Phrasal Verbs Common English

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phrasal verb meaning example sentence

break down "et upset 'he woman broke down when

the police told her that her son

had died.

break sthgdown divide into

smaller parts

,ur teacher broke the inal

pro%ectdown into three

separate parts.

break in orce entry to

a buildin"

-omebody broke in last ni"ht

and stole our stereo.

break intosthg enter orcibly 'he iremen had to break

into the room to rescue the

children.

break sthgin wear sth" a

ew times so

that it doesn!t

lookeel new

I need to break these

shoes inbeore we run ne&t

week.

break in interrupt 'he '/ station broke in toreport the news o the

president!s death.

break up end a

relationship

#y boyriend and I broke

up beore I moved to merica.

break up start lau"hin" 'he kids %ust broke up as soon

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)inormal+ as the clown started talkin".

break out escape 'he prisoners broke out o %ail

when the "uards weren!t

lookin".

break out in sthg develop a skincondition

I broke out in a rash ater ourcampin" trip.

bring sby down make unhappy 'his sad music

is bringing medown.

bring sby up raise a child #y"randparents brought me upa

ter my parents died.

bring sthgup start talkin"

about a

sub%ect

#y mother walks out o the

room when my ather brings

up sports.

bring sthgup vomit 1e drank so much that

he broughthis dinner up in the

toilet.

call around phone many

dierent

placespeople

(e called around but we

weren!t able to ind the car part

we needed.

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call sby back return a

phone call

I called the company back but

the oices were closed or the

weekend.

call sthg off cancel Jason called the

weddin" off because he wasn!t

in love with his ianc.

call on sby ask or an

answer or

opinion

'he proessor called on me or

question 3.

call on sby visit sby (e called on you last ni"ht

but you weren!t home.

call sby up phone 4ive me your phone number

and I will call 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 drivethe car.

not care forsby/

sthg

not like

)ormal+

I don!t care for his behaviour.

catch up "et to the

same point as

You!ll have to run aster than

that i you want to catch

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sby else up with #arty.

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 3300 #.

check sby/

sthg out

look at

careully*

investi"ate

'he company checks out all

new employees.

check outsby/

sthg

look at

)inormal+

Check out the cra6y hair on

that "uy7

cheer up become

happier

-he cheered up when she

heard the "ood news.

cheer sby up make happier I brou"ht you some lowers

tocheer you up.

chip in help I everyone chips in we can

"et the kitchen painted by

noon.

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cut back on sthg consume less #y doctor wants me to cut

back on sweets and atty

oods.

cut sthgdown make sth" all

to the "round

(e had to cut the old tree in

our yard down ater the storm.

cut in interrupt Your ather cut in while I was

dancin" with your uncle.

cut in pull in too

closely in ront

o another

vehicle

'he bus driver "ot an"ry when

that car cut in.

cut in start

operatin" )o

an en"ine or

electrical

device+

'he air conditioner cuts

in when the temperature "ets

to 229:.

cut sthg off remove with

sth" sharp

'he doctors cut off his le"

because it was severely

in%ured.

cut sthg off stop providin" 'he phone company cut

off our phone because we

didn!t pay the bill.

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cut sby off take out o a

will

#y "randparents cut my

ather off when he remarried.

cut sthgout remove part

o sth"

)usually with

scissors and

paper+

I cut this ad out o the

newspaper.

do sby/ sthgover beat up*

ransack )Br;*

inormal+

1e!s lucky to be alive. 1is shop

wasdone over by a street

"an".

do sthgover do a"ain

)m;+

#y teacher wants me to do my

essay over because shedoesn!t like my topic.

do away

with sthg

discard It!s time to do away with all

o these old ta& records.

do sthg up asten* close Do your coat up beore you "ooutside. It!s snowin"7

dress up wear nice

clothin"

It!s a ancy restaurant so we

have to dress up.

drop back move back in

a

ndrea dropped back to third

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position"roup place when she ell o her bike.

drop in/ by/

over

come without

an

appointment

I mi"ht drop in/by/over or

tea sometime this week.

drop sby/ sthg off take sby sth"somewhere

and leave

themit there

I have to drop my sister off atwork beore I come over.

drop out quit a class*

school etc

I dropped out o -cience

because it was too diicult.

eat out eat at a

restaurant

I don!t eel like cookin" toni"ht.


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fall out separate rom

an interior

'he money must have fallen

out o my pocket.

fall out )o hair* teeth+

become loose

and

unattached

1is hair started to fall

out when he was only 5.

figure sthgout understand*

ind the

answer

I need to figure out how to it

the piano and the bookshel in

this room.

fill sthg in to write

inormation in

blanks* as ona orm )Br;+

8lease fill in the orm with

your name* address* and phone

number.

fill sthg out to write

inormation in

blanks* as on

a orm )m;+

'he orm must be filled out in

capital letters.

fill sthg up ill to the top I always fill the water

%u" up when it is empty.

find out discover (e don!t know where he lives.

1ow can we find out=

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find sthgout discover (e tried to keep the time o

the party a secret* but

-amantha foundit out.

get sthgacross/

over

communicate*

make

understandabl

e

I tried to "et my

pointacrossover to the %ud"e

but she wouldn!t listen.

get along/on like each other I was surprised how well my

new "irlriend and my

sister "ot alon"on.

get around have mobility #y "randather can "et

around ine in his newwheelchair.

get away "o on a

vacation

(e worked so hard this year

that we had to "et away or a

week.

get away

with sthg

do without

bein" noticed

or punished

Jason always "ets away

withcheatin" in his maths tests.

get back return (e "ot back rom our vacation

last week.

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get sthgback receive sth"

you had

beore


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get together meet )usually

or social

reasons+


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give in reluctantly

stop i"htin"

or ar"uin"

#y boyriend didn!t want to "o

to the ballet* but he

inally "ave in.

give sthgout "ive to many

people

)usually at no

cost+

'hey were "ivin" out ree

perume samples at the

department store.

give sthgup quit a habit I am "ivin" up smokin" as o

January 3st.

give up stop tryin" #y maths homework was too

diicult so I "ave up.

go after sby ollow sby #y brother tried to "o ater the

thie in his car.

go aftersthg try to achieve

sth"

I went ater my dream and now

I am a published writer.

go againstsby compete*

oppose

(e are "oin" a"ainst the best

soccer team in the city toni"ht.

go ahead start* proceed 8lease "o ahead and eat beore

the ood "ets cold.

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go back return to a

place

I have to "o back home and

"et my lunch.

go out leave home to

"o on a social

event

(e!re "oin" out or dinner

toni"ht.

go out withsby date Jesse has been "oin" out

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grow up become an

adult

(hen Jack "rows up he wants

to be a ireman.

grow out ofsthg "et too bi" or ;li6abeth needs a new pair o

shoes because she has "rown

out o her old ones.

grow intosthg "row bi"

enou"h to it

'his bike is too bi" or him

now* but he should "row into it

by ne&t year.

hand sthgdown "ive sth" used

to sby else

I handed my old comic

booksdown to my little cousin.

hand sthgin submit I have to hand in my essay by

@riday.

hand sthgout to distribute

to a "roup o

people

(e will hand out the invitations

at the door.

hand sthgover "ive )usually

unwillin"ly+

'he police asked the man

to hand over his wallet and his

weapons.

hang in stay positive

)inormal+

1an" in there. I!m sure you!ll

ind a %ob very soon.

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hang on wait a short

time

)inormal+

1an" on while I "rab my coat

and shoes7

hang out spend time

rela&in"

)inormal+

Instead o "oin" to the party

we are %ust "oin" to han"

out at my place.

hang up end a phone

call

1e didn!t say "oodbye beore

hehun" up.

hold sby/

sthg back

prevent rom

doin""oin"

I had to hold my

do" back because there was a

cat in the park.

hold sthgback hide an

emotion

Jamie held back his tears at his

"randather!s uneral.

hold on wait a short

time

8lease hold on while I transer

you to the -ales Aepartment.

hold ontosby/

sthg

hold irmly

usin" your

hands or arms

1old onto your hat because it!s

very windy outside.

hold sby/

sthgup

rob man in a black mask held the

bank up this mornin".

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keep on

doing sthg

continue doin" eep on stirrin" until the liquid

comes to a boil.

keep sthgfrom s

by

not tell (e kept our

relationship rom our parents

or two years.

keep sby/

sthg out

stop rom

enterin"

'ry to keep the wet do" out o

the livin" room.

keep sthgup continue at

the same rate

I you keep those

results up you will "et into a

"reat colle"e.

let sbydown ail to support

or help*

disappoint

I need you to be on time.

Aon!t letme down this time.

let sby in allow to enter :an you let the cat in beore

you "o to school=

log in (oron) si"n in )to a

website*

database etc+

I can!t lo" in to @acebook

because I!ve or"otten my

password.

