Phrasal verbs Collected

Break away - to leave something.

Break down - to become very upset.
Break into - to enter a building by force.
Break off - to break a piece from something.
Break out of - to escape from somewhere.
Break through - to pass through a barrier.
Break up - to finish a romantic relationship with someone.

Phrasal Verbs with Put
Put off - postpone, leave until a later time.
Put up with - to tolerate.
Put down - to insult.
Put on - to dress oneself.
Put up - to erect.
Put across - to communicate something.
Put out - to publish.
Put back - to put something where it was previously.
Phrasal Verbs for Travel
a. Drop off - to take someone to a place and leave them there
b. Check in - to register at a hotel
c. Check out - to leave and pay for your stay at a hotel
d. Pick up - to go and fetch someone from a place and take them somewhere else
e. Set out - to start a journey
f. Take off - when a plane leaves and begins to fly
g. Get in - when a plane arrives on an airport
h. Get away - to leave to go somewhere for a break or holiday
i. Get on - to climb on board
j. Speed up - to increase speed
k. Look around - to explore what is near you, in your area
l. Hurry up - to rush and not waste time
m. Go back - to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
n. See off - to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
o. Look forward - to look forward to something that is going to happen in the future
Turn - Phrasal Verbs Help
Turn into (Question 1) - 'Turn into' means 'transform into' e.g. "The magician turned the rabbit into a cat."
Turn up (Question 5) - To arrive somewhere e.g."The train was supposed to arrive at 09:00, but it turned
up at 09:20.
Turn over (Question 9) - To transfer/give something to another person; to lose possession of something
to someone else. The example in question 9 sounds like a robbery: a robber is taking someone's
jewelery!

Phrasal Verbs using 'take'
Take appears in many phrasal verbs. Here are several uses of the verb. In the future, we will be looking
at other examples, but first try and memorise these.
Take up- to begin or start a new hobby.
He took up jogging after his doctor advised him to get some exercise.
He took jogging up after his doctor told him to get some exercise.
Take out To remove something to outside
Take out the rubbish when you leave.
Take the rubbish out when you leave.
Take in To understand or comprehend something.
Sarah couldnt take in all the information at the meeting.
Take after To have a similar character or personality to a family member.
In my family, I take after my mother. We have the same eyes and nose.

Take back (something) To return something.
Could you take this book back to the library for me?
Could you take back this book to the library for me?
Take off (something) To remove something, usually an items clothing or accessories
In Japan people take off their shoes when they enter a house.
In Japan people take their shoes off when they enter a house.
Take on To employ someone or to be employed.
The restaurant takes on extra staff in the summer.

Phrasal Verb - Move
Move away: To move away means that you leave one place to go and live in another.
'I was born in London, but we moved away to Liverpool when I was very young.'
move in
Move in: To start living in a new house. It is often used with to when we want to show which place.
'I bought a new house. I'm hoping to move in sometime next month.'
'I'm going to move in to my brother's apartment.'
move on
Move on: To change from one thing to the next thing. To stop one thing and start doing another.
'I think we have discussed this topic enough. Let's move on.'
'I've been working here for ten years. I want to change my job. It's time for me to move on.'
move out
Move out: To move out means that you leave your home forever. You move to a new home.
'I had to move out when the rent became too high for me to live there.'
move over
Move over: To move to the side.
'I want to sit on the sofa too. Can you move over?'

Pass - Phrasal Verbs
Pass away - a polite or kind way to say someone has died.
Pass off - to try and convince someone that something is real.
Pass on - to transfer information.
Pass on (something)- to say no to something, usually an invitation.
Pass out - to faint, or become unconscious.
Pass up - to not take advantage of an opportunity.

Money Phrasal Verbs!
Get by - to have just enough money for what you need in life.
Pay back - to return money that you owe.
Save up - to keep money to achieve a certain goal e.g. buying a house.
Splash out on - to spend freely on something without worrying about it.
Chip in - to contribute some money with other people.
Cut back - to spend less money generally
To rip someone off - to charge someone too much money for something.

5 common phrasal verbs
bring back
meaning: to return something
"I'll lend you my book if you promise to bring it back on Saturday."
"Bring back the report when you have finished reading it."
fill in
meaning: to complete a form
"Please fill in this form."
"Before I could get a bank loan I had to fill in lots of forms."
have on
meaning: to wear something
"She has on a new pair of shoes."
"At the meeting, Simon had on his best suit."
put out
meaning: to extinguish/ to make a fire stop working
"I'm sorry you can't smoke in here. Please, put out your cigarette."
"They made sure to properly put out their fire before they left the campsite."
take off
meaning: to remove clothes/ to get undressed.
"Take off those dirty boots before you stand on my clean carpet."
"I can't wait to get home, take off my clothes and have a hot bath."

5 Phrasal verbs for angry people!
Do you have a short fuse (become angry quickly)? There are times when we all blow our top (get
angry). Here are some phrasal verbs that may be useful for the times when we get a little hot under the
collar (get angry)!
Shove off / Push off
These two phrasal verbs mean to go away / depart. We can use them to describe situations when we
leave ("We'll push off from here at sunrise") or when someone is annoying us we tell them to push off. In
this case, we want them to leave. Go away is also used and is a little less strong.
"Stop bothering my girlfriend. Push off!"
Blow up
When you blow up you suddenly become very angry.
"When I told Samantha that I'd crashed her car she blew up."
Cut it out / Pack it in
We use this phrasal idiom when we want someone to stop doing something that we don't like. We can
say cut it out or pack it in.
"Cut it out, stop upsetting your little brother."
Lash out
This phrasal verb is used in British English when we verbally or physically attack someone.
"I'm sorry for lashing out at you yesterday. I didn't mean the horrible things I said."
Smash up
When we smash something up we destroy it, break it into many pieces.
"He went crazy and smashed up his room when his girlfriend ended their relationship!"

Learn 7 Phrasal Verbs
ime for some phrasal verb fun! Here are five for you to learn. Complete the sentence using the correct
verb and remember to change the tense when necessary.
slip up - to make a mistake/an error
pick out - to choose
nod off - to fall asleep
close down - to close a place forever/permanently
zone out - to stop paying attention
get away - to escape
iron out - to discuss a problem until it is solved