Learn Angreji(8920128728): 2000 Common Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are used more frequently in everyday speech than in formal writing/ speaking. They are used often in everyday conversation by native speakers of English.

Common Phrasal Verbs List from A to Z

Phrasal Verbs List with Jump

List of phrasal verbs with Jump in English:

Jump around: Move erratically by jumping
Jump at: Accept something enthusiastically
Jump down: Leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump
Jump in: Enter something quickly. Usually a mode of transport
Jump off: Move from an elevated place by one jump
Jump on: Board a vehicle
Jump on: Attack verbally, to criticise excessively
Jump out: Be obviously different or special; to capture an observer’s attention at once
Jump up: Move from one position to a higher position by one jump

Phrasal Verbs List with Keep

List of common phrasal verbs with Keep in English:

Keep across: Keep abreast of or up to date with; to keep people informed of
Keep around: Keep something near one
Keep at: Continue with something difficult
Keep away: Refrain from coming (near)
Keep away: Prevent from coming (near)
Keep away from: Avoid or evade
Keep away from: Deny (someone) access to
Keep back: Maintain a safe distance
Keep down: Repress
Keep down: Restrain or control (a sound)
Keep down: Cause not to increase or rise
Keep down: Not to vomit
Keep down: Stay concealed by not standing up
Keep from: Control yourself, refrain
Keep in: Not allow someone out
Keep off: Not talk about
Keep off: Not touch something
Keep on: Persist or continue
Keep on: Persist in talking about a subject to the annoyance of the listener
Keep on: Cause or allow to remain in an existing position
Keep out: Refrain from entering a place or condition
Keep out: Restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition
Keep out of: Stay away from (a place or condition)
Keep out of: Restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition)
Keep to oneself: Purposely avoid interaction with others; to be introverted
Keep up: Stay even or ahead
Keep up: Ensure that one remains well-informed about something
Keep up with: Move at the same rate

Phrasal Verbs List with Kick

List of useful phrasal verbs with Kick in English:

Kick around: Abuse or mistreat; to bully
Kick around: Wander loose; to float around; to hang around
Kick back: Relax
Kick down: Break or demolish something by physical bodily force
Kick in: Start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way
Kick in: Contribute, especially to a collection of money
Kick off: Make the first kick in a game or part of a game
Kick off: Start; to launch
Kick off: Dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position
Kick off: Die or quit permanently
Kick off: Shut down or turn off suddenly
Kick off: Suddenly become more active
Kick off: Be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight
Kick off: Have a fight or argument start
Kick out: Eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Kick out: Stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly
Kick up: Raise, to increase (a price)
Kick up: Show anger (about something)
Kick up: Function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up

Phrasal verbs List with Knock

List of common phrasal verbs with Knock in English:

Knock about: Spend time companionably; to hang around
Knock about: Engage in a relaxing activity in; to hang around in
Knock about: Be located in or mislaid in
Knock about: Hit or behave violently towards
Knock back: Stun; to surprise
Knock back: Reject; to refuse
Knock down: Hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls
Knock down: Demolish
Knock down: At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel
Knock down: Reduce the price of
Knock down: Drink fast
Knock down: Disassemble for shipment
Knock it off: Stop doing something; desist
Knock off: Bump or hit so that something falls off
Knock off: Quit; stop doing work or other activity
Knock off: Kill someone
Knock off: Reduce or remove
Knock off: Rob
Knock off: Make a copy of, as of a design
Knock out: Strike or bump (someone or something) out
Knock out: Render unconscious, as by a blow to the head
Knock out: Put to sleep
Knock out: Exhaust
Knock out: Complete, especially in haste; knock off
Knock out: Cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it
Knock out: Communicate (a message) by knocking
Knock over: Bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it
Knock over: Rob; to stage a heist of
Knock together: Assemble something quickly; to knock up
Knock up: Put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily
Knock up: Impregnate, especially out of wedlock

Phrasal Verbs List with Lay

List of phrasal verbs with Lay in English:

Lay by: Put away for future use; put aside; store; save; hoard; to build up as savings
Lay down: Give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon)
Lay down: Intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision
Lay down: Specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate
Lay down: Lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting
Lay low: Topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out
Lay off: Cease, quit, stop (doing something)
Lay off: Stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone
Lay on: Provide (food or drinks) for free
Lay on: Repeatedly say (particular things)
Lay out: Arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart
Lay up: Make a layup with (a basketball)

Phrasal Verbs List with Live

List of phrasal verbs with Live in English:

Live down: Get used to something shameful
Live off: Survive by consuming only a certain thing or things
Live on: Survive solely by consuming a certain thing
Live on: Endure
Live out: Not reside on the premises of one’s employer
Live out: Live some distance away or outside of a town/city
Live out: Fulfill or act out a dream or fantasy or aspiration
Live out: Pass time or to pass the remainder of one’s life
Live through: Survive a difficult period or event
Live up: Fulfill the expectations placed upon

Phrasal Verbs List with Let

List of phrasal verbs with Let in English:

Let down: Allow to descend
Let down: Disappoint; to betray or fail somebody
Let in: Let someone or something come in
Let in on: Disclose information to someone; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information
Let off: Cause to explode or come out; to release
Let off: Forgive and not punish
Let on: Reveal, disclose, or divulge
Let out: Release
Let out: Allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls
Let out: Enlarge by adjusting one or more seams
Let out: Of sound, to emit
Let out: Disclose
Let past: Allow someone to pass one
Let up: Cease; stop

Phrasal verbs List with Look

List of essential phrasal verbs with Look in English:

Look after: Watch or protect; to keep safe
Look ahead: Consider the future, to anticipate future events
Look back: Think about something that happened in the past
Look down on: Regard someone with a feeling of superiority
Look around: Inspect a building or area
Look around: Search a place
Look around: Turn one’s head to see what is behind oneself
Look at: Consider
Look for: Search for; to seek
Look forward to: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen
Look in (on sby): Visit a person or place for a short time
Look into: Investigate, explore, or consider
Look on: Watch; to observe
Look on as: Treat someone in a particular role; to consider someone in a particular way
Look out: Look from within to the outside
Look out: Be vigilant and aware
Look out for: Take care of someone, make sure someone is cared for
Look out for: Keep alert and try to see
Look round: Inspect a building or area
Look round: Search a place
Look round: Turn one’s head to see what is behind oneself
Look through: Gaze through a gap or aperture
Look through: Search, either with the eyes or by hand
Look through: Pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible
Look to: Seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone
Look up: Have better prospects, to improve
Look up: Obtain information about something from a text source
Look up to: Show respect or admiration for
Look upon: Consider or regard something in a specific manner
Look upon: Gaze at something; to look on
Look upon as: Consider, regard

Phrasal Verbs List with Make

List of important phrasal verbs with Make in English:

Make after: Chase
Make away with: Steal
Make for: To move towards something
Make for: To contribute, to cause, lead to
Make into: Cause (the first object) to become (the second object); to change or transform
Make it up to: Pay back; to return someone a previous good deed
Make of: Form an opinion about (someone or something)
Make off: Leave somewhere in a hurry
Make off: To escape
Make off with: Steal
Make out: Draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee
Make out: Manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.)
Make out: Represent; to make (something) appear to be true
Make out: Kiss passionately
Make out of: Construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance)
Make over: Renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them
Make over: Create a new physical look, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes
Make over: Improve upon and/or take in a new direction
Make towards: Head in the direction
Make up: Compensate, fill in or catch up
Make up: Invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)
Make up: Assemble, or mix
Make up: Apply cosmetics or makeup to
Make up: Resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
Make up for: To compensate for something, to replace
Make up to: Do something to show that you are sorry about the problems you have caused someone
Make way: Make progress

Phrasal Verbs List with Mess

List of common phrasal verbs with Mess in English:

Mess about: Misbehave
Mess about: Be in a casual non-committal relationship
Mess about: Play with; to toy with; to waste the time of (a person)
Mess around: Fiddle idly
Mess around: Joke, kid, or play
Mess around: Have a sexual relationship, especially one which is non-commital
Mess up: Make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss
Mess up: Cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin
Mess up: Botch, bungle; to perform poorly on
Mess up: Make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly
Mess up: Cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior
Mess up: Damage; injure
Mess up: Manhandle; beat up; rough up
Mess up: Discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray
Mess with: Interfere with
Mess with: Diss; to put down
Mess with: Joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner

Phrasal Verbs List with Move

List of phrasal verbs with Move in English:

Move forward: Make progress
Move on: Leave somewhere for another place
Move on: Start dealing with something else
Move out: Vacate one’s place of residence or employment
Move out: Leave one’s present location
Move up: Move one’s position to allow others to occupy a place

