'he company checksout all new employees.

check

outsomeone/something

look at )inormal+ Check out the cra9y hair

on that "uy:cheer up become happier he cheered up when she

heard the "ood news.cheer someone up make happier I brou"ht you some ;owers

to cheer youup.chip in help I everyone chips in we can

"et the kitchen painted by

noon.clean something up tidy* clean


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uncle.cut in pull in too closely

in ront o another

vehicle

'he bus driver "ot an"ry

when that carcut in.

cut in start operatin" )o

an en"ine orelectrical device+

'he air conditioner cuts

in when the temperature"ets to 22=>.

cut something of remove with

somethin" sharp

'he doctors cut of his le"

because it was severely

in%ured.cut something of stop providin" 'he phone company cut

of our phone because we

didn!t pay the bill.cut someone of take out o a will #y "randparents cut my

ather of when he

remarried.cut something out remove part o

somethin"

)usually with

scissors and

paper+

I cut this ad out o the

newspaper.

dosomeone/something

over

beat up* ransack

)Br.?.* inormal+

e!s lucky to be alive. is

shop was done over by a

street "an".

do something over do a"ain)@.1mer.+ #y teacher wants meto do my

essayover because she

doesn!t like my topic.do away

withsomething

discard It!s time to do away

with all o these old ta&

records.do something up asten* close Do your coat up beore you

"o outside. It!s snowin":dress up wear nice clothin" It!s a ancy restaurant so we

have todress up.drop back move back in a

position/"roup

1ndrea dropped back to

third place when she ell o3

her bike.drop in/by/over come without an

appointment

I mi"ht drop in/by/over or

tea sometime this week.dropsomeone/somethi

ngof

take

someone/somethi

n" somewhere

and leave them/it

there

I have to drop my

sister of at work beore I

come over.


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drop out quit a class*

school etc

I dropped out o cience

because it was too di4cult.eat out eat at a

restaurant

I don!t eel like cookin"

toni"ht. Aet!s eat out.end up eventually

reach/do/decide

(e ended up rentin" a

movie instead o "oin" tothe theatre.

all apart break into pieces #y new dress ell apart in

the washin" machine.all down all to the "round 'he picture that you hun"

up last ni"htell down this

mornin".all out separate rom an

interior

'he money must

have allen out o my

pocket.

all out )o hair* teeth+become loose and

unattached

is hair started to allout when he was only 5.

gure something out understand* -nd

the answer

I need to gure out how to

-t the piano and the

bookshel in this room.ll something in to write

inormation in

blanks )Br.?.+


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away or a week.get away

withsomething

do without bein"

noticed or

punished

Jason always gets away

with cheatin" in his maths

tests.get back return (e got back rom our

vacation last week.get something back receive

somethin" you

had beore

Ai9 -nally got her cience

notes back rom my roomC

mate.get back at someone retaliate* take

reven"e

#y sister got back at me

or stealin" her shoes. he

stole my avourite hat.get back

intosomething

become

interested in

somethin" a"ain

I -nally got back into my

novel and -nished it.

get on something step onto avehicle

(e!re "oin" to ree9e outhere i you don!t let us get

on the bus.get over something recover rom an

illness* loss*

di4culty

I %ust got over the ;u and

now my sister has it.

get over something overcome a

problem

'he company will have to

close i it can!tget over the

new re"ulations.get round tosomething -nally -nd time to

do )@.1mer.8get

around

to something+

I don!t know when I am

"oin" to get round

to writin" the thank you

cards.get together meet )usually or

social reasons+

Aet!s get together or a

BBD this weekend.get up "et out o bed I got up early today to

study or my e&am.get up stand You should get up and "ive

the elderly man your seat.

give someone away reveal hiddeninormation about

someone

is wie gave him away tothe police.

give someone away take the bride to

the altar

#y

ather gave me away at

my weddin".give something away ruin a secret #y little sister gave the

surprise partyaway by

accident.give something away "ive somethin" to

someone or ree

'he library was giving

away old books on Eriday.give something back return a borrowed I have to give these


