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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.