ask sby out invite on a date and a movie. ask many people the same I asked around but nobody has ask around question seen my wallet. add up to Your purchases add up to equal sthg $205.32. You'll have to back up your car so back sthg up reverse that I can get out. My wife backed me up over my back sby up support decision to quit my job. The racing car blew up after it blow up explode crashed into the fence. We have to blow 50 balloons up blow sthg up add air for the party. stop functioning (vehicle, Our car broke down at the side of break down machine) the highway in the snowstorm. The woman broke down when the break down get upset police told her that her son had died. break sthg Our teacher broke the final project divide into smaller parts down down into three separate parts. Somebody broke in last night and break in force entry to a building stole our stereo. break into The firemen had to break into the enter forcibly sthg room to rescue the children. wear sthg a few times so I need to break these shoes in break sthg in that it doesn't look/feel new before we run next week. The TV station broke in to report break in interrupt the news of the president's death. My boyfriend and I broke up break up end a relationship before I moved to America. The kids just broke up as soon as break up start laughing (informal) the clown started talking. The prisoners broke out of jail break out escape when the guards weren't looking. break out in I broke out in a rash after our develop a skin condition sthg camping trip. bring sby This sad music is bringing me make unhappy down down. My grandparents brought me up bring sby up raise a child after my parents died. My mother walks out of the room bring sthg up start talking about a subject when my father brings up sports. He drank so much that he brought bring sthg up vomit his dinner up in the toilet. call around phone many different We called around but we weren't phrasal verb meaning example sentence places/people able to find the car part we needed. I called the company back but the call sby back return a phone call offices were closed for the weekend. Jason called the wedding off call sthg off cancel because he wasn't in love with his fianc. The professor called on me for call on sby ask for an answer or opinion question 1. We called on you last night but call on sby visit sby you weren't home. Give me your phone number and I call sby up phone will call you up when we are in town. You are still mad. You need to calm calm down relax after being angry down before you drive the car. not care for not like (formal) I don't care for his behaviour. sby/ sthg get to the same point as sby You'll have to run faster than that if catch up else you want to catch up with Marty. arrive and register at a hotel We will get the hotel keys when we check in or airport check in. You have to check out of the hotel check out leave a hotel before 11:00 AM. check sby/ The company checks out all new look at carefully, investigate sthg out employees. check out Check out the crazy hair on that look at (informal) sby/ sthg guy! She cheered up when she heard cheer up become happier the good news. I brought you some flowers to cheer sby up make happier cheer you up. If everyone chips in we can get chip in help the kitchen painted by noon. Please clean up your bedroom clean sthg up tidy, clean before you go outside. come across I came across these old photos find unexpectedly sthg when I was tidying the closet. The top and bottom come apart if come apart separate you pull hard enough. come down My nephew came down with become sick with sthg chicken pox this weekend. come volunteer for a task or to give The woman came forward with forward evidence her husband's finger prints. come from The art of origami comes from originate in some place Asia. phrasal verb meaning example sentence count on I am counting on you to make rely on sby/ sthg dinner while I am out. cross sthg Please cross out your old address draw a line through out and write your new one. cut back on My doctor wants me to cut back consume less sthg on sweets and fatty foods. cut sthg We had to cut the old tree in our make sthg fall to the ground down yard down after the storm. Your father cut in while I was cut in interrupt dancing with your uncle. pull in too closely in front of The bus driver got angry when that cut in another vehicle car cut in. start operating (of an engine The air conditioner cuts in when cut in or electrical device) the temperature gets to 22C. The doctors cut off his leg cut sthg off remove with sthg sharp because it was severely injured. The phone company cut off our cut sthg off stop providing phone because we didn't pay the bill. My grandparents cut my father off cut sby off take out of a will when he remarried. remove part of sthg (usually cut sthg out I cut this ad out of the newspaper. with scissors and paper) do sby/ sthg beat up, ransack (BrE, He's lucky to be alive. His shop over informal) was done over by a street gang. My teacher wants me to do my do sthg over do again (AmE) essay over because she doesn't like my topic. do away with It's time to do away with all of discard sthg these old tax records. Do your coat up before you go do sthg up fasten, close outside. It's snowing! It's a fancy restaurant so we have dress up wear nice clothing to dress up. move back in a Andrea dropped back to third drop back position/group place when she fell off her bike. drop in/ by/ come without an I might drop in/by/over for tea over appointment sometime this week. drop sby/ take sby/ sthg somewhere I have to drop my sister off at work sthg off and leave them/it there before I come over. I dropped out of Science because drop out quit a class, school etc it was too difficult. I don't feel like cooking tonight. eat out eat at a restaurant Let's eat out. We ended up renting a movie end up eventually reach/do/decide instead of going to the theatre. phrasal verb meaning example sentence My new dress fell apart in the fall apart break into pieces washing machine. The picture that you hung up last fall down fall to the ground night fell down this morning. The money must have fallen out of fall out separate from an interior my pocket. (of hair, teeth) become loose His hair started to fall out when he fall out and unattached was only 35. I need to figure out how to fit the figure sthg understand, find the answer piano and the bookshelf in this out