Phrasal verb nominatives

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Phrasal Verb NominativesPhrasal verb nominatives are, as the name implies, nouns that were once phrasal verbs. But what kind of nouns are they?

For the most part they are words like 'backup' or 'blackout' which, as phrasal verbs, have completely different meanings.

For instance, to back up a car is to go in a reverse direction, whereas a backup of something is a replacement or spare.

Such differences make learning and using phrasal verb nominatives a little tricky for non-native speakers of English.

With the above in mind I've included a complete list of phrasal verb nominatives for you to learn with the hope that you would use them.

Phrasal Verb Nominatives A - HBackup = replacement; reserve

Blackout = loss of electricity

Blow-out = flat tire / loss

Blow-up = increased sized photograph

Breakaway = 1. to leave a group 2. geographical area

Breakdown = car or mechanical problems / engine stops working

Break-in = robbery / theft

Breakout = acne / prisoners escape from jail

Breakthrough = major advance in medicine or science

Break-up = end of relationship

Brush-off = end conversation / not take seriously

Build-up = accumulation of something

Burnout = exhaustion, physical or emotional

Buyout = the act or instance of buying out (takeover)

Carry-on = luggage suitable for being carried aboard an airplane

Castaway = survivor of a shipwreck

Changeover = change of station or means of transportation

Check-in = act of registering at a hotel

Checkout = cash register in store (grocery especially)

Check-up = health test at a doctor or dentist

Clean-up = general cleaning of a specific place

Close-down = end of operations

Comeback = return to a profession (entertainers, sports etc.)

Come-down = return to reality, depression

Come-on = words to charm or attract the opposite sex

Cop-out = compromise with a negative meaning (giving in)

Countdown = the count for a deadline; launching a spacecraft

Cover-up = attempt to hide facts and protect guilty parties

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Cutback = reduction in funding or expenditures

Cut-off = the act or action of cutting off

Cut-out = what remains after something has been cut form something else

Dropout = someone who doesn't finish school

Fallout = secondary or lingering result; radioactive particles from nuclear explosion

Feedback = the return of input; whining, or whistling sound resulting from an amplified or broadcast signal

Flare-up = a sudden disturbance or outburst; a temporary increase in the symptoms of a disease or condition

Flashback = a past incident recurring vividly in the mind (usually vividly)

Follow-up = act of enquiring about previous contact.

Frame-up = action in which someone is framed (found to be guilty) for a crime they didn't commit

Getaway = brief vacation or holiday

Get-together = gathering

Giveaway = act of giving away prizes or gifts on large scale

Go-ahead = the OK; agreement to proceed

Go-between = intermediary, agent

Going-over = cleansing and / or checking to ensure proper working condition

Goings-on = news or event; happenings

Grown-up = adult; one who has reached age of consent

Handout = worksheet

Handover = exchange

Hang-out = gathering or meeting place

Hand-up = help

Phrasal Verb Nominatives K - ZKick-off = official start of game (American football or soccer)

Knockout = 1. Beautiful woman 2. Unconscious by blow or punch

Lay-off = reduction in workforce

Layout = drawings of (floor)plan

Let-down = disappointment

Let-up = reduction in intensity

Lift-off = leaving earth's surface

Line-up = 1. Group for witness of crime to see

Lock-up = holding cell; jail

Lookout = 1. Person who stands guard and sounds warning 2. Place offering view over large area (usually on mountain road)

Make-up = cosmetics for skin or face

Mix-up = confusion


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Onlooker = person who watches an event or witnesses something (pedestrian)

Outbreak = start or first appearance of something (usually a disease)

Outburst = sudden loud sound

Outcast = someone shunned; not accepted in society

Outcome = result

Outcry = protest

Outfit = set of clothing

Outlay = initial expense

Outlet = 1. Place of release 2. Point of sales

Outlook = overall view of things in general

Output = production of product

Passer-by = someone who witnesses something by chance

Pay-off = desired or expected result of previous work

Payout = sum of money paid

Pickup = small truck with enclosed cab and open body

Pile-up = collision involving many vehicles

Play-off = a series of games after a season to determine a champion

Printout = printed record produced automatically (usually by a computer)

Pull-out = something that can be pulled out

Pushover = something accomplished easily / person or opponent easy to defeat or trick

Rip-off = usually a cheap imitation / theft

Runaway = person who has ran away from home

Rundown = an item-by-item report or review

Run-off = precipitation that reaches streams

Run-through = cursory reading, rehearsal or practice

Sell-out = the act of selling out of stock / person who sells out

Send-off = a party or celebration for the beginning of a new venture

Send-up = to make fun of someone

Setback = problem that needs solving; defeat, reverse

Set-up = preparation of machines; manner in which something is arranged

Shake-up = extensive reorganization of an organization

Show-off = someone who shows off; exhibitionist

Shutdown = closure or stoppage

Sit-in = act of occupying seats as form of protest

Slip-up = mistake; slip of the tongue

Smash-up = accident; car wreck

Splashdown = landing of a manned spacecraft in the ocean

Standby = reserve

Stand-in = substitute


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Stick-up = a robbery at gunpoint

Stowaway = illegal passenger on a boat or plane

Switchover = change of shift at a factory

Takeout = prepared food to be taken home

Take-off = fake; plane or missile leaving earth

Takeover = a change in management or ownership

Tie-in = something that relates or connects (especially in a promotional campaign)

Tie-up = a mooring place for a boat; a traffic jam

Tip-off = warning; telltale sign; beginning of a basketball game

Touchdown = score (6 points) in American football

Tryout = audition

Turnabout = change of direction or momentum; reversal

Turn-off = something unpleasant

Turnout = crowd at an event, concert, game, etc.

Turnover = unwanted change of possession; pie-like pastry

Upbringing = way or method you were raised

Upkeep = maintenance

Uplift = air pressure to lift a wing, plane, bird, etc.

Upturn = increased economic activity

Walkout = unauthorized work stoppage

Walkover = easy opponent; small bridge over a road, ravine, etc.

Warm-up = practice

Washout = missing part of road (from water erosion)

Workout = series of exercises

Wright-off (rite-off) = loss of property (no longer taxable)

Write-up = published article about person, business, event etc.

Resources: www.advanced-english-grammar.com


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