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log out (oroff) si"n out )o a

website*

database etc+

I you don!t lo" o somebody

could "et into your account.

look aftersby/

sthg

take care o I have to look ater my sick

"randmother.

look down

on sby

think less o*

consider

inerior

;ver since we stole that

chocolate bar your dad

has looked down onme.

look forsby/

sthg

try to ind I!m lookin" or a red dress or

the weddin".

look forward

tosthg

be e&cited

about the

uture

I!m lookin" orward to the

:hristmas break.

look intosthg investi"ate (e are "oin" to look into the

price o snowboards today.

look out be careul*

vi"ilant* and

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look sthgover check*

e&amine

:an you look over my essay or

spellin" mistakes=

look sthgup search and

ind

inormation in

a reerence

book or

database

(e can look her phone

number upon the Internet.

look up tosby have a lot o

respect or

#y little sister has

always looked up to me.

make sthgup invent* lie

about sth"

Josie made up a story about

why we were late.

make up or"ive each

other

(e were an"ry last ni"ht* but

wemade up at breakast.

make sbyup apply

cosmetics to

#y sisters made me up or my

"raduation party.

mix sthg up conuse two or

more thin"s

I mi&ed up the twins! names

a"ain7

pass away die 1is uncle passed away last

ni"ht ater a lon" illness.

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pass out aint It was so hot in the church that

an elderly lady passed out.

pass sthgout "ive the same

thin" to many

people

'he proessor passed the

te&tbooksout beore class.

pass sthgup decline

)usually sth"

"ood+

I passed up the %ob because I

am araid o chan"e.

pay sbyback return owed

money

'hanks or buyin" my ticket.

I!ll payyou back on @riday.

pay for sthg be punished

or doin" sth"

bad

'hat bully will pay or bein"

mean to my little brother.

pick sthgout choose I picked out three sweaters or

you to try on.

point sby/

sthg out

indicate with

your in"er

I!ll point my

boyriend out when he runs by.

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put sthgdown put what you

are holdin" on

a surace or

loor

You can put the

"roceries down on the kitchen

counter.

put sbydown insult* make

sby eel stupid

'he students put the substitute

teacher down because his

pants were too short.

put sthg off postpone (e are puttin" o our trip until

January because o the

hurricane.

put sthgout e&tin"uish 'he nei"hbours put the

ire outbeore the iremenarrived.

put sthgtogether assemble I have to put the

crib to"etherbeore the baby

arrives.

put up with sby/

sthg

tolerate I don!t think I can put up

withthree small children in the

car.

put sthg on put clothin"

accessories on

your body

Aon!t or"et to put on your new

earrin"s or the party.

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run intosby/

sthg

meet

une&pectedly

I ran into an old school>riend

at the mall.

run oversby/

sthg

drive a vehicle

over a person

or thin"

I accidentally ran over your

bicycle in the driveway.

run over/

throughsthg

rehearse*

review


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shop around compare

prices

I want to shop around a little

beore I decide on these boots.

show off act e&tra

special or

people

watchin"

)usually

boastully+

1e always shows o 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 sthgout or"ani6e*

resolve a

problem

(e need to sort the

bills out beore the irst o the

month.

stick tosthg continue doin"

sth"* limit

yoursel to

one particularthin"

You will lose wei"ht i you stick

tothe diet.

switch sthgoff stop the

ener"y low*

turn o

'he li"ht!s too bri"ht. :ould

youswitch it o.

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switch sthgon start the

ener"y low*

turn on

(e heard the news as soon as

weswitched on the car radio.

take aftersby resemble a

amily

member

I take ater my mother. (e are

both impatient.

take sthgapart purposely

break into

pieces

1e took the car

brakes apart and ound the

problem.

take sthgback return an item I have to take our new

'/ backbecause it doesn!t

work.

take off start to ly #y plane takes o in ive

minutes.

take sthgoff remove sth"

)usuallyclothin"+

'ake o your socks and shoes

and come in the lake7

take sthgout remove rom a

place or thin"

:an you take the

"arba"e out to the street or

me=

take sbyout pay or sby to #y

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"o somewhere

with you

"randparents took us out or

dinner and a movie.

tear sthgup rip into pieces I tore up my e&>boyriend!s

letters and "ave them back to

him.

think back remember

)oten C to*

sometimes C

on+

(hen I think back on my

youth* I wish I had studied

harder.

think sthgover consider I!ll have to think this %ob

oer overbeore I make my

inal decision.

throw sthgaway dispose o (e threw our old

urniture awaywhen we won

the lottery.

turn sthgdown decrease thevolume or

stren"th

)heat* li"ht

etc+

8lease turn the '/ down whilethe "uests are here.

turn sthgdown reuse I turned the %ob down because

I don!t want to move.

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wake up stop sleepin" (e have to wake up early or

work on #onday.

warm sby/

sthg up

increase the

temperature

You can warm your eet up in

ront o the ireplace.

warm up prepare bodyor e&ercise

I always warm up by doin" sit>ups beore I "o or a run.

wear off ade away #ost o my make>up wore

obeore I "ot to the party.

work out e&ercise I work out at the "ym threetimes a week.

work out be successul ,ur plan worked out ine.

work sthgout make a

calculation

(e have to work out the total

cost beore we buy the house.

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