Phrasal Verbs List with Pass

List of phrasal verbs with Pass in English:

Pass away: Die
Pass by: Travel past without stopping
Pass by :Travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard
Pass by: Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse
Pass down: Transmit information or give property to younger generations.
Pass off: Happen
Pass off: Misrepresent something
Pass on: Convey or communicate
Pass on: Skip or decline
Pass on: Die
Pass out: Faint; to become unconscious
Pass out: Distribute, to hand out
Pass over: Ignore someone and give a job, reward, etc, to someone more junior.
Pass over: Ignore, refuse to discuss.
Pass round: Distribute, give to people present.
Pass through: Visit a place without stopping or only stopping briefly
Pass to: Give ownership or responsibility to someone.
Pass up: Refuse (not accept); forgo

Phrasal Verbs List with Pick

List of common phrasal verbs with Pick in English:

Pick apart: Overcome by skilled execution
Pick at: Eat unwillingly
Pick at: To pull or touch something several times
Pick off: Remove by picking
Pick off: Shoot one by one
Pick off: Dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. one by one
Pick on: Bully, harass or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass
Pick on: Select (a person) for a task, etc.
Pick out: Distinguish
Pick out: Ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour
Pick through: Search something that is disordered for something.
Pick up: Lift; to grasp and raise
Pick up: Collect an object, especially in passing
Pick up: Clean up; to return to an organized state
Pick up: Collect a passenger
Pick up: Collect and detain (a suspect)
Pick up: Improve, increase or speed up
Pick up: Restart or resume
Pick up: Learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
Pick up: Receive (a radio signal or the like)
Pick up: Notice, detect or discern, often used with “on”
Pick up: Point out (a person’s behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner
Pick up: Meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation
Pick up: Answer a telephone
Pick up: Pay for
Pick up after: Tidy a mess someone else has made.
Pick up on: Correct someone when they say something wrong.
Pick up on: Notice something that most people don’t.
Pick up on: React to something.
Pick up on: Comment on something said earlier in a conversation.
Pick yourself up: Recover from a fall or problem

Phrasal Verbs List with Play

List of phrasal verbs with Play in English:

Play along: Take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke
Play around: Behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way
Play around: Work with in a non-serious manner
Play at: Pretend to be a different person while playing a game
Play at: Do something in a manner that lacks seriousness, commitment, or professionalism
Play down: Make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious
Play off: Pretend not to be embarrassed, upset, impressed or otherwise affected by something
Play out: Play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.)
Play out: Occur in a certain manner
Play up: Misbehave
Play up: Make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight

Phrasal Verbs List with Pull

List of useful phrasal verbs with Pull in English:

Pull ahead: Start being in a winning position (e.g. in a race or competition)
Pull apart: Become separated as a result of pulling
Pull apart: Rigorously investigate the basis of an idea or theory
Pull away: Move ahead
Pull in: Pull something, so that comes inside
Pull in: Earn
Pull in: Approach a station
Pull off: Remove by pulling
Pull off: Achieve; to succeed at something difficult
Pull off: Turn off a road
Pull off: Begin moving and then move away; to pull away
Pull on: Put on (clothes) by tugging
Pull out: Withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat
Pull out: Use coitus interrupt us as a method of birth control
Pull out: Remove something from a container
Pull out: Maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane
Pull over: Come to a stop, and turn off the road
Pull over: Cause to pull over
Pull up: Lift upwards or vertically
Pull up: Pull forward
Pull up: Retrieve; get
Pull up: Drive close towards something, especially a curb

Phrasal Verbs List with Put

List of common phrasal verbs with Put in English:

Put (effort) into: To try
Put across: Explain or state something clearly and understandably
Put aside: Save (money)
Put aside: Ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently
Put asunder: Sunder; disjoin; separate; disunite; divorce; annul; dissolve
Put away: Place out of the way, clean up
Put away: Store, add to one’s stores for later use
Put away: Consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities
Put away: Send (someone) to prison
Put away: Knock out an opponent
Put away: Take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory
Put back: Return something to its original place
Put back: Postpone an arranged event or appointment
Put back: Drink fast; to knock down alcohol
Put back: Change the time in a time zone to an earlier time
Put by: Preserve food by canning, freezing, drying, etc.
Put by: Perform an action without attracting attention
Put by: Save money
Put by: Run a ship aground intentionally to avoid a collision
Put down: Insult, belittle, or demean
Put down: Pay
Put down: Halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force
Put down: Euthanize (an animal)
Put down: Write (something)
Put down: Terminate a call; to hang up
Put down: Add a name to a list
Put down: Make prices, or taxes, lower
Put down: Place a baby somewhere to sleep
Put down: Land
Put down: Drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle
Put down: Cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book)
Put down as: Assume someone has a particular character from very little information
Put down for: Record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something
Put down to: State the cause of a situation
Put forward: Propose for consideration
Put forward: Change the time in a time zone to a later time
Put in: Place inside
Put in: Apply, request, or submit
Put in: Contribute
Put in: Call at, arrive at, or enter a place (e.g., to enter a harbor or port)
Put in practice: Make (something) a practical reality
Put off: Procrastinate
Put off: Delay (a task, event, etc.)
Put off: Distract; to disturb the concentration of
Put off: Cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing)
Put on: Don (clothing, equipment or the like)
Put on: Fool, kid, deceive
Put on: Assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense
Put on: Play (a recording)
Put on: Initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop
Put on: Perform for an audience
Put oneself across: Explain one’s ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality
Put out: Place outside or eject
Put out: Produce
Put out: Injure a part of the body, especially a joint
Put out: Extinguish (a flame or light)
Put over: State, or explain a concept in a clear, understandable manner
Put past: Conclude that (someone) would not do something
Put through: Connect
Put through: Cause to endure
Put to: Ask or pose a question, or make a proposal
Put together: Assemble, construct, build or formulate
Put towards: Make a financial contribution
Put up: Place in a high location
Put up: Hang or mount
Put up: Cajole or dare to do something
Put up: Store away
Put up: House, shelter, or take in
Put up: Present, especially in “put up a fight”
Put up: Provide funds in advance
Put up: Make available, to offer
Put up with: Endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying
Put forward: To propose or suggest

Phrasal Verbs List with Run

List of useful phrasal verbs with Run in English:

Run about: Be very busy doing many different things
Run across: Cross by running
Run across: Find or discover by chance
Run after: Chase
Run after: Make a determined effort to win someone’s affections
Run against: Oppose, make difficulties.
Run along: Leave; to make one’s way somewhere else
Run around: Be very busy doing many different things
Run around after: Spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people
Run away: Flee by running
Run away: Leave home
Run away with: Leave secretly with another person
Run away with: Steal and get away with it
Run away with: Be misled
Run away with: Overwhelm, get the better of
Run away with: Be superior or outstanding in something
Run back: Take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house
Run back: Rewind a film or cassette
Run by: Inform someone briefly of the main points of an idea
Run by: Briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose
Run down: Hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them
Run down: Criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly
Run down: Find something or someone after searching for a long time
Run down: Lose power slowly
Run down: Read quickly a list or other short text
Run down: Reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure
Run for it: To run very quickly in order to escape from someone or something
Run in: Arrest
Run in: Use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage
Run into: Enter by running
Run into: Collide with
Run into: Encounter or meet unexpectedly
Run into: Cause to blend into
Run into: Reach a large figure
Run low: Near the end of a supply of something; to be nearly running out
Run off: Flee or depart quickly
Run off: Make photocopies, or print
Run off: Write something quickly
Run off: Pour or spill off or over
Run off: Chase someone away
Run off: Operate by a particular energy source
Run off with: Leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them
Run off with: Steal or abscond
Run on: Continue without interruption
Run on: Using a certain time zone
Run on: Continue talking for a long time
Run on: Operate with a particular energy source
Run out: Use up; to consume all of something
Run out: Expire, to come to an end
Run out: Extend a piece of material, or clothing
Run out on: Leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning
Run over: Exceed the allotted time
Run over: Cross by running
Run over: Drive over, causing injury or death
Run over: Describe briefly
Run over: Rehearse quickly
Run over: Overflow
Run past: Bring an idea or proposal to the attention of someone in order to obtain their opinion
Run through: Summarise briefly
Run through: Repeat something
Run through: Use completely, in a short space of time
Run through: Pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system
Run through: Impale a person with a blade, usually a sword
Run to: Reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
Run to: Reach the limit of one’s abilities or tastes
Run up: Hasten to a destination
Run up: Make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly
Run up: Bring a flag to the top of its flag pole
Run up: Rise; to swell; to grow; to increase
Run up: Accumulate a debt
Run up: Thrust up, as anything long and slender
Run up against: Begin to encounter problems with someone or something
Run up on: To confront someone with hostility
Run with: Proceed with; accept

