Traductorado Público de Inglés

Florencia Perez
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Phrasal verbs
Phrasal Definition Notes
abide by fulfill (a promise)
account for give a good explanation for sth
add up to make sense
agree with have a good effect on
allow for include in calculations
make a discount (normally
allow on
because you give sth else)
answer back reply imprudently
ask after / about (sb) to make inquiries about sb
ask down to invite sb
ask out / in / round invite to do sth
back away / out recede slowly
back out do not carry on with sth
back out of
to withdraw from
(enterprise)
back out of (promise) to refuse to keep
back up support
bank on count with, rely on (informal)
bargain for expect
be down with confined to bed
be had up get in trouble with the law
be out be away from home
be over finish
be up be awake
be up to doing
to be engaged in (with the idea of
be up to
doing ill or mischief)
be up to (sth) be prepared for
bear out confirm story or statement
bear up to endure cheerfully
blow out extinguish (a flame, candle)
blow up explode
blow up fill sth with air

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boil away (water) to evaporate
boil down to resume, may be reduced to
explode with rage, become really
boil over (person)
angry
boil over (water) overflow
borne up (?) support
break down stop functioning
break down lose control
break down be really sad
break in enter by force
break in (horse) tame
break into penetrate
break into enter
break into (convo) interrupt
break off stop doing sth
stop talking to someone; end
break off
relationship
break off end
break out disperse
break out (war) begin
break out / away escape from
break out of escape (prison)
break up stop negotiations with
break up (party) finish
break up (school) finish
break with stop / severe connections with
bring about cause
bring in become known
bring out publish
bring round help sb recover conciousness
bring round understand and agree
bring up mention
bring up (children) raise a child
broke up (family) be divided
brush up revise
bump into meet sb, encounter sb
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burn up burn in flames
butt in interrupt
call at visit
call for come and collect
call for be in need of
call in visit
call in summon, to order to come
call off cancel
call on pay a visit
say publicly what you want sb to
call on
do
call up summon for military service
call up telephone sb
care for look after
care for like sb or sth
carry down deal with sth
carry on continue
carry out do
carry out perform
carry out follow orders
cash in on get money with sth
link your last row of stitches when
cast off
knitting
cast off untie to sail
catch on understand or realise sth
catch on become popular
catch on become fashionable
catch sb making a mistake;
catch out confuse or trick sb into making
one
catch up with achieve a position of equality
chance upon happen to meet
clash with do not match
clear away disperse a crowd
clean, take away from
clear away / out
somewhere
clear off escape
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clear up solve, clarify
clear up (weather) improve
clear up / away / out tidy up
close down end business
close with have an agreement settled
coerce into make sb do sth
come about happen
come across find by accident
come away with succeed
come back return
come by / into obtain
come down become less
come in for receive, meet
come off succeed
come off be removed
come out be published
come out became known
come out raise (for example: problems)
come out disappear
come out at total (a bill)
come out of result from
come over (sb) “what were you thinking?”
come over to (sb) approach sb
come round agree
come round / to recover conciousness
understand (normally a way of
come round to
thinking or opinion)
come under be classified as
come up arise
come up against confront, face
come up to equal (expectations)
discover, invent, provide idea or
come up with
solution
come upon meet by chance
cook up invent, make up
cough up pay (informal)
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count on rely on
count out exclude
cut across contradict (a theory)
cut down reduce
cut down to fell
cut off disinherit
cut off leave without certain service
cut off (phone) disconnect, hang up
cut off / out feel isolated
cut out from a magazine
cut out (habit) stop doing
