PHRASAL VERBS 1

VERBS WITH TWO PARTICLES

CUT DOWