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Sep Phrasal Verbs
40 Common separable phrasal verbs
| Verb | Meaning |
|---|---|
| call off | to cancel |
| cheer up | to make someone happy |
| charge up | to put electricity into a battery |
| ask out | to ask someone on a date |
| bring up | 1. to raise children 2. to raise a topic |
| call back | to return someone's phone call |
| clean up | to make something tidy or clean |
| cross out | to eliminate |
| cut out | 1. to remove something (usually by cutting) 2. to stop doing something (eliminate a routine) |
| do over | to repeat |
| drop off | to leave something somewhere (brief delivery) |
| figure out | to resolve, discover, determine |
| fill out | to complete a form |
| fill up | to fill something |
| give back | to return |
| give up | to stop trying |
| hand in | 1. to deliver 2. to give an assignment to a teacher or supervisor |
| hang up | to stop a telephone conversation |
| kick out | to be asked to leave, to throw out |
| look up | to search for |
| make up | 1. to constitute 2. to invent |
| pick up | 1. to lift 2. to take up |
| point out | to call attention to |
| put away | to store something in the proper place |
| put on | to get dressed |
| shut off | to stop something from running |
| take off | to remove |
| take over | to take control |
| think over | 1. to consider 2. to ponder |
| throw away | to discard |
| throw up | to vomit |
| try on | to test |
| turn on | to start a machine |
| turn off | to stop a machine |
| turn down | 1. to lower in intensity 2. to refuse |
| turn up | to increase in intensity |
| keep out | not enter |
| take out | remove / go on a date |
| fill in | complete spaces on a form |
| pass out | distribute |