room. Please fill in the form with your to write information in fill sthg in name, address, and phone blanks, as on a form (BrE) number. to write information in The form must be filled out in fill sthg out blanks, as on a form (AmE) capital letters. I always fill the water jug up when fill sthg up fill to the top it is empty. We don't know where he lives. How find out discover can we find out? We tried to keep the time of the find sthg out discover party a secret, but Samantha found it out. get sthg communicate, make I tried to get my point across/over across/ over understandable to the judge but she wouldn't listen. I was surprised how well my new get along/on like each other girlfriend and my sister got along/on. My grandfather can get around get around have mobility fine in his new wheelchair. We worked so hard this year that get away go on a vacation we had to get away for a week. get away do without being noticed or Jason always gets away with with sthg punished cheating in his maths tests. We got back from our vacation last get back return week. Liz finally got her Science notes get sthg back receive sthg you had before back from my room-mate. My sister got back at me for get back at retaliate, take revenge stealing her shoes. She stole my sby favourite hat. get back into become interested in sthg I finally got back into my novel sthg again and finished it. We're going to freeze out here if get on sthg step onto a vehicle you don't let us get on the bus. get over sthg recover from an illness, loss, I just got over the flu and now my phrasal verb meaning example sentence difficulty sister has it. The company will have to close if it get over sthg overcome a problem can't get over the new regulations. I don't know when I am going to get round to finally find time to do (AmE: get round to writing the thank you sthg get around to sthg) cards. meet (usually for social Let's get together for a BBQ this get together reasons) weekend. I got up early today to study for my get up get out of bed exam. You should get up and give the get up stand elderly man your seat. give sby reveal hidden information His wife gave him away to the away about sby police. give sby My father gave me away at my take the bride to the altar away wedding. give sthg My little sister gave the surprise ruin a secret away party away by accident. give sthg The library was giving away old give sthg to sby for free away books on Friday. give sthg I have to give these skates back to return a borrowed item back Franz before his hockey game. reluctantly stop fighting or My boyfriend didn't want to go to give in arguing the ballet, but he finally gave in. give to many people (usually They were giving out free perfume give sthg out at no cost) samples at the department store. I am giving up smoking as of give sthg up quit a habit January 1st. My maths homework was too give up stop trying difficult so I gave up. My brother tried to go after the go after sby follow sby thief in his car. I went after my dream and now I go after sthg try to achieve sthg am a published writer. go against We are going against the best compete, oppose sby soccer team in the city tonight. Please go ahead and eat before go ahead start, proceed the food gets cold. I have to go back home and get go back return to a place my lunch. leave home to go on a social go out We're going out for dinner tonight. event go out with Jesse has been going out with date sby Luke since they met last winter. Please go over your answers go over sthg review before you submit your test. phrasal verb meaning example sentence I haven't seen Tina for a long time. go over visit sby nearby I think I'll go over for an hour or two. go without When I was young, we went suffer lack or deprivation sthg without winter boots. My best friend and I grew apart grow apart stop being friends over time after she changed schools. grow back regrow My roses grew back this summer. This bike is too big for him now, but grow into grow big enough to fit he should grow into it by next sthg year. Elizabeth needs a new pair of grow out of get too big for shoes because she has grown out sthg of her old ones. When Jack grows up he wants to grow up become an adult be a fireman. hand sthg I handed my old comic books give sthg used to sby else down down to my little cousin. I have to hand in my essay by hand sthg in submit Friday. hand sthg to distribute to a group of We will hand out the invitations at out people the door. hand sthg The police asked the man to hand give (usually unwillingly) over over his wallet and his weapons. Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a hang in stay positive (informal) job very soon. Hang on while I grab my coat and hang on wait a short time (informal) shoes! spend time relaxing Instead of going to the party we are hang out (informal) just going to hang out at my place. He didn't say goodbye before he hang up end a phone call hung up. I had to hold my dog back hold sby/ prevent from doing/going because there was a cat in the sthg back park. hold sthg Jamie held back his tears at his hide an emotion back grandfather's funeral. Please hold on while I transfer you hold on wait a short time to the Sales Department. hold onto hold firmly using your hands Hold onto your hat because it's sby/ sthg or arms very windy outside. hold sby/ A man in a black mask held the rob sthgup bank up this morning. keep on Keep on stirring until the liquid continue doing doing sthg comes to a boil. keep sthg not tell We kept our relationship from our phrasal verb meaning example sentence from sby parents for two years. keep sby/ Try to keep the wet dog out of the stop from entering sthg out living room. If you keep those results up you keep sthg up continue at the same rate will get into a great college. fail to support or help, I need you to be on time. Don't let let sby down disappoint me down this time. Can you let the cat in before you let sby in allow to enter go to school? sign in (to a website, I can't log in to Facebook because log in (or on) database etc) I've forgotten my password. log out (or sign out (of a website, If you don't log off somebody could off) database etc) get into your account. look after I have to look after my sick take care of sby/ sthg grandmother. Ever since we stole that chocolate look down think less of, consider bar your dad has looked down on on sby inferior me. look for sby/ I'm looking