cut out (text) shorten
cut out for (be…) have the necessary qualities
cut up (be…) upset about sth
dare to challenge
dawn on / upon suddenly realise
deal with concern
descend on visit
dictate to give orders to
die away stop gradually
do not exist anymore, out of
die out
fashion, become extinct
dig at (sb) annoy, fight
do / go without manage without
do away with abolish
do away with
comit suicide
(myself)
do for kill, ruin
do for be alright / enough for
do out clean
do up clean
do up to renovate or redecorate
draw back recede
draw near / closer approach
draw out prolong
draw up create a contract
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dress down scold
drift in arrive lazily
drive away stop feeling or thinking about sth
drive in cause sb ot sth to do sth
drive off leave in a car
drop by visit spontainously
drop in go visit
drop off fall asleep
drop out stop doing activities
drop out leave
dwell on emphasize
ease off work less hard
eat into corrode (as in rust)
egg on encourage
conclude a series of actions in a
end up
certain state
enter for participate
explain away falsely explain sth
face on to in opposite
face up to withstand, to remain firm
face up to accept with courage
fade away stop or disappear slowly
fade away diminishing
fall about laugh uncontrolably
fall away revolve (from the king)
fall away disappear
fall back to recede or retreat
use sth of a lower quality or that
fall back on we didn’t want to use (savings,
for example)
fall behind opposite of catch up with
fall down reduced
fall for become extremely attracted to
fall in (soldier) take their places
fall in with cooperate, agree
fall off decrease
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fall out quarrel
fall through /apart /
fail to happen, fail
down
fed up exhausted
fed up (be…) bored, disgusted
feel for sympathise with
feel up to (sth) feel well enough to do sth
fill in (form) complete
find out discover
fix on arrange (a date)
fix up establish
look at (book) while turning
flick through
pages quickly
frown on disapprove of sth
gather from (formal) heard, have news
get (sb) down depress
get (sth) over do sth since you have to anyway
get about / out be known or discovered
get across cause to be understood
get at reach sth
get at find out
get at continually annoy
get away escape
get away with escape doing sth
get back have / get revenge
get by manage
get down to apply yourself to serious work
get hold of obtain
get in be elected MP
get in (train) arrive and stop
get off escape punishment
get off alight from
get off (bicycle) descend from
get off / away stop working to go home
get off / down dismount from
get on progressing, managing
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get on to refer to how is someone
get on get older
get on agree
get on (transport) enter
get on / along continue, do
used for time; nearly (for
get on for example: it’s getting on for 10
o’clock)
get on for approach
get on to understand
get on to contact
get on with have a good relationship with
get out of the bus
get out (car) descend from
get out of escape doing sth
get over recover from sth
get over finish
get round avoid, evade
get round overcome sth
get through (exam) pass
get through (with) complete, finish
get up arise
get up (party; play) arrange, organize
give away betray
give away reveal
give away give to sb else
give away
present
(certificate)
give back return
give in yield
give in betray
give lodging to resemble
give off emit
give on to lead straight to somewhere
give out come to an end
give out produce
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give out announce
give out give to people (leaflets)
give out (machine) stop
give up resign from a job
give up abandon an idea
give up stop doing
go / follow through really do sth you promised or
with threatened with
go about start
go after pursue
go after try and catch
go against be contrary to
go ahead succeed
go ahead continue
go away leave
go back return
go back on (promise) fail to honor
go beyond exceed
go by pass
go down be well received
go down sink
go down descend
go down lower
go down with be ill with
go for (sb) attack
go in enter a place
go in for specialise in sth
go in for try sth new
go in for (contest) participate
go into enter
go into investigate
go into (sth) discuss, consider (informal)
go off stop liking sth
go off explode
go off leave in a hurry

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go off (food) go bad
go on with (sth) continue with
go out be out of fashion
go out (news) become known
go over study, revise
go over explain sth
go round be enough
go round spread
go through examine
go through experience, suffer
go through use all up
experience, assume (for
go to example: I went to so much pain
for you!)
go up rise
go up be built
go up (prices) rise
go up to approach
go with accompany
go with match
slowly become more enjoyable or
grow on
attractive to sb
grow out of grow up and stop liking sth
grow up become an adult
grow up develop
give and teach to other
hand down
generation
hand in to return or submit
hand over to give place to a successor
hand round / out distribute
hang around /about saunter, loiter
hang on to keep and care for sth valuable
harp on talk incessantly about sth
harp on keep referring to, show off
have (it) out with sb openly discuss sth with sb
have (sb) on say sth untrue to sb

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have sb in your house for dinner,
have (sb) over
etc
have a go make an attempt to
have in give lodging
head for go towards
head off intercept
hear of consent to
hear of it (won’t…) refuse to accept
hold back hide
hold back retain
hold off delay
hold on wait on the phone
hold over postpone
hold up a robbery, esp. an armed one
join up join the army
jump at accept with enthusiasm
jump on get on or into sth
keep (sth) up continue, maintain
keep back impede
keep back don’t come any nearer
keep down (riot) control, mollify, placate
keep in with (sb) stay on good terms
keep off stay at a distance, don’t touch
ask or tell sb something in a way
keep on at
that annoys them
keep out stay away from
keep out (rain) cause to remain outside
keep out of stay away from
keep up maintain, look after
keep up with stay in the same level
knock off stop working and leave
knock out hit hard until fall unconscious
knock up hit hard until fall unconscious
lash out shout
lash out spend money
laugh about laugh in retrospect, remembering
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lay in store
lay into fight with
lay out design, organize
to incapacitate or confine through
lay up (person)
illness
lay up (thing) to store or reserve for future use
lead up to go slowly into mentioning sth
leave off leave
leave off stop, cease
leave out (of) not include, omit
let (sb) in on allow sb to share sth
let down disappoint or betray sb
let down (clothes) lengthen
let in allow
let off excuse sb
leave without punishment,
let off
overlook and offence
let on reveal a secret
let out (clothes) loosen sth
let out (clothes) make them bigger
lie in stay in bed late
light up / upon come across sth
listen in listen to the radio
live in live inside the house
use sth to live and manage with
live off (sth)
(like a pension, for example)
live on (sth) sustain and live thanks to sth
correspond to (expectations),
live up to
maintain high standard
lock up close the doors
lock up / away keep away from sb or sth
think of with nostalgia or
long for
anticipation
look after take care of
look ahead make plans for the future
look at (sth) consider
look back remember

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look down on / upon underestimate, disregard
look for expect
look forward think of with anticipation
look in check
look in call sb
look in pay a short visit, check
look into investigate
look into / at consider with attention
look like resemble
look on consider
watch as an onlooker, away from
look on
the action
look on (sb) as regard, consider as
look on to (place) to be looking in certain direction
look out search
look out (expresion) be careful
look out for search for sb
look over observe, examine, inspect
look round see your surroundings
look through (sb) ignore sb
look through /over read, revise, study, flick through
look to (sb) rely on
look up search
look up visit
look up improve, increase
look up and down scrutinize
look up at regard
look up to respect, admire
put the name of sb in certain
make (sth) out to
thing (like a cheque)
make away with steal
make for head towards
make of understand
make off leave as quick as possible
make out understand
make up settle a quarrel
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make up (your mind) choose and decide
make up invent sth
make up put make up on
make up for compensate
meet with suffer or experience sth (bad)
mind out be careful
miss out not notice
miss out omit
mix up confuse
mix up with relate to diff. kinds of people
mix up with involved with
move out move house
order about give too many commands
own up admit sth
pack up stop (watch)
pack up put everything on a suitcase
pass / hand on give to sb else
pass away die
pass out faint
pass over ignore
pass round offer sth to everyone
pay back have / get revenge
pay off pay money back in instalments
pay out pay for sth
peck at eat playfully
pick (sb) out identify sb
pick on bother or annoy sb
pick up collect
pick up learn quickly and without effort
pick up improve
pick up (habit) start having a bad habit
pile / lay (it) on exaggerate
piss off annoy
play up not work properly
point (sth) out identify and show
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pull through recover from
pull up stop (vehicle)
put (sb) off impede, stop, deter from
put (sb) out inconvenience sb
give lodging to, give
put (sb) up
accommodation
put (sb) up to give idea
put about spread a rumor
put away (dishes) clean up
put back (watch) retard sth
put by / away / aside save (money)
put down suppress
attributed to, caused by, because
put down
of
put down fill in with sth in writing
put down (riot) calm, control
put forward propose sth
put forward interpose
put forward (watch) put a later time in a clock
put in work (hours to do)
put in make (a claim)
put off postpone
put off annoy
put off disturb
put off /out (light) turn off, switch off
assume (an air of sth, for
put on
example)
put on dress
put on (a play) produce
put on (it) gamble
put on (weight) gain weight
put on / upon take advantage
put out extinguish
put out annoy
put out (body) dislocate
put through connect

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put up incite
put up provide
put up give accommodation
put up erect (a estatue, for example)
put up (price) raise prices
put up with tolerate
put upon impose on
rattle off quickly recite
read into see more than there really is
read out read aloud
read up on study info about sth
reckon on make allowances for
rest with in the hands of
ring off put down the telephone
ring up call
round up gather
rub (sth) in remind sb of sth unpleasant
rub / brush up practise again
rub off on (sb) benefited
rub out erase a mistake
rule out exclude
run (sth) in trying sth out
run (sth) up make, do, produce
run /play over /off
play a song
(music)
run across meet, encounter by chance
run away leave without telling
run away with escape (also for feelings)
run away with stick to an idea
run down overtake and capture sb
run down ill
run down criticise, often unfairly
run down (look) exhausted
run in fine, arrest
run into collide, hit

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run into get into
run into (money) reach, receive
run into / across encounter
run off finish
run off print several copies of sth
talk about unimportant stuff non
run on
stop
run out expire
run out of lack sth
run over revise, re-read
run over (car) to knock down
run over (water) overflow
run through spend
run to cost
run up (bills) accummulate
encounter, experience, suffer
run up against
(normally negative things)
scrape through just manage to pass
see about do sth about
see off accompany and wave goodbye to
see out guide to the way out
see through see the true intention of
see to / about attend sth
sell off sell until nothing is left
send down to expel from a university
send for summon, to order to come
send in send
send sth you’ve received to sb
send on
else
send out distribute
set against consider as counterbalancing
set in unchanging
sth likely to continue for some
set in
time
set out / off begin
set up establish
set up begin a business
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set up (record) create a new record
set up in start
settle down be contented
to adopt an orderly and routine
settle down
way of life
become adapted to in a new
settle in
home, environment, etc
settle up (with) pay back
shake (sth) off get rid of sth
shop around compare prices before buying
shout until sb stops talking in
shout down
public
show off display
show up arrive
shut down close a place
shut in prevent from going out
shut up be quiet
sick for longing for
side with support
single out pick out
sink in allow to penetrate
sit back relax
sit on scold sb
sit out / off (a dance) do not dance
sit up to remain out of bed and awake
sitting on doing nothing with
sleep in sleep until late
sleep on decide later
slow down decrease speed
sold out no stock of sth
sort out attend the details
speak up speak more loudly
spend a lot of money on sth you
splash out
want but don’t really need
stand about / around spend time doing little
stand aside take no part
stand by keep a promise
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stand by be in a state of readiness
stand down withdraw
stand down give your job or position
stand for accept sth which is unacceptable
stand for mean
stand for maintain a demand or belief
stand for / in take the part of
stand in for substitue sb
stand out easily seen
stand over (people) supervise
stand up against oppose, fight back
stand up for support
stand up to withstand, face sth
stay up don’t go to sleep
step on (it) hurry
step out withdraw
step out walk more quickly
step up accelerate
stick by be loyal
stick up for support
storm out leave angrily
straight out clarify
to fall heir to something; to take
succeed to
something over
take (it) out on (sb) treat unfairly
take (sth) for mistake sth
take aback surprise, startle
take after resemble in character
take back admit wrong action or saying
take down write
take in deceive
take in understand
take off deduct (related to maths)
take off remove
take off leave the ground

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take on undertake
take on employ new staff
take over assume control of
take over / on accept challenge
take over from substitute
take to like sb (instantly)
find sth to be easy, be good at
take to
sth
take to get used to
take up start learning
take up occupy
take up accept (a job, for example)
take up (space) occupy
take up for substituting for
talk down to speak in a superior way
talk into persuade to do sth
talk out of persuade not to
talk over discuss
tell off reprimand sb
think out consider
think over consider
throw away throw to the bin
throw up a job
tie in (nicely) with fit
tie up bind
to say what we’re going to do
to be for
next
top up fill (for example: a battery)
touch down a plane (opposite of take off)
touch on (subject) mention
toy with consider lightly
try (sth) out give a try, TEST
tumble to realise
turn (sb) out dismiss, evict sb
turn against / on attack

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be refused admission to, not
turn away
allowed
turn down reject
turn down lower
turn in go to bed
turn on switch on
turn on explain
turn on (sb) attack angrily or blame sb of sth
turn out empty sth (like your pockets)
turn out produce
turn out result, prove to be sth else
turn out clean?
turn over to capsize accidentally (a boat)
turn over to shift turning from side to side
turn to begin working
turn to ask for help
to start to do or take something
turn to bad (for example: sleeping
tablets)
turn up appear, go to a place
up to (sb) sb’s responsibility
usher in attend, wait on
vouche for be responsible for
wait on serve
wait up not go to bed
walk out on sb leave sb
clean the dishes (uk) / wash
wash up
hands (us)
watch out for pay attenton, be careful of
watch over guard
wear off disappear slowly
wear out become used
weight against influence the decision of sb
wind up end, finish, reach a conclusion
wind up a watch
wipe out destroy, erradicate
work on take advantage of sth
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work out find a way of solving a problem
work out succeed
work out do exercise
work out be calculated (a bill for example)
to empty or drain sth out of all of
work out
its contents (for example: a mine)
work up consume (energy)
worm out find out something
worn away disappear in time
worn out exhausted
wound up brought speech to an end
wrap up in concerned with
wrap up in concentrated

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