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item skates back to Eran9 beore

his hockey "ame.give in reluctantly stop

-"htin" or

ar"uin"

#y boyriend didn!t want to

"o to the ballet* but he

-nally gave in.

give something out "ive to manypeople )usually at

no cost+

'hey were giving out reeperume samples at the

department store.give something up quit a habit I am giving up smokin" as

o January 6st.give up stop tryin" #y maths homework was

too di4cult so I gave up.go ater someone ollow someone #y brother tried to go

ater the thie in his car.go ater something try to achieve

somethin"

I went ater my dream and

now I am a published writer.go against someone compete* oppose (e are going against the

best soccer team in the city

toni"ht.go ahead start* proceed


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has grown out o her old

ones.grow into something "row bi" enou"h

to -t

'his bike is too bi" or him

now* but he should grow

into it by ne&t year.

hand something down "ive somethin"used to someone

else

I handed my old comicbooks down to my little

cousin.hand something in submit I have to hand in my essay

by Eriday.hand something out to distribute to a

"roup o people

(e will hand out the

invitations at the door.hand something over "ive )usually

unwillin"ly+

'he police asked the man

to hand overhis wallet and

his weapons.

hang in stay positive)@.1mer.*

inormal+

!ang in there. I!m sureyou!ll -nd a %ob very soon.

hang on wait a short time

)inormal+

!ang on while I "rab my

coat and shoes:hang out spend time

rela&in"

)inormal+

Instead o "oin" to the

party we are %ust "oin"

to hang out at my place.hang up end a phone call e didn!t say "oodbye

beore he hung up.holdsomeone/somethin

gback

prevent rom

doin"/"oin"

I had to hold my

do" back because there

was a cat in the park.hold something back hide an emotion Jamie held back his tears

at his "randather!s uneral.hold on wait a short time


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keep something up continue at the

same rate

I you keep those

results up you will "et into

a "reat colle"e.let someone down ail to support or

help* disappoint

I need you to be on time.

Fon!t let medown this

time.let someone in allow to enter >an you let the

cat in beore you "o to

schoollook

atersomeone/somethi

ng

take care o I have to look ater my

sick "randmother.

look down onsomeone think less o*

consider inerior

?ver since we stole that

chocolate bar your dad

has looked down on me.look

orsomeone/something

try to -nd I!m looking or a red dress

or the weddin".look orward

tosomething

be e&cited about

the uture

I!m looking orward to the

>hristmas break.look into something investi"ate (e are "oin" to look

into the price o

snowboards today.look out be careul*

vi"ilant* and take

notice

Aook out: 'hat car!s "oin"

to hit you:

look out

orsomeone/something

be especially

vi"ilant or

Fon!t or"et to look out

or snakes on the hikin"

trail.look something over check* e&amine >an you look over my

essay or spellin" mistakeslook something up search and -nd

inormation in a

reerence book or

database

(e can look her phone

number up on the Internet.

look up to someone have a lot orespect or

#y little sister hasalways looked up to me.

make something up invent* lie about

somethin"

Josie made up a story

about why we were late.make up or"ive each other (e were an"ry last ni"ht*

but we made up at

breakast.make someone up apply cosmetics

to

#y sisters made me up or

my "raduation party.mix something up conuse two or

more thin"s

I mixed up the twins!

names a"ain:pass away die is uncle passed away last


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ni"ht ater a lon" illness.pass out aint It was so hot in the church

that an elderly lady passed

out.pass something out "ive the same

thin" to manypeople

'he proessor passed the

te&tbooks outbeore class.

pass something up decline )usually

somethin" "ood+

I passed up the %ob

because I am araid o

chan"e.pay someone back return owed

money

'hanks or buyin" my

ticket. I!ll pay youback on

Eriday.pay or something be punished or

doin" somethin"

bad

'hat bully will pay

or bein" mean to my little

brother.pick something out choose I picked out three

sweaters or you to try on.pointsomeone/somethi

ngout

indicate with your

-n"er

I!ll point my

boyriend out when he runs

by.put something down put what you are

holdin" on a

surace or ;oor

You can put the

"roceries down on the

kitchen counter.put someone down insult* make

someone eel

stupid

'he students put the

substitute

teacherdown because his

pants were too short.put something of postpone (e are putting of our trip

until January because o the

hurricane.put something out e&tin"uish 'he nei"hbours put the

-re out beore the -remen

arrived.

