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Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs and their definition

Phrasal Verb	Definition
Ask after	Ask news about something
Back down	Withdraw from a project or proposition; no longer give support to something
Back out	Decide not to complete something you agreed to; fail to keep a promise
Bank on	Depend on something happening or on someone doing something
Bend down	Move to the top part of your body forwards and downwards
Break down	Stop working; cause to collapse, destroy Have a physical or mental collapse
Break out	Start suddenly or abruptly Emerge, escape
Bring forward	Change the date or time of an event to an earlier moment
Bring in	Introduce a new law or system
Bring on	Be the cause of something bad, especially an illness
Bring out	Produce a new product and start to sell it
Bring up	Look after a child until he or she becomes an adult Start discussing a subject
Call off	Cancel an event that had been planned or had already started
Carry on	Continue doing an activity that was already in progress
Catch on	Become popular or fashionable Understand, usually after initial difficulty
Chase after	Follow someone or something quickly in order to catch them
Close down	Stop doing business or operating permanently
Come (a)round	Happen or take place again
Come (a)round to	Change your opinion or a decision
Come across	Find something or meet someone by chance
Come by	Get something, especially something that is hard to get
Come down with	Become ill with a particular disease, usually not a serious one
Come forward	Offer help or information
Come into	Become in possession of, usually through an inheritance
Come off	Happen or turn out to be successful
Come on	Make progress or develop Start to be broadcast
Come round	Pay a visit, mostly used when going to someone’s house
Come round (to)	Regain consciousness
Come up with	Think of something such as an idea or a plan
Cross out	Draw an X or line through writing indicating that it is wrong, something has been cancelled or a task has been completed
Cut down on	Start doing less of something, usually because it isn’t good for your health
Cut off	Stop the supply of something – as a result something may stop working (for example, due to lack of electrical power) Make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with (for example, due to roadwork)
Dawn on	Realize about something for the first time
Die down	Become much less noisy, powerful or active; wither away; lose strength
Do away with	Get rid of something
Do up	Repair, paint and improve an old building, car, boat, …
Drop off	Start to sleep Take someone to a place in a car, usually without getting out of the car yourself
Drop out	Leave something such as an activity, school or competition before you have finished what you intended to do
Drown out	Prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise
Fall for	Believe that a trick or a joke is true
Fall out	Stop being friendly with someone because you have had a disagreement with them
Fill in	Add information such as your name or address in the empty spaces on an official document
Flick through	Leave through; turn the pages of a magazine, newspaper, leaflet of book very quickly and looking at them only briefly Quickly look through the tv channels so as to see what’s on
Get away	Go somewhere different from where you live so as to rest or spend a short holiday Take a break from routine
Get back	Return to a place
Get by	Have just enough of something (such as money or knowledge) so that you can do what you need to do
Get down	Make someone feel sad or lose hope
Get on for	Be almost a particular time, number, age, etc.
Get on	Like each other and are friendly to each other Getting fairly old (said of people)
Get through	Use or finish something
Give away	Show an emotion or quality that you are trying to hide
Give off	Emit, send forth Produce something such as heat or a smell
Give out	Distribute; give something to several people Become used up or exhausted; run out Stop functioning; fail
Give up	Surrender; devote (oneself) completely Stop doing something that was done regularly Lose hope for or lose hope of seeing
Go down	Be remembered by posterity for having done something Set, drop below the horizon Fall to the ground Sink Decrease in cost or value
Go into	Deal with something in detail Undertake as a profession or course of study
Go off	Stop being fresh (as of food) Explode; make a noise or sound Adhere to the expected course of events or the expected plan Stop liking someone or something
Go on	Continue happening or doing something as before Do something after doing something else
Go over	Repeat a series of things or think about them again in order to understand them completely
Grow on	Become progressively more acceptable or pleasant to
Hand down	Bequeath or give to your heirs Make and pronounce an official decision (especially a court verdict)
Hand in	Give something to a person in authority
Hand out	Distribute freely; administer or deal out
Keep on	Continue doing something
Leave out	Not include someone or something
Let down	Disappoint, fail to meet the expectations of Withdraw support from, forsake Cause to come down gradually, lower
Let off	Give someone little or no punishment for something they did wrong Make something such as a bomb explode
Let off on	(Informal) Cause to diminish, as in pressure; ease up on
Look after	Take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need
Look down on	Think that you are better or more important than someone else
Look into	Try to discover the facts about somethingsuh as a problem or crime
Look out	Used for warning someone to be careful, especially because they are in a dangerous situation and likely to have an accident
Look up to	Admire and respect someone
Look up	Try to find a particular piece of information by looking in a book or on a list, or by using a computer
Make for	Move towards a place
Make off	Escape with something, especially something stolen
Make out	Pretend that something is true See, hear, or understand someone or something with difficulty Write all the necessary information on a document such as a cheque
Make up for	Provide something good, so that something bad seems less important
Make up	Become friendly with someone again after an argument Invent a story, poem, etc.
Name after	Give someone or something the same name as someone or something else
Narrow down	Reduce the number or possibilities or choices
Pass away	Die
Pass out	Suddenly become unconscious (because of heat, for example)
Pick on	Keep treating someone badly badly or unfairly, especially by criticising them
Pick up	Go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle
Pop in	Go somewhere quickly or for a short time
Pull in	Arrive at a destination and stop there Arrest (a criminal suspect)
Pull out	Stop being involved in an activity, event or situation
Pull through	Manage to stay alive after you have been very ill or very badly injured
Put by	Save an amount of money so that you can buy or pay for something in the future
Put down	Criticize someone, especially when other people are present, ina way that makes them feel stupid Kill an animal using a drug because it is very ill or very dangerous
Put down to	Explain something as being caused by something else
Put forward	Suggest something or offer an idea, opinion, reason, etc. especially so that someone can discuss it and make a decision
Put off	Delay doing something Make someone not want to do something, or make someone nto like someone or something
Put on	Add (for example weight so that you become fatter) Clothe oneself with Produce, perform
Put out	Extinguish; expel Publish
Put through	Connect someone to the person they want to speak to on the telephone
Put to	Match something (a name, a date, etc) with something else Say something to someone in a particular way
Run out of	Use all of something and not have any left
Run over	Hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them
Sail through	Do something or deal with something very easily
See off	Go somewhere such as a station or airport with someone in order to say goodbye to them
See through	Understand the true character or nature of someone Provide support or cooperation to someone throughout a period of time Work on a project until completion
See to	Attend to or deal with someone or something
Set off	Start a journey or start going in a particular direction
Set out	Explain, describe or arrange something in a clear and detailed way, especially in writing Start a journey Start doing or working on something in order to achieve an aim
Set to	Start doing something in a determined or enthusiastic way
Set up	Start something such as a business, organisation or institution
Settle down	Become calm after being upset, nervous or excited or to make someone do this Begin to live a quieter life by getting married or staying permanently in a place
Show off	Behave in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and make them admire you
Stand in for	Do someone else's job temporarily while they are not available to do it
Stand out	Be easy to see or notice because of being different
Take aback	Be shocked or surprised, especially by something someone says or does to you
Take after	Resemble an older relative in appearance, temperament or character; look or behave like Follow as an example
Take down	Write down information or a statement
Take in	Trick someone into believing something that is not true
Take off	Leaving the ground to start crying (said of an aircraft) Remove something, especially a piece of clothing
Take on	Accept some work or responsibility Start to employ someone
Take to	Begin to like someone or something Start doing something as a habit
Take up	Fill a particular amount of space or time Start doing something regularly as a habit, job or interest
Tear down	Destroy or remove a structure or part of a structure
Think through	Consider the facts about something in an organised and thorough way
Throw away	Get rid of something that you no longer want
Try on	Put on a piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits
Turn down	Refuse to accept an offer or request
Turn in	Hand in, give over; inform on or deliver Produce (Informal)Go to bed at night
Turn into	Change or develop into something different
Turn off	Stop using a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch
Turn out	Develop in a particular way or have a particular result
Turn over	Turn a page in a book or a sheet of paper so that the other side is towards you
Turn round	Return the same way that you came instead of continuing on your journey
Turn up	Come somewhere unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement
Wear off	Diminish gradually in effect
Wear out	Make or become unusable through long or heavy use Use up or consume gradually; exhaust, tire

Created by: eoiteacher

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