for a red dress for the try to find sthg wedding. look forward I'm looking forward to the be excited about the future to sthg Christmas break. look into We are going to look into the price investigate sthg of snowboards today. be careful, vigilant, and take Look out! That car's going to hit look out notice you! look out for Don't forget to look out for snakes be especially vigilant for sby/ sthg on the hiking trail. look sthg Can you look over my essay for check, examine over spelling mistakes? search and find information We can look her phone number up look sthg up in a reference book or on the Internet. database look up to My little sister has always looked have a lot of respect for sby up to me. Josie made up a story about why make sthg up invent, lie about sthg we were late. We were angry last night, but we make up forgive each other made up at breakfast. My sisters made me up for my make sby up apply cosmetics to graduation party. mix sthg up confuse two or more things I mixed up the twins' names again! His uncle passed away last night pass away die after a long illness. It was so hot in the church that an pass out faint elderly lady passed out. phrasal verb meaning example sentence pass sthg give the same thing to many The professor passed the out people textbooks out before class. I passed up the job because I am pass sthg up decline (usually sthg good) afraid of change. Thanks for buying my ticket. I'll pay pay sby back return owed money you back on Friday. be punished for doing sthg That bully will pay for being mean pay for sthg bad to my little brother. I picked out three sweaters for you pick sthg out choose to try on. point sby/ I'll point my boyfriend out when he indicate with your finger sthg out runs by. put sthg put what you are holding on You can put the groceries down on down a surface or floor the kitchen counter. The students put the substitute put sby insult, make sby feel stupid teacher down because his pants down were too short. We are putting off our trip until put sthg off postpone January because of the hurricane. The neighbours put the fire out put sthg out extinguish before the firemen arrived. put sthg I have to put the crib together assemble together before the baby arrives. put up with I don't think I can put up with three tolerate sby/ sthg small children in the car. put clothing/ accessories on Don't forget to put on your new put sthg on your body earrings for the party. run into sby/ I ran into an old school-friend at meet unexpectedly sthg the mall. run over sby/ drive a vehicle over a person I accidentally ran over your bicycle sthg or thing in the driveway. run over/ Let's run over/through these lines rehearse, review through sthg one more time before the show. The child ran away from home and run away leave unexpectedly, escape has been missing for three days. We ran out of shampoo so I had to run out have none left wash my hair with soap. send sthg My letter got sent back to me return (usually by mail) back because I used the wrong stamp. Our boss set a meeting up with the set sthg up arrange, organize president of the company. The police set up the car thief by set sby up trick, trap using a hidden camera. I want to shop around a little shop around compare prices before I decide on these boots. show off act extra special for people He always shows off on his phrasal verb meaning example sentence watching (usually boastfully) skateboard You should sleep over tonight if stay somewhere for the night sleep over the weather is too bad to drive (informal) home. We need to sort the bills out sort sthg out organize, resolve a problem before the first of the month. continue doing sthg, limit You will lose weight if you stick to stick to sthg yourself to one particular the diet. thing switch sthg The light's too bright. Could you stop the energy flow, turn off off switch it off. switch sthg We heard the news as soon as we start the energy flow, turn on on switched on the car radio. take after I take after my mother. We are resemble a family member sby both impatient. take sthg He took the car brakes apart and purposely break into pieces apart found the problem. take sthg I have to take our new TV back return an item back because it doesn't work. take off start to fly My plane takes off in five minutes. remove sthg (usually Take off your socks and shoes and take sthg off clothing) come in the lake! Can you take the garbage out to take sthg out remove from a place or thing the street for me? pay for sby to go somewhere My grandparents took us out for take sby out with you dinner and a movie. I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters tear sthg up rip into pieces and gave them back to him. remember (often + to, When I think back on my youth, I think back sometimes + on) wish I had studied harder. think sthg I'll have to think this job offer over consider over before I make my final decision. throw sthg We threw our old furniture away dispose of away when we won the lottery. turn sthg decrease the volume or Please turn the TV down while the down strength (heat, light etc) guests are here. turn sthg I turned the job down because I refuse down don't want to move. stop the energy flow, switch Your mother wants you to turn the turn sthg off off TV off and come for dinner. It's too dark in here. Let's turn turn sthg on start the energy, switch on some lights on. increase the volume or Can you turn the music up? This is turn sthg up strength (heat, light etc) my favourite song. turn up appear suddenly Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the phrasal verb meaning example sentence neighbourhood. I'm going to try these jeans on, but try sthg on sample clothing I don't think they will fit. I am going to try this new brand of try sthg out test detergent out. The kids used all of the toothpaste use sthg up finish the supply up so we need to buy some more. We have to wake up early for work wake up stop sleeping on Monday. warm sby/ You can warm your feet up in front increase the temperature sthg up of the fireplace. I always warm up by doing sit-ups warm up prepare body for exercise before I go for a run. Most of my make-up wore off wear off fade away before I got to the party. I work out at the gym three times a work out exercise week. work out be successful Our plan worked out fine. work sthg We have to work out the total cost make a calculation out before we buy the house.