Phrasal Verbs List with See

List of phrasal verbs with See in English:

See in: Welcome
See into: Escort into, especially a place of shelter
See out: Accompany a guest when he or she leaves
See out: Continue something until completion; to watch an activity develop to a conclusion
See through: Find something to be visually transparent
See through: Not be deceived by something that is false or misleading
See through: Provide support or cooperation to (a person) throughout a period of time
See through: Do something until it is finished
See through: Constitute ample supply for one for
See to: Take care of; to effect; to make happen
See to: Serve or care for

Phrasal Verbs List with Send

List of phrasal verbs with Send in English:

Send away: Dismiss from one’s presence
Send away: Send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
Send away for: Write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing
Send back: Return (something) to its origin
Send back: Remind (someone) of a previous time in the past
Send down: Suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university
Send down: Commit (someone) to a prison term
Send down: Demote a player within the levels of professional baseball
Send off: Send; to dispatch
Send out for: Make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food
Send up: Imitate someone or something for the purpose of satirical humour
Send up: Put in prison

Phrasal Verbs List with Set

List of common phrasal verbs with Set in English:

Set about: Initiate or begin some action
Set about: Attack
Set aside: Separate and reserve something for a specific purpose
Set back: Delay or obstruct
Set back: Remove from or allow distance
Set back: Cost money, as
Set down: Write
Set forth: Begin a journey or expedition
Set in: Take root, become established
Set off: Leave; to begin a journey or trip
Set off: Begin; to cause; to initiate
Set off: Cause to explode, let off
Set off: Make angry
Set off: Offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect
Set on: Encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone
Set out: Explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing
Set out: Go out, leave
Set out: Start an activity with the intention of finishing it
Set up: Ready something for use
Set up: Logically order
Set up: Cause to happen
Set up: Trap or ensnare
Set up: Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig
Set up: Gel or harden
Set up: Provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity
Set up: Establish someone in a business or position
Set up: Trick someone in order to make them do something
Set upon: Attack someone

Phrasal Verbs List with Speak

List of phrasal verbs with Speak in English:

Speak for: Speak on somebody’s behalf
Speak for: Claim, reserve, or occupy
Speak for: Represent an intrinsic quality
Speak for oneself: Provide an opinion only on one’s own behalf
Speak for oneself: Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another
Speak for oneself: Have obvious meaning; to require no explanation
Speak of: Bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest
Speak out: Assert or promote one’s opinion; to make one’s thoughts known
Speak to: Resonate with, to feel emotionally relevant to
Speak up: Talk more loudly or plainly
Speak up: Make oneself or one’s opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself

Phrasal Verbs List with Stand

List of useful phrasal verbs with Stand in English:

Stand aside: Step sideways to make a space for someone else
Stand aside: Leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead
Stand aside: Temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain
Stand back: Maintain a safe distance from a hazard
Stand back: Abstain from participation
Stand by: Wait in expectation of some event; to make ready
Stand by: Remain loyal or faithful to
Stand by: Support; to continue to support despite things being bad
Stand by: Do nothing. To be inactive in a situation
Stand by: Be ready to provide assistance if required
Stand by: Wait; to stop pursuing or fighting
Stand for: Tolerate
Stand in for: To act as a double or substitute for
Stand off: Stand some distance apart from something or someone
Stand off: Prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture
Stand out: Be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one’s surroundings
Stand out: Be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
Stand up: Rise from a lying or sitting position
Stand up: Bring something up and set it into a standing position
Stand up: Avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk
Stand up for: Speak or act in support or defense
Stand up to: Object to or interfere with the actions of (someone seen as bullying, pushy, or controlling)
Stand up to: Withstand, to weather, to survive in spite of

Phrasal Verbs List with Take

List of commonly used phrasal verbs with Take in English:

Take aback: Surprise or shock; to discomfit
Take after: Resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit
Take against: Stop liking someone; to become unfriendly toward
Take apart: Dismantle something into its component pieces
Take aside: Get someone alone to talk to them
Take away: Remove something and put it in a different place
Take away: Remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it
Take away: Subtract or diminish something
Take away: Leave a memory or impression in one’s mind that you think about later
Take away: Make someone leave a place and go somewhere else
Take away: Prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something
Take away from: Make something seem not so good or interesting
Take back: Retract an earlier statement
Take back: Cause to remember some past event or time
Take back: Resume a relationship
Take back: Regain possession of something
Take back: Return something to a vendor for a refund
Take down: Remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed
Take down: Remove something from a hanging position
Take down: Write down as a note, especially to record something spoken
Take down: Remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding
Take down: Lower an item of clothing without removing it
Take for: Regard as
Take for: Consider mistakenly
Take for: Defraud; to rip off
Take in: Receive (goods) into one’s home for the purpose of processing for a fee
Take in: Shorten (a garment) or make it smaller
Take in: Absorb or comprehend
Take it away: Begin, especially used to launch a performance of some sort (usually imperative and/or exclamatory)
Take it out in: Accept as payment
Take it out on: Unleash one’s anger on [a person or thing other than the one that caused it]
Take it upon oneself: Assume personal responsibility for a task or action
Take off: Remove
Take off: Imitate, often in a satirical manner
Take off: Leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air
Take off: Become successful, to flourish
Take off: Depart
Take off: Quantify
Take off: Absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission
Take on: Acquire, bring in, or introduce
Take on: Begin to have or exhibit
Take on: Assume responsibility for
Take on: Attempt to fight or compete with
Take out: Remove
Take out: Escort someone on a date
Take over: Adopt a further responsibility or duty
Take over: Relieve someone temporarily
Take over: Buy out the ownership of a business
Take over: Annex a territory by conquest or invasion
Take over: Become more successful (than someone or something else)
Take pity: Show compassion (towards)
Take through: Explain something to someone.
Take to: Adapt to; to learn, grasp or master
Take to: Enter; to go into or move towards
Take to: Begin, as a new habit or practice
Take up: Pick up
Take up: Begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis
Take up: Address (an issue)
Take up: Occupy; to consume (space or time)
Take up: Shorten by hemming
Take up: Accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from
Take up: Resume
Take up with: Form a close relationship with (someone)
Take upon oneself: Assume personal responsibility for

Phrasal Verbs List with Throw

List of phrasal verbs with Throw in English:

Throw away: Discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of
Throw away: Waste, to squander
Throw down: Cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully
Throw in: Add something extra free of charge
Throw off: Confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer
Throw off: Introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew
Throw on: Hastily put on (clothes)
Throw out: Discard; to dispense with something; to throw away
Throw out: Dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere
Throw out: Offer an idea for consideration
Throw out: Produce in a haphazard fashion
Throw up: Vomit
Throw up: Produce something new or unexpected
Throw up: Cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air

Phrasal Verbs List with Turn

List of common phrasal verbs with Turn in English:

Turn against: Rebel or oppose to something formerly supported
Turn against: Set against or in opposition to something
Turn against: Use to the disadvantage or injury of
Turn around: Physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees
Turn around: Change to the opposite direction from a previous position
Turn around: Reverse the expected outcome of a game, usually from a losing position to a winning one
Turn around: Reverse a trend, usually towards a more favorable outcome
Turn around: Be duplicitous
Turn around: Consider from a different viewpoint
Turn around: Produce; to output; to generate
Turn around: Effect a positive reversal of a trend
Turn around: Make a situation worse by trying to make it better
Turn back: Reverse direction and retrace one’s steps
Turn back: Return to a previous state of being
Turn back: Prevent or refuse to allow passage or progress
Turn back: Adjust to a previous setting
Turn back: Fold something back; to fold down
Turn down: Refuse, decline, or deny
Turn down: Reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light
Turn down: Reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction
Turn in: Submit something; to give
Turn in: Relinquish; give up; to tell on someone to the authorities
Turn in: Go to sleep; retire to bed
Turn into: Transform into; become
Turn off: Power down; to stop a device by switching it off
Turn off: Repulse, disgust, or discourage
Turn off: Leave a road; to exit
Turn on: Depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject
Turn on: Power up (a device), to start, to cause to start operating
Turn on: Start operating; to power up, to become on
Turn on: Violently rebel against; to suddenly attack
Turn on: Fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to
Turn out: Result; end up
Turn out: Attend; show up
Turn out: Extinguish a light or other device
Turn out: Become apparent or known
Turn out: Produce; make
Turn out: Leave a road
Turn out: Remove from a mould, bowl etc.
Turn out: Refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict
Turn over: Flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom
Turn over: Relinquish; give back
Turn over: Produce, complete, or cycle through
Turn over: Generate (a certain amount of money from sales)
Turn over: Give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score)
Turn over: Cause extensive disturbance or Disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property
Turn round: Revolve or rotate around a centre
Turn round: Turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction
Turn round: Change one’s opinion or attitude (especially when becoming hostile etc.)
Turn round: Put into an opposing position; to reverse
Turn round: Make (a ship, airplane etc.) ready for departure
Turn round: Process; to complete work on (something), especially with a view to sending it on in a finished state
Turn to: Become, to degenerate into
Turn to: Consult for advice
Turn up: Show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly
Turn up: Cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.
Turn up: Increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light
Turn up: Reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards
Turn up: Belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin
Turn upside down: Flip over; to rotate top to bottom
Turn upside down: Thoroughly examine

