Phrasal Verbs

PHRASAL VERB EXPLANATION EXAMPLE

Account for Explain, be the reason for His lack of interest accounts for his
poor grades.
Add up Equal Your purchases add up to$205.32.
to something
Agree with Have the same opinion as I agree with Tom about the need for
someone better schools.
Argue something Discuss all the details to come We argued our differences out and
out to an agreement signed a contract.
Attend to Take care of something you Peter attended to preparations for
something need to do the party while his wife cooked the
dinner.
Break down Stop functioning (vehicle, Our car broke down at the side of
machine) get upset the highway. She broke down when
she Heard the news.
Break Enter forcibly The firemen had to break into the
into something room to rescue the children.
Break up End a relationship My boyfriend and I broke up before I
moved to America.
Call up Telephone someone I will call you up, ok?
Call someone back Return a phone call I called the companyback but the
offices were closed for the
weekend.
Call something of Cancel Jason called the
weddingoff because he wasn't in
love with his fianc.
Calm down Relax after being angry You are still mad. You need to calm
downbefore you drive the car.
Check in Arrive and register at a hotel or We will get the hotel keys when
airport we check in.
Check out Leave a hotel You have to check out of the hotel
before 11:00 AM.
Dress up Wear nice clothing It's a fancy restaurant so we have
to dress up.
Fill something in To write information in blanks Please fill in the form with your
(br.e.) name, address, and phone number.
Fill something out To write information in blanks The form must be filled out in
capital letters.
Get away Go on a vacation We worked so hard this year that
we had to get away for a week.
Get into To implicate, to involve Avoid getting into problems, Tom!
Get of Leave (a bus, a train, plane) Oh look, Sarah is getting off the
train
Get on (in) Enter (a bus, a train, plane) Get on quickly the train alar mis
ringing!
Get out for (from) To scape from an unpleasant Lets get out from here!
situation
Get over Recover from an illness I hope you get over son and leave the
hospital
Get together Meet (usually for social Let's get together for a BBQ this
reasons) weekend.
Give up To finish a battle for himself I give up, youre the winner
Grow up Get bigger and older Shakira grew up in Colombia
Hand out Give something to a person, Please, hand out this exercise to
then to another person your classmates
Hang out Spend time relaxing (informal) Instead of going to the party we are
just going to hang out at my place.
Hang up End a phone call He didn't say goodbye before
he hung up.
Hold on Wait a short time Please hold on while I transfer you
to the Sales Department.
Log in (or on) Sign in (to a website, database I can't log in to Facebook because
etc) I've forgotten my password.
Log out (or of) Sign out (of a website, If you don't log offsomebody could
database etc) get into your account.
Look after Take care of I have to look after my sick
someone/somethin grandmother.
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Make up To compensate, invent a story. He makes up for the exam he
missed
Pass away (out) Die His uncle passed awaylast after a long
illness.
Put on Put clothes on ones body Put on that jacket now
Shop around Look for bargains or deals Carla is shopping around Miami
Shut up Stop making noise (considered He angrily screamed: Shut up!
rude).
Switch something o Stop the energy flow, turn of The light's too bright. Could
f you switch it off.
Switch something o Start the energy flow, turn on We heard the news as soon as
n we switched on the car radio.
Take of Remove clothes on ones body I am taking off the dirty uniform
Take out Remove, withdraw Class, take your dictionaries out,
please!
Throw out (away) Put in the trash, discard Throw that old map away
Turn of Stop a machine or a light Turn off the stereo, please
Turn on Start a machine or a light Turn on the stereo, please
Type in Press a key to enter data Im typing in my resume
Work out Be successful Our plan worked out totally.
Write down Write a note on a piece of Write down my e-mail address
paper
Adventures
I was brought up in a small town in the countryside. Growing up in the countryside
ofered lots of advantages for young people. The only problem was that we often
got into trouble as we made up stories that we acted out around town. I can
remember one adventure in particular: One day as we were coming back from
school, we came up with the brilliant idea to make out that we were pirates
looking for treasure. My best friend Tom said that he made out an enemy ship in
the distance. We all ran for cover and picked up a number of rocks to use for
ammunition against the ship as we got ready to put together our plan of action.
We were ready to set of on our attack, we slowly went along the path until we
were face to face with our enemy - the postman's truck! The postman was
dropping of a package at Mrs. Brown's house, so we got into his truck. At that
point, we really didn't have any idea about what we were going to do next. The
radio was playing so we turned down the volume to discuss what we would do
next. Jack was all for switching on the motor and getting away with the stolen
mail! Of course, we were just children, but the idea of actually making of with a
truck was too much for us to believe. We all broke out in nervous laughter at the
thought of us driving down the road in this stolen Postal Truck. Luckily for us, the
postman came running towards us shouting, "What are you kids up to?!". Of
course, we all got out of that truck as quickly as we could and took of down the
road.
Phrasal Verbs
To act out
To be up to
To break out
To bring up
To come back
To come up
To drive down
To drop of
To get into
To get into
To get out of
To get ready
To grow up
To look for
To make of with
To make out
To make up
To pick up
To set of
To set of
To switch on
To take of
To turn down
To break out
To put together

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