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meaning
example sentence
invite on a date
ask around
add up to something
equal
back something up
reverse
back someone up
support
blow up
explode
blow something up
add air
We have to blow 50
balloons up for the party.
break down
stop functioning
(vehicle,
machine)
break down
get upset
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
break somethingdown
divide into
smaller parts
break in
force entry to a
building
enter forcibly
break something in
wear something
a few times so
that it doesn't
look/feel new
break in
interrupt
break up
end a
relationship
break up
start laughing
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
(informal)
break out
escape
develop a skin
condition
make unhappy
bring someone up
raise a child
My
grandparentsbrought me u
p after my parents died.
bring something up
start talking
about a subject
bring something up
vomit
call around
phone many
different
places/people
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
return a phone
call
I called the
companyback but the offices
were closed for the
weekend.
cancel
call on someone
ask for an
answer or
opinion
call on someone
visit someone
call someone up
phone
calm down
not care
forsomeone/something
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
catch up
check in
arrive and
register at a
hotel or airport
check out
leave a hotel
checksomeone/somethin
gout
look at carefully,
investigate
check
outsomeone/something
look at
(informal)
cheer up
become happier
cheer someone up
make happier
chip in
help
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
clean something up
tidy, clean
come acrosssomething
find
unexpectedly
come apart
separate
come down
withsomething
become sick
come forward
volunteer for a
task or to give
evidence
come fromsomewhere
originate in
count
onsomeone/something
rely on
I am counting on you to
make dinner while I am out.
draw a line
through
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
one.
consume less
make something
fall to the
ground
cut in
interrupt
cut in
pull in too
closely in front
of another
vehicle
cut in
start operating
(of an engine or
electrical device)
remove with
something sharp
stop providing
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
My grandparents cutmy
father off when he
remarried.
remove part of
something
(usually with
scissors and
paper)
dosomeone/somethingov
er
do something over
do again (AmE)
My teacher wants me
todo my essay overbecause
she doesn't like my topic.
do away withsomething
discard
do something up
fasten, close
dress up
wear nice
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
clothing
drop back
move back in a
position/group
drop in/by/over
come without an
appointment
I might drop
in/by/over for tea
sometime this week.
dropsomeone/something
off
take
someone/somet
hing somewhere
and leave
them/it there
I have to drop my
sisteroff at work before I
come over.
drop out
quit a class,
school etc
eat out
eat at a
restaurant
end up
eventually
reach/do/decide
We ended up renting a
movie instead of going to
the theatre.
fall apart
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
fall down
fall to the
ground
fall out
separate from
an interior
fall out
understand, find
the answer
fill something in
to write
information in
blanks, as on a
form (BrE)
to write
information in
blanks, as on a
form (AmE)
fill something up
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
find out
discover
discover
get somethingacross/ov
er
communicate,
make
understandable
I tried to get my
pointacross/over to the
judge but she wouldn't
listen.
get along/on
get around
have mobility
get away
go on a vacation
get away
withsomething
do without being
noticed or
punished
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
get back
return
receive
something you
had before
retaliate, take
revenge
become
interested in
something again
get on something
step onto a
vehicle
recover from an
illness, loss,
difficulty
overcome a
problem
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
to do (AmE: get
around
tosomething)
get together
meet (usually
for social
reasons)
get up
get up
stand
reveal hidden
information
about someone
ruin a secret
give something
to someone for
free
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
return a
borrowed item
give in
reluctantly stop
fighting or
arguing
give to many
people (usually
at no cost)
give something up
quit a habit
I am giving up smoking as
of January 1st.
give up
stop trying
go after someone
follow someone
My brother tried to go
after the thief in his car.
go after something
try to achieve
something
go against someone
compete,
oppose
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
go ahead
start, proceed
go back
return to a place
go out
leave home to
go on a social
event
date
go over something
review
go over
visit someone
nearby
go without something
suffer lack or
deprivation
grow apart
stop being
friends over time
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
grow back
regrow
grow up
become an adult
hand somethingdown
give something
used to
someone else
hand something in
submit
to distribute to a
group of people
give (usually
unwillingly)
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
hang in
stay positive
(informal)
hang on
hang out
spend time
relaxing
(informal)
hang up
holdsomeone/something
back
prevent from
doing/going
I had to hold my
dogback because there was
a cat in the park.
hide an emotion
hold on
hold
ontosomeone/something
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
holdsomeone/something
up
rob
A man in a black
maskheld the bank up this
morning.
keep on doingsomething
continue doing
not tell
We kept our
relationship from our
parents for two years.
keepsomeone/something
out
stop from
entering
keep something up
continue at the
same rate
fail to support or
help, disappoint
let someone in
allow to enter
sign in (to a
website,
database etc)
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
look
aftersomeone/something
take care of
look
forsomeone/something
try to find
look forward
tosomething
be excited about
the future
investigate
look out
be careful,
vigilant, and
take notice
look out
forsomeone/something
be especially
vigilant for
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
check, examine
look something up
look up to someone
have a lot of
respect for
make something up
make up
forgive each
other
make someone up
apply cosmetics
to
mix something up
confuse two or
more things
pass away
die
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
pass out
faint
pass something up
decline (usually
something good)
return owed
money
be punished for
doing something
bad
choose
pointsomeone/something
out
indicate with
your finger
I'll point my
boyfriendout when he runs
by.
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
surface or floor
kitchen counter.
insult, make
someone feel
stupid
postpone
extinguish
put somethingtogether
assemble
put up
withsomeone/something
tolerate
put something on
put
clothing/accesso
ries on your
body
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
run
intosomeone/something
meet
unexpectedly
run
oversomeone/something
drive a vehicle
over a person or
thing
run
over/throughsomething
rehearse, review
Let's run
over/through these lines
one more time before the
show.
run away
leave
unexpectedly,
escape
run out
return (usually
by mail)
set something up
arrange,
organize
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
set someone up
trick, trap
shop around
compare prices
show off
sleep over
stay somewhere
for the night
(informal)
organize,
resolve a
problem
stick to something
continue doing
something, limit
yourself to one
particular thing
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
switch something on
resemble a
family member
purposely break
into pieces
return an item
take off
start to fly
remove
something
(usually
clothing)
remove from a
place or thing
My
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
to go
somewhere with
you
tear something up
I tore up my ex-boyfriend's
letters and gave them back
to him.
think back
remember (often
+ to, sometimes
+ on)
consider
throw somethingaway
dispose of
decrease the
volume or
strength (heat,
light etc)
refuse
I turned the
job downbecause I don't
want to move.
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
turn something on
turn something up
increase the
volume or
strength (heat,
light etc)
turn up
appear suddenly
try something on
sample clothing
test
use something up
wake up
stop sleeping
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
warmsomeone/somethin
gup
increase the
temperature
warm up
wear off
fade away
Most of my make-upwore
off before I got to the party.
work out
exercise
work out
be successful
make a
calculation