Phrasal Verbs List with Walk

List of phrasal verbs with Walk in English:

Walk away: Withdraw from a problematic situation
Walk away: Survive a challenging or dangerous situation without harm
Walk away from: Abandon or leave; to shun
Walk in on: Enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering
Walk into: Collide with
Walk into: Fall into (a trap), especially one that could have been avoided with more care
Walk it off: Recover from (a minor injury) or digest (a large meal) by walking around
Walk out: Go out with; to be romantically involved

Phrasal Verbs List with Wash

List of phrasal verbs with Wash in English:

Wash away: Eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea
Wash away: Eliminate, in a figurative sense
Wash down: Help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill
Wash down: Wash something completely from top to bottom
Wash off: Remove (or be removed) by washing
Wash out: Remove something by washing
Wash out: Wear away by the flow of water; to erode
Wash out: Cancel due to bad weather
Wash out: Lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding
Wash over: Pass unnoticed so that one is unaffected by it
Wash over: Affect the emotions of (a person) suddenly and overwhelmingly
Wash over: Surge over the banks, or other retaining structure
Wash up: Clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal
Wash up: Wash one’s hands and/or face, often around mealtimes
Wash up: Carry an object to land

Phrasal Verbs List with Work

List of useful phrasal verbs with Work in English:

Work on: Shape, form or improve something
Work on: Exercise influence on someone
Work out: Calculate
Work out: Make sense of
Work out: Smooth
Work out: Conclude with the correct solution
Work out: Succeed
Work out: Habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness
Work out: Used other than as an idiom: see work,‎ out
Work over: Improve a prototype, or first draft
Work over: Physically attack in order to cause injury
Work sb out: Understand sb’s behaviour or nature
Work smt off: Get rid of unpleasant feelings by doing physical activity
Work sth out: Understand sth by thinking about it
Work sth out: Solve a problem or issue
Work through: Deal with, resolve a problem, often emotional.
Work up: Raise; to excite; to stir up
Work up: Develop

Phrasal Verbs List with Try

List of phrasal verbs with Try in English:

Try back: Phone back
Try for: Make an attempt to get something
Try it on: Provoke someone by being annoying or behaving badly
Try it on: Attempt to get something, usually by deceit, without great hopes of success
Try on: Put clothes on to see if they fit
Try out: Test
Try out: Test something to see if you like it or want to buy it
Try out: for Be tested for a sports team

Phrasal Verbs List with Think

List of phrasal verbs with Think in English:

Think about/of: Consider something before making a decision
Think ahead: Plan for a future situation; to think carefully about what might happen in the future
Think over: Consider something carefully
Think through: Consider all the possibilities and outcomes of a situation
Think up: Create or invent something, such as a story or an excuse

Phrasal Verbs List with Spring

List of phrasal verbs with Spring in English:

Spring back: Return to original position
Spring on: Surprise someone
Spring from/ Spring up: Appear suddenly
Spring for: Pay for generously

List of Other Common Phrasal Verbs

List of other common phrasal verbs in English with meaning.

Phrasal Verbs List (A)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with A.

Account for: Explain by relating circumstances
Account for: Be the primary cause of
Account for: Constitute in amount or portion
Account for: Destroy or put out of action
Account to: Answer to; to be responsible to
Admire to: Be enthusiastic about doing
Adopt out: Send a son or daughter away to live in another country
Age out: Become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior
Aim at: Design for a particular audience
Aim at/to: Intend to do or achieve
Allow for: Take into account when making plans
Attend to: Diligently work on; to pay attention to

Phrasal Verbs List (B)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with B.

Bail out: Rescue, especially financially
Bail out: Leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation
Bail out: Sell all or part of one’s holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
Ball out: Cry intensely; to sob or weep
Ball up: Crush into a ball shape
Ball up: Coil up into a ball
Ball up: Hunch over and pull in one’s arms and legs
Balls up: Do something badly. To ruin a job
Bear on: Be relevant to
Bear out: Corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate
Bear upon: Be relevant to
Bear with: Be patient with
Believe in: Ascribe existence to
Believe in: Believe that (something) is right or desirable
Believe in: Have confidence in the ability or power of
Block off: Obstruct
Block off: Book, set aside
Block out: Prevent from entering or penetrating
Block out: Prevent (a thought) from entering one’s mind
Boil down: Become reduced
Boil off: Remove by boiling
Boil off: Be removes by boiling
Boil over: Boil to such an extent as to overflow its container
Boil up: Cook or prepare by boiling
Book in: Reserve an appointment for
Bottom out: Touch or drag along the ground
Branch out: Expand in the manner of branches
Branch out: Attempt something new or different, but related
Brighten up: Make cheerful
Bubble over: Be very enthusiastic, or highly excited
Bubble over: Be successful on a modest scale, without yet being fully established
Buck up: Become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful
Buck up: Encourage or refresh; to hearten
Buck up: Pass on to higher authority for resolution
Buckle down: Put forth the needed effort
Buckle up: Fasten one’s seat belt or safety belt
Build up: Accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages
Build up: Strengthen
Bump into: Collide with
Bump into: Cause (a thing) to collide with
Bump into: Meet by chance
Burn down: Cause (a structure) to burn to nothing
Burn down: Burn completely, so that nothing remains
Burn out: Become extinguished due to lack of fuel
Burn out: Tire due to overwork
Burn up: Catch fire and burn until destroyed
Burn up: Anger; to annoy

Phrasal Verbs List (C)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with C.

Calm down: Become less excited, intense, or angry
Cancel out: Neutralize the effect of something
Catch on: Begin to understand; to realize
Catch on: Become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard
Catch up: Entangle
Catch up: Be brought up to date with news
Catch up: Bring someone else up to date with the news
Catch up: Reach something that had been ahead
Cheer up: Become happy
Cheer up: Make someone happy
Chew out: Lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke
Chew up: Chew so as to make something pulpy
Chicken out: Shy away from a daring task
Chill out: Relax or take time out; to calm down
Chill out: Hang out; spend time together with another person or group
Clean out: Clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents
Clean out: Empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from
Clean up: Make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy
Clean up: Become clean, handsome, smart in appearance
Clean up: Make a large profit
Clear away: Leave, disappear
Clear out: Completely empty
Clear out: Remove or eject (from), especially forcibly
Clear out: Leave quickly
Clear out: Become empty
Close down: Stop trading as a business
Close down: Surround someone, as to impede their movement
Close in on: Enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse
Close in on: Catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit
Close in on: Near a goal or completion
Close off: Seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter
Close up: Move people closer together
Close up: Shut a building or a business for a period of time
Close up: Heal a cut or other wound
Clock in: Begin working time, especially by punching in
Clock in: Be measured at
Clock off: End work
Clock out: End work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work
Clock out: Officially record a work-termination time for
Consist in: Have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part
Consist of: Be composed or made up of something
Cool down: Become cooler, to be reduced in temperature
Cool down: Cause the temperature of an item to decrease
Cool down: Become less agitated
Cool down: Cause to become less agitated
Count down: Announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event
Count down: Await a precisely timed expected event
Count in: Include (someone) in an activity, etc.
Count in: Do a countdown before the start of something, especially a musical performance
Count off: Count (a series of numbers) aloud
Count on: Rely on, trust, or expect
Count out: Exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility
Count out: Enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.
Count up: Add to get a total
Crop out: Come to light; to be manifest; to appear
Cross off: Finish; to regard something as complete
Cross out: Strike out; to draw a line through
Cross over: Pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another
Cross over: Die
Cry off: Cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone
Cry out for: Be in urgent need (of)

Phrasal Verbs List (D)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with D.