put somethingtogether assemble I have to put thecrib together beore the

baby arrives.put up

withsomeone/somethin

g

tolerate I don!t think I can put up

with three small children in

the car.put something on put

clothin"/accessori

es on your body

Fon!t or"et to put on your

new earrin"s or the party.

run

intosomeone/somethin

g

meet

une&pectedly

I ran into an old schoolC

riend at the mall.


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run

oversomeone/somethin

g

drive a vehicle

over a person or

thin"

I accidentally ran over your

bicycle in the driveway.

run

over/throughsomethin

g

rehearse* review Aet!s run

over/through these lines

one more time beore theshow.

run away leave

une&pectedly*

escape

'he child ran away rom

home and has been missin"

or three days.run out have none let (e ran out o shampoo so I

had to wash my hair with

soap.send something back return )usually by

mail+

#y letter "ot sent back to

me because I used the

wron" stamp.set something up arran"e* or"ani9e ,ur boss set a

meetin" up with the

president o the company.set someone up trick* trap 'he police set up the car

thie by usin" a hidden

camera.shop around compare prices I want to shop around a

little beore I decide on

these boots.show of act e&tra special

or people

watchin" )usually

boastully+

e always shows of on his

skateboard

sleep over stay somewhere

or the ni"ht

)inormal+

You should sleep

over toni"ht i the weather

is too bad to drive home.sort something out or"ani9e* resolve

a problem

(e need to sort the

bills out beore the -rst o

the month.stick to something continue doin"

somethin"* limit

yoursel to one

particular thin"

You will lose wei"ht i

you stick to the diet.

switch something of stop the ener"y

;ow* turn o3

'he li"ht!s too bri"ht. >ould

you switch itof .switch something on start the ener"y

;ow* turn on

(e heard the news as soon

as weswitched on the car

radio.take ater someone resemble a amily I take ater my mother. (e


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member are both impatient.take something apart purposely break

into pieces

e took the car

brakes apart and ound the

problem.take something back return an item I have to take our new

' back because it doesn!twork.

take of start to ;y #y plane takes of in -ve

minutes.take something of remove

somethin"

)usually clothin"+

#ake of your socks and

shoes and come in the lake:

take something out remove rom a

place or thin"

>an you take the

"arba"e out to the street

or me

take someone out pay or someoneto "o somewhere

with you

#y"randparents took us out

or dinner and a movie.tear something up rip into pieces I tore up my e&Cboyriend!s

letters and "ave them back

to him.think back remember )oten

G to* sometimes

G on+

(hen I think back on my

youth* I wish I had studied

harder.think something over consider I!ll have to think this %ob

o3er overbeore I make my

-nal decision.throw somethingaway dispose o (e threw our old

urniture away when we

won the lottery.turn something down decrease the

volume or

stren"th )heat*

li"ht etc+

an you turn the

music up 'his is my

avourite son".


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turn up appear suddenly ,ur cat turned up ater we

put posters up all over the

nei"hbourhood.try something on sample clothin" I!m "oin" to try these

%eans on* but I don!t think

they will -t.try something out test I am "oin" to try this new

brand o deter"ent out.use something up -nish the supply 'he kids used all o the

toothpaste up so we need

to buy some more.wake up stop sleepin" (e have to wake up early

or work on #onday.warmsomeone/somethi

ngup

increase the

temperature

You can warm your

eet up in ront o the

-replace.warm up prepare body or

e&ercise

I always warm up by doin"

sitCups beore I "o or a run.wear of ade away #ost o my makeCup wore

of beore I "ot to the party.work out e&ercise I work out at the "ym

three times a week.work out be successul ,ur plan worked out -ne.work something out make a

calculation

(e have to work out the

total cost beore we buy the

house.

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