Deal with: Handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject
Deal with: Take action with respect to (someone or something)
Deal with: Consider, as an example
Deal with: Come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by
Deal with: Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
Deal with: Behave in a certain way towards
Do for: Doom; to bring about the demise of
Do in: Kill or end
Do in: Exhaust, to tire out
Do up: Fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten
Do up: Redecorate
Do up: Execute a task or performance
Do up: Pack together and envelop; to pack up
Do without: Manage despite the lack of
Draw in: Attract
Draw in: Get someone involved
Draw in: Approach
Draw on: Advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
Draw on: Approach, come nearer, as evening
Draw out: Make something last for more time than is necessary
Draw out: Improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards
Draw up: Compose a document, especially one having a standard form
Draw up: Arrange in order or formation
Draw up: Cause to come to a halt
Draw up: Come to a halt
Drink in: Absorb; to be completely attentive to
Drink to: Raise one’s glass as a toast
Drink up: Finish one’s drink
Drive at: Mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point
Drive away: Depart by driving a vehicle
Drive away: Force someone or something to leave
Dry out: Have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.
Dry up: Become dry (often of weather); to lose water
Dry up: Cause to become dry
Dry up: Deprive someone of (something vital)
Dry up: Cease to exist; to disappear
Dry up: Manually dry dishes
Dry up: Stop talking, to forget what one was going to say

Phrasal Verbs List (E)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with E.

Eat away: Erode or corrode gradually
Eat into: Consume gradually, especially by erosion
Eat out: Perform cunnilingus or anilingus
Eat up: Consume completely
Eat up: Accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning

Phrasal Verbs List (F)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with F.

Find out: Discover, as by asking or investigating
Find out: Discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
Find out: Uncover a weakness (in someone)
Finish off: Finish completely
Finish off: Kill
Finish up: Complete the last details of a task
Finish with: Put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally
Finish with: Complete; to complete use of
Fit in: Be physically capable of going into a space
Fit in: Be confident in a social situation
Fit into: Be of the right size and shape to be placed in a location
Fit into: Be of similar cultural or social status as the members of a group of people
Fit up: Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person
Fit up: Furnish with suitable things; to prepare; to fit out
Fix up: Provide (someone) (with something); to furnish
Fix up: Repair or refurbish
Fix up: Prepare or provide (something)
Force out: Cause something to be ejected

Phrasal Verbs List (G)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with G.

Gear up: Prepare for an activity
Grow up: Mature and become an adult
Grow up: Start to develop; to flourish
Grow up: Stop acting as or like a child

Phrasal Verbs List (H-K)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with H & K.

Hand in: Give something to a responsible person
Hand off: Pass or transfer
Hand over: Relinquish control or possession of something to someone
Hand round: Pass something to everyone in a group
Hash out: Work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties
Head off: Begin moving away
Head off: Intercept
Head off: Avoid some usually negative consequence
Knuckle down: Get to work; to focus on a task

Phrasal Verbs List (L)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with L.

Lead in: Introduce, to mark the beginning of something, especially in music
Lead off: Be the first batter of an inning
Lean on: Put pressure on; to attempt to compel a person to do something; to exert influence on
Leave behind: Abandon
Leave behind: Forget about
Leave behind: Not live longer than; to be survived by
Leave behind: Leave (a trace of something)
Leave behind: Outdo; to progress faster than (someone or something else)
Leave behind: Pass
Leave off: Desist; to cease
Leave out: Omit, to not include, to neglect to mention
Leave out: Allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed
Lie around: Do nothing in particular, to be idle
Lie around: Be in an unknown place
Lie before: Put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
Lie down: Assume a reclining position
Lie down: Be lazy or remiss
Lie in: Stay in bed (longer than usual)
Lie low: Conceal oneself; to remain hidden
Lift up: Lighten the mood of someone
Light up: Show an increase in activity or mood
Light up: Light a cigarette, pipe etc.
Lighten up: Become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax
Liven up: Improve a person’s mood by making them more energetic
Liven up: Become more happy, energetic or positive
Lock in: Fix the value of something potentially variable
Lock out: Prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently
Lock out: Prevent from accessing a data structure
Log in: Gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously agreed upon username and password
Log on: Visit a Web site; construed with to
Log out: Exit a user account in a computer system
Luck out: Experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky
Luck out: Run out of luck

Phrasal Verbs List (M-N)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with M & N.

Meet up: Meet somebody, by arrangement
Miss out: Miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed
Mix up: Mix or blend thoroughly and completely
Mix up: Prepare something from ingredients that are mixed
Mix up: Confuse or reverse
Mix up: Combine thoroughly
Mix up: Become involved with, especially socially or romantically
Monkey around: Act foolishly
Narrow down: Make more specific

Phrasal Verbs List (O-P)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with O & P.

Open up: Open
Open up: Reveal oneself; to become communicative
Open up: Commence firing weapons
Pack away: Store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term
Pack away: To eat (a great deal of food)
Pack off: Send away, with belongings, for a long time
Pack out: Fill with spectators
Pack up: Move one’s residence
Pay back: Pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay
Pay back: Exact revenge
Pay for: Exchange for, especially money for goods or services
Pay for: Be punished or held accountable for
Pay off: Bribe, especially to deter oversight
Pay off: Become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit
Pay off: Pay back; to repay
Pay off: Pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on
Phase in: Introduce something little by little
Phase out: Remove or relinquish the use of something little by little
Plan on: Expect; to anticipate future actions based on
Plough back: Reinvest profits into a business
Plough back: Continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
Plough through: Persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively
Plough through: Forcefully make a passage to move through
Point out: Identify among a group of similar subjects
Point out: Tell, remind, indicate
Pour out: Serve a drink into a cup or glass
Pour out: Leave a place quickly, and in large numbers
Pour out: Talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth
Press out: Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

Phrasal Verbs List (Q-R)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with Q & R.

Quiet down: Become quieter
Quiet down: Make someone or something become quieter
Quiet down: Diminish in intensity
Read in: Accept as input
Read off: Dictate from a list
Read out: Read something and say the words to inform other people
Read out: Read some data and inform the person using the device
Rely on: Be confident in
Rely on: Be dependent upon
Roll around: Move about on the ground while rotating and turning one’s body
Roll around: Be considered, without much coherence, in someone’s mind
Roll around: Indulge in sexual intercourse (with)
Roll around: Return to a prior state
Roll around: Postpone
Roll in: Arrive casually at a place
Roll in: Come in an unstoppable flow
Roll out: Deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.)
Roll over: Make a rolling motion or turn
Roll over: Cause a rolling motion or turn
Roll over: Give in to
Roll up: Make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like
Roll up: Arrive by vehicle, usually by car
Round out: Make more complete by adding details
Rule in: Consider (something) as a possible option among others
Rule out: Make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter
Rule out: Reject an option from a list of possibilities
Rule out: Make something impossible
Rush off: Produce in great haste

Phrasal Verbs List (S)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with S.

Scale back: Make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something
Scare off: Cause (something) to flee by frightening it
Scare off: Deter
Scarf down: Eat something quickly
Sell down: Become less by being sold
Sell out: Sell all of a product that is in stock
Sell out: Abandon or betray one’s supporters or principles to seek profit
Sell out: Betray a person, usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain
Settle down: Become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness
Settle down: Get comfortable with one’s new accommodation or circumstances
Settle for: Accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable
Settle in: Get comfortable or established, as in a new place
Settle on: Make a decision or selection; to decide, arrange, or agree on
Shake off: Remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking
Shake off: Dissociate oneself from
Shake off: Lose someone who is tracking you
Shake off: Rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms
Shake up: Agitate by shaking
Shake up: Upset or distress
Shake up: Reorganize, to make reforms in
Shade up: Improve; to correct one’s bad habits or behavior
Shade up: Take shape; to transform into or become
Show in: Lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room
Show off: Exhibit the best attributes of something
Show off: Attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism
Show off: Show someone the important parts of something (a building, town etc.)
Show up: Appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically
Show up: Make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by comparison
Shower with: Give to someone an abundance of (something)
Shut down: Close, terminate, or end
Shut down: Turn off or stop
Shut in: Lock in
Shut out: Hide from sight
Shut up: Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise
Shut up: I don’t believe it!, no way!
Sign off: Log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking
Sign off: Cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day
Sign off: Give one’s official approval to something for which it is needed
Sign out: Sign one’s name as an indication that one is leaving some location
Sign up: Add a name to the list of people who are participating in something
Sign up: Add one’s own name to the list of people who are participating in something
Sign up: Agree to purchase some good or service
Sing along: Sing some music while someone else is singing
Sink in: Become clear in one’s mind
Sit back: Recline while still in a seated position, with one’s back on the frame of the seat
Sit down: Assume a low or sunken position
Sit on: Block, suppress, restrain
Sit on: Restrain (a person)
Sit on: Take no action on
Sit on: Be a member of
Sit out: Decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance
Sit through: Unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event
Sit up: Assume a sitting position from a position lying down
Sit up: Sit erect
Sit up: Show sudden interest or surprise
Sit up: Not go to bed (notionally remaining in a sitting position)
Skip out: Shirk; to avoid attending or to leave early, especially without permission
Sleep in: Sleep late; to go on sleeping past one’s customary or planned hour
Sleep on: Postpone (a decision) at least overnight
Sleep with: Share a bed or bedroom with
Slide off: Leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off
Slow down: Decelerate
Smoke out: Drive out (something or somebody) using smoke
Smoke out: Expose (something or somebody)
Smoke out: Offer to smoke cannabis with someone; to smoke cannabis with someone
Smoke out: Smoke too much (usually cannabis); to become too stoned
Smoke out: Run out of tobacco or cannabis; to be emptied of tobacco or cannabis
Smooth down: Render smooth, to remove roughness from
Sort out: Clarify by reviewing mentally
Sort out: Arrange
Sort out: Fix, as a problem
Sort out: Organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy
Sort out: Separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from
Sort out: Attack physically
Sort out: Provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem
Sound off: Hold forth about something in an opinionated manner
Speed up: Accelerate; to increase speed
Speed up: Increase the speed of something; to make something go faster
Spell out: Form (a word) from its component letters
Spell out: Explain in clear and simple terms
Split up: Cease to be together, break apart from the group
Split up: Separate, disassociate, cause to come apart
Spread out: Become further apart
Spread out: Place items further apart
Sump up: Summarize
Start afresh: Start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean sheet
Start off: Begin
Start off: Set out on a trip
Start off: Begin one’s life, or occupation
Start off: Begin again; to return to the beginning
Start up: Rise suddenly
Start up: Begin to operate
Start up: Begin
Stay in: Remain at home, to not leave one’s home
Stay on: Continue in a place or situation, while others leave
Stay up: Remain in a raised or upright position
Stay up: Remain awake, to not go to bed
Stay up: Maintain an erection
Step back: Stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation
Step back: Prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation
Step on it: Drive fast; to step on the accelerator
Step on it: Act quickly
Step up: Increase speed or rate
Stick around: Stay; to linger; to remain
Stick at: Continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult
Stick down: Cause to stick to a surface
Stick down: Stick to a surface
Stick down: Write something casually
Stick it out: Persist or continue
Stick out: Pprotrude; to extend beyond
Stick out: Be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
Stick to: Persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.
Stick up: Put up by sticking
Stick up: Rob at gunpoint
Stick up: Be prominent; to point upwards
Stick up: Speak or act in defence
Stick up for: Defend or protect
Stick with: Follow or adhere to
Stick with: Follow loyally
Stick with: Persist in using or employing
Stick with: Endure in the memory of’

Phrasal Verbs List (T)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with T.

Talk down: Negotiate a lower price
Talk into: Convince (someone) by talking and suggesting
Talk out of: Talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something
Talk over: Persuade someone; to talk around
Talk over: Interrupt the speech of with one’s own speech
Talk through: Tell someone step by step how to do something
Talk through: Comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it
Think back: Think about a time or experience; to recall
Think over: Ponder or reflect on a subject
Think up: Create in one’s mind; to invent
Tip off: Alert or inform someone, especially confidentially
Try out: Undergo a test before being selected; to audition

Phrasal Verbs List (U-W-Y)

List of other commonly used phrasal verbs that start with U, W & Y.

Used to: Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of
Wait for: Wait until the specified event occurs
Wait for: Await the arrival of
Wait for: Wait for an event
Wait for: Wait for a person to do something
Wait for: Serve someone
Wait up: Wait
Wait upon: Wait on; to serve
Wake up: Awaken somebody
Wake up: Become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand
Warm up: Make an audience enthusiastic or animated before a show
Warm up: Become warmer
Warm up: Prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice
Watch out: Be aware or conscious; to look closely or carefully; to use caution
Watch over: Guard and protect
Wipe away: Remove or erase with a wiping motion
Wipe down: Clean the exterior surface of an object, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth
Wipe up: Dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed
Wipe up: Completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically by hand using a dishcloth
Wipe up: Clean thoroughly, particularly with a dishcloth or rag
Wipe up: Thoroughly defeat an opponent
Write in: Write a letter to, e.g. a publication
Write in: Fill in something required, by writing
Write off: Assign a low value to something
Write out: Write at full length or in expanded form
Yield up: Give something against one’s will
Yield up: Disclose something hidden

Phrasal Verbs List by Topics

Learn useful list of phrasal verbs classified by different topics.

Phrasal Verbs List about Family

List of common phrasal verbs about Family Life in English:

Be named after: Be given the name of another person
Bring sb up: Look after a child until he or she becomes an adult
Fall out with sb: Argue with sb and you are no longer friendly with them
Get along/on with: Have a good, friendly relationship with sb
Get together: Spend time together
Go by: Prefer to be called by a particular name
Grow apart: Stop having a close relationship with somebody over a period of time
Grow up: Develop into an adult
Look after: Take care of someone
Look up to: Respect and admire someone
Take after: Look or behave like an older relative
Tell off: Criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong
Settle down: Begin to live a quieter life by getting married
Split up: End a marriage relationship
Make up: Become friendly with someone again after an argument
Break up: End a relationship
Put up with: Tolerate; accept an unpleasant situation without complaining
Pass away: To die (to avoid saying ‘die’ when you think this might upset someone)

Phrasal Verbs List for Relationships

List of phrasal verbs for Relationships in English:

Fall for: Begin to be in love with someone
Go out: Date someone
Make up: Forgive each other after an argument or disagreement
Split up: End a relationship
Break up: End a relationship
Look up to: Respect and admire someone
Fall out: Argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
Put down: Say bad things about someone; to insult
Put up with: Tolerate; accept an unpleasant situation without complaining

Phrasal Verbs List for Travel

List of useful phrasal verbs for Travel in English:

See off: Go to the airport or station to say goodbye to someone
Set off: Start a journey
Get in: Arrive (train, plane)
Hold up: Delay when travelling
Take off: When a plane departs or leaves the ground
Check in: Arrive and register at a hotel or airport
Get off: Leave a bus, train, plane
Check out: Leave the hotel after paying
Get away: To have a holiday or vacation
Get on: Enter a bus, train, plane, to climb on board
Drop off: Take someone to a place and leave them there
Pick up: Let someone get into your car and take them somewhere
Set out: Start a journey, especially a long journey
Speed up: Increase speed
Look around: Explore what is near you, in your area
Hurry up: Rush and not waste time
Go back: Go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
Look forward: Look forward to something that is going to happen in the future
Stop over: Stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey
Touch down: To land at an airport

Telephones Phrasal Verbs List

Break up: To be inaudible over the mobile phone
Call back: To return a phone call
Call up: Call someone on the phone
Cut off: To interrupt a telephone conversation
Get through: To contact by telephone
Hang on: Wait for a short time (informal)
Hang up: End a telephone call by breaking the connection
Hold on: Wait for a short time
Pick up: Answer the phone
Put through: Connect by phone
Speak up: Speak louder
Get back to: Telephone someone later
Get off: Finish talking on the phone
Turn off: Disconnect using the power button
Turn on: Connect using the power button
Pass on (a message): To communicate (to convey) a message to someone else
Phone in: Call in by telephone to a central person or central point.

Phrasal Verbs List for Cooking

List of useful phrasal verbs for Cooking in English:

Bake off: Finish baking partly baked food
Boil away: Cause liquid to evaporate completely by boiling
Boil down: If a food or liquid boils down it becomes less after it is cooked
Boil over: Cause liquid to rise and flow over the side of the container
Bolt down: Eat a large amount of food very quickly
Chop up: Cut into pieces, usually with several sharp blows
Cut off: Remove something by cutting it
Cut out: Shape or form by cutting
Cut up: Cut something into small pieces
Fry up: Cook something by frying
Pick at: Eat only small amounts of a meal
Pig out: Eat an extremely large amount of food
Slice off: Cut something from a larger piece
Whip up: Quickly make a meal or something to eat
Cook away: Slow cooking; to cook slowly over a long period of time
Peel off: To remove the skin from a vegetable or fruit
Thaw out: To warm up from being frozen
Mix in: To mix or combine with substances
Warm up: To reheat a food to a desired temperature

Phrasal Verbs List for Shopping

List of common phrasal verbs for Shopping in English:

Bring down: Reduce the amount of something
Pay for: Give money in order to buy something
Put on: To see something is worth trying
Queue up/line up: Wait for something in a line
Ring up: Record an amount of money by pressing buttons on a cash register
Sell out: Sell the whole supply/ capacity
Shop around: Compare prices before buying
Take off: Remove a piece of clothing
Try on: Put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits
Try out: Test something to see if you like it
Pop into: To visit briefly
Do up: To fasten something
Stand out: To be very noticeable
Pick out: To choose / select
Wear in: To loosen or soften some new clothing by wearing it
Set (someone) back: To cost someone a particular amount of money, especially a large amount
Look out for: To watch or check regularly for something or to search for something
Go with smt: To seem good, natural, or attractive in combination with something
Splash out: Spend money freely

Phrasal Verbs List for Business

List of frequently used phrasal verbs for Business in English:

Branch out: Expand or extend one’s interests
Break into: Enter (with effort or force)
Carry on: Continue
Close down: Stop operating
Look forward to: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen
Note down: Write something down
Step down: Resign or leave (a position/job)
Take off: Become successful or popular very fast
Take up: Fill a particular amount of space or time
Weigh up (UK): Consider carefully the advantages or disadvantages of a situation
Back up: Make a copy of information
Carry out: Do and complete a task
Come up: Happen or arise
Get on (UK): Continue or start doing something
Keep up with: Follow
Set up: Start (a business)
Go through: Experience something difficult or unpleasant
Find out: Discover a fact or piece of information
Call off: Cancel something
Call back: To return a call or telephone someone again.
Deal with: Handle (a problem)
Drop in: Make a short visit without making an arrangement in advance
Fill out: Complete (a form)
Hold on: Wait
Join in: Participate
Lay off: Fire (staff)
Put back (UK): Delay or postpone
Run out of: Have no more of something
Sort out: Organise or fix the contents of something
Take on: Employ (staff)
Take over: To begin to have control of or responsibility for something
Bail out: To rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially financial problems
Cut back: To reduce something
Go under: To become bankrupt
Fall through: If an agreement, plan, sale etc. falls through, it is not completed successfully
Pull out: To move away from something or stop being involved in it
Bottom out: To reaches the lowest level before starting to improve again
Level off: To stop rising or falling and become steady

Clothes Phrasal Verbs List

List of useful clothes phrasal verbs in English:

Do up: Fasten an item of clothing
Dress up: Dress (oneself or another) in your best clothes
Dress up: Put on fancy dress in children’s games
Dress down: Wear clothes that are more informal than those you usually wear
Hang out: Dry clothes outside after washing
Hang up: Put something on a hook or a hanger
Have on: Wear an item of clothing on one’s person
Kick off: Make your shoes come off by shaking your feet
Put on: Dress yourself or someone else with an item or items of clothing
Slip on: Put on an item of clothing easily
Take off: Remove any item of clothing
Take in: Make clothing narrower
Take up: Reduce the length of a piece of clothing
Try on: Put on an item of clothing to find out whether it fits or is suitable
Throw on: Put on a piece of clothing quickly and carelessly
Turn up: Shorten trousers, a dress or a skirt so that they fit better
Wrap up: Put warm clothes on
Zip up: To be closed by means of a zip
Let out: Make clothing wider
Let down: Use the extra cloth in the hem of a piece of clothing to make it longer

Animals Phrasal Verbs List

List of essential animals phrasal verbs in English:

Chicken out: Not do something because you’re afraid
Duck out: Leave quickly and unannounced
Fish for: Ask for or try to get something in an indirect way
Fish out: Pull something out of a place
Horse around: Play in a loud/rough way
Pig out: Eat a lot of food at once
Wolf down: Eat very quickly
Monkey around: To do things in an unserious way; to play or waste time
Beaver away: Work hard doing something
Ferret out: Discover information by searching for it in a determined way
Worm out of: Draw or manipulate information out of someone
Rat on: Inform on (someone) to a person in a position of authority
Rabbit on (UK): Continue talking about something that is not interesting to the person you are talking to
Monkey with: Bother or interfere with someone or something
Turn turtle: Turn upside down; to flip over
Squirrel away: Stash, hide or hoard something for future use
Drone on: Talk for a long time in a boring way
Clam up: Become silent; to stop talking, to shut up
Ferret around: Search for something by sorting through materials
Lark about/around (UK): Behave in a silly way because you think it is funny
Leech off: Use someone, or cling to s.o for personal gain, often not giving anything in return

Phrasal Verbs Around the House

List of common phrasal verbs around the house in English:

Take out of the trash: Remove trash from the house
Throw away: Put something into the trash can/to discard
Pick up: Remove something from the floor to put into their proper place
Hang up: Put your clothes on a hanger to hang in the closet
Put away: Put items into their proper place (a drawer, cabinet, etc…)
Clean up/ tidy up: Remove the dirt, stains & unwanted material
Mop up: Use a mop (towel or sponge) to remove liquid from the floor.
Build on: Construct an additional part of to the house, to add more space/rooms/etc…
Turn on: Give (lamp/TV) power, to start
Put up: Attach (a picture, or other object) to the wall to hang
Turn off: Cause the power of (lamp/tv) to stop
Take down: Remove (a picture or object) from the wall
Stock up: Buy a lot of something (food, drink, etc) to fill the refrigerator or pantry.
Put on: Get dressed
Put on (music): Turn on the radio or some music
Put on: Put (the pot/kettle/etc…) on the stove
Put out: Extinguish/ to make a fire stop working

Phrasal Verbs List for Party

List of phrasal verbs for Party in English:

Blow up: Fill something with air or gas
Turn up: Increase the amount of sound, heat, or light of a machine
Blow out: Use your breath to make a flame stop burning
Pull off: Succeed in doing something that is difficult
Go out: Leave home and go somewhere, especially to do something enjoyable
Dress up: Put on formal clothes for a special occasion
Hang out: Spend time relaxing, usually with friends
Pick up: Meet someone at their home to go somewhere, often in a car
Eat out: Eat in a restaurant

Phrasal Verbs for Driving

List of phrasal verbs for Driving in English:

Back up: Make a car go backwards
Buckle up: Fasten your seat belt in a car, plane etc.
Cut off: Block someone’s way
Drive by: Do something out of a car
Fill up: Put gasoline in the car until it’s completely full
Get out of: Leave
Pull over: Stop on the side of the road
Run over: Hit something/someone with a car and drive over them
Slow down: To decrease speed; to go slower
Turn off: Stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button
Pull in: Move to the side of the road
Pull out: Move away from the side of the road, etc.
Run into: Crash into somebody/something
Knock down: Hit somebody and make them fall to the ground
Pick up: Take someone in vehicle

Phrasal Verbs List for Education

List of useful phrasal verbs for Education in English:

Be into: Be interested in sth in active way
Take up: Start doing a new activity
Fall behind: Make less progress than other people
Catch up: Improve and reach the same standard as other people
Go over: Check something carefully
Go over: Practise and repeat something in order to learn it
Read up on: Study something by reading a lot about it
Hand in/turn in: Give your finished work to a teacher
Hand out: give things to the members of a group
Copy out: Write sth again exactly as it was written
Drop out: Leave school without finishing your studies

Phrasal Verbs List for Work

List of common phrasal verbs for Work in English:

Burn out: Be extremely tired
Call off: Cancel
Carry out: Do a particular piece of work, research etc
Draw up: Prepare something in writing, especially an official document
Fill in for: To do somebody’s job for a short time while they are not there
Hand in: Give something to a person in authority
Knock off: Stop working
Knuckle down: Start working harder
Lay off: Stop employing someone because there is not enough work for them to do
Run by: Tell someone about an idea or plan so that they can give you their opinion
Slack off: Do something with less energy and effort than is usual or necessary
Take on: Employ someone
Take over: Take control of something
Work out: To develop in a successful way

Phrasal Verbs for Health

List of phrasal verbs for Health in English:

Get over: Recover from something
Pass away: Die
Run over: Hit by a vehicle
Break out: Develop skin sores or irritation
Fight off: Resist an illness
Come to: Become conscious
Pass out: Faint, lose consciousness
Come down with: Become sick (not seriously)
Throw up: Be sick, vomit
Work out: Train the body by physical exercise
Warm up: Begin a physical activity gradually
Block up: Stop something from moving through something else
Lay (laid) up: Unable to work, etc. because of an illness or injury
Swell up: Become large, inflated, or bulging
Clog up: Become or cause to become obstructed
Dose up (UK): Give medicine to
Lay low: Render someone unable to move or leave their bed
Let up: Become less strong or stop
Come round: Become conscious
Shake off: Shake something in order to get something off of it

Phrasal Verbs for Idea and Innovation

Phrasal verbs list for Idea and Innovation in English:

Think up: Invent or to imagine something; to produce a new idea
Come up with: Think of or suggest an idea, plan, or solution
Start over: Begin again
Figure out: Think about somebody/something until you understand them/it

Phrasal Verbs for Money

List of phrasal verbs for Money in English:

Pay off: Finish paying money owed for something
Fork out: Spend a lot of money on something, especially unwillingly
Run up: Create lots of debt
Rip off: Charge too much
Save up: Not spend money
Put aside: Save an amount of money
Squirrel away: Put something away in a secret place, especially money
Pay back: Give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them
Splash out: buy something expensive
Put down: Pay part of the cost of something
Come into: To be left money by somebody who has died

Phrasal Verbs for Sleep

List of phrasal verbs for Sleep in English:

Wake up: Stop sleeping
Get up: Stop sleeping and leave bed
Lie down: Rest on your back
Sleep in: Sleep longer than wanted
Drop off: Fall asleep easily, without intending to
Sleep over: Sleep at a friend’s house
Lie in: Stay in bed after the time you usually get up
Stay up: Go to bed later than usual
Go off: Ring
Sleep through: sleep continuously for a long time
Sleep on it: Delay making a decision until the following day
Doze off: Go to sleep especially when you did not intend to

Phrasal Verbs for Problems

List of phrasal verbs for Problems in English:

Talk over: Discuss a problem with someone before deciding what to do
Wrestle with: Try to understand or find a solution to a difficult problem
Run up against: Deal with unexpected problems or a difficult opponent
Think through: Think carefully about the possible results of something
Sort out: Solve a problem or situation
Knuckle down: Begin to work hard at something
Run into problems: Start to experience difficulties
Deal with: Take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem

Phrasal Verbs about Crime

List of common phrasal verbs for Crime in English:

Break into: Enter a building or car by using force, in order to steal something
Break out of: Escape from a prison
Tip off: Warn somebody about something that is going to happen, especially something illegal
Stake out: Watch a place secretly, especially for signs of illegal activity
Bring in: Bring somebody to a police station in order to ask them questions or arrest them
Lock up: Put someone in prison

Phrasal Verbs for Environment

List of useful phrasal verbs for Environment in English:

Wipe out: Destroy something completely
Break down: Decompose, when something slowly reduces to its smallest parts
Scale back: Make something smaller in size, amount, etc. than it used to be
Used up: Exhaust of strength or useful properties
Throw away: Get rid of something that you no longer want or need
Run out of: Finish the supply of something
Die out: Stop existing
Spread out: Cover a large area
Rely on: Need or depend on somebody/something
Cut down: Kill trees

Phrasal Verbs Example Sentences

List of common phrasal verbs with meaning and example sentences.

Phrasal Verbs Examples

Different drugs act on (affect) different parts of our body in many different ways.
Children may act up (cause trouble) in class in an effort to get attention.
I will answer for (guarantee) his debt, if he can’t pay on the day.
Could you back off (lower the setting of) the volume a bit? It’s really loud.
That beeping sound indicates that the truck is backing up (moving backwards).
I couldn’t see how to finish the project, so I backed up (undo) and tried it another way.
I expect John will be along (arrive) soon.
I got some bad news this morning, so I‘m a bit down (depressed) at the moment.
Because of the big sale, the price of these shirts is now down to (be reduced) four dollars
I think you are down with (be ill) the flu.
I‘m fed up (be bored) with my job.
I’m sorry; I’m not with (agree with) you on this point.
I beat off (waste time) at work all day; I didn’t get anything done.
She was brought up in a very religious household, but broke away (leave suddenly) from the church in her teens.
I’ve decided to break it off (end a relationship) with her.
I finally broke into (opened) the second package of cookies.
I hope to bring about (achieve) a successful conclusion.
Sam was sure he could bring them around (convince) to the deal.
The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down (reduce) the level of inflation.
He has the ability to bring forth (create) new ideas when they are needed.
Don’t bring up (mention) politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.
She did well enough bringing up (raise) two sons and a daughter on her own.
I was very ill today; I kept bringing up (vomit) everything I ate.
I need a truck to carry off (transport away) all this furniture.
Malaria carried off (cause death) many people.
It is difficult to carry on (maintain) a conversation with so many distractions.
She finally carried out (fulfill) her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster.
The government has called for (request) an end to hostilities in the region.
He checked out (investigate) the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.
We checked by (visit) the office to see if the stuff was ready.
Can you tell me how the accident came about (happen)?
Don’t try to come after (follow) me.
I’d like you to come along (accompany) with me to the opera.
Your English is really coming along (make progress)!
The cup just came apart (break) in my hands.
As I backed away, he came at (attack) me with a knife.
I′m not going to come at (try) that again. Too risky.
I left work and came back (return) home early.
F comes before (precede) G in the alphabet.
Real estate prices have come down (decrease) since the peak of the boom.
The company came down on (punish) him very hard after he was found skipping work.
Please come in (enter) and look around.
That flight just came in (arrive).
After his father died, he came into (inherit) a large fortune.
Did the trip to Paris ever come off (take place)?
The new garden is coming on (develop) nicely.
I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don’t know what came over (affect) me.
The team came through (succeed) in the end and won the pennant.
I’ll let you know if any vacancies come up (happen).
He came up (appear) before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.
It’ll be warmer once the sun comes up (rise).
We’re going out to lunch. Do you want to come with (join)?
We need to cut back heavily on (reduce) office supplies.
If we cut out (remove) the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
He has his work cut out (arrange) for him.
That is where your reasoning falls down (fail).
It seemed like a good idea, so we fell in with (accept) it.
How are you getting along with (handle) your schoolwork?
I don’t understand. What are you getting at (mean)?
I‘ve got some things to do for about an hour. After that, get at (contact) me.
The train got away (depart) exactly on time.
She claims the publishers never really got behind (support) her new book.
Nothing gets me down (discourage) so much as a rainy day.
Jane’s always getting down on (criticise) the kids.
If I wake up during the night, I cannot get off (fall asleep) again.
In case of fire, get out (escape) by the nearest exit.
I’m trying to get over (overcome) my fear of flying.
She got through (finish) her book this morning!
He got up (criticise) me about the mess I made in the kitchen.
Give me back (return) my book!
What he did goes against (violate) the rules.
Careful, he’ll go for (attack) your throat!
Management won’t go for (accept) such a risky project now.
The bomb went off (explode) right after the president left his office.
He went off (leave) without a word.
He went on (proceed) to win a gold medal.
Please go out (leave) through the back door.
Hang on (wait a moment). Let me check
Hold up (wait) a minute. I want to check something.
The dam can’t hold back (stop) that much water.
I held down (continue) that job for years.
How long can they hold out (survive) without water?
We will have to hold over (save) these files until tomorrow.
He tried to keep away from (avoid) danger.
Let’s kick off (start) this project with a planning meeting.
The rent has been kicked up (increase) again.
I’m going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back (relax).
They knocked out (complete) the entire project in one night.
I promised him I would meet him there, and I will not let him down (disappoint).
He accidentally let out (disclose) the location for the meeting.
The rain shows no sign of letting up (stop).
I can’t find my keys, so I’ll look around (search).
I looked at (consider) the possibility of buying a new car.
Thieves made away with (steal) £30,000 of jewellery in last night’s heist.
The new computers make for (contribute) much greater productivity.
The men made off (escape) as the police arrived.
Kids! Stop messing about (misbehave) and do your work!
Don’t mess around (play) with electricity if you don’t understand it.
After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away (die) yesterday.
The millennium passed off (happen) without any disasters.
I’ll pass on (skip) dessert, thanks.
We’ll pass out (distribute) copies of the agenda.
I want to pass over (ignore) this quite quickly.
He passed up (refuse) my invitation for dinner.
Did you pick up (notice) his nervousness?
I’m calling him, but he just isn’t picking up (answer)!
Children who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up (misbehave).
He pulls in (earn) a lot of money.
We put down (pay) a $1,000 deposit.
Put down (write) the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
I put in (contribute) an extra hour at work today.
The storm put the game off (delay) by a week.
The factory puts out (produce) 5000 units each day.
Please hold the line a moment while I put you through (connect) to the sales office.
That dog will get hurt if he continues to run after (chase) cars.
The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in (arrest).
The option will run out (expire) next week and I can’t get it extended.
Before we start the project, let’s just run over (describe briefly) who is doing what.
Two youths set about (attack) him.
How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back (cost money)?
Could you speak up (talk more loudly)? I can’t hear you.
I can’t simply stand by (do nothing) and watch you ruin your life.
We won’t stand for (tolerate) that type of behaviour.
I’m going to take off (depart) now.
I’ll take off (quantify) the concrete and steel for this construction project.
Please take out (remove) the trash before the whole house starts to smell.
The books on finance take up (occupy) three shelves.
Let’s take up (resume) where we left off.
The team threw away (waste) its chance at the semifinals.
The baby threw up (vomit) all over my shirt.
He turned down (refuse) all our offers of help.
Hundreds of people turned out (attend) to see the parade.
The bakery turns out (produce) three hundred pies each day.

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2000 Common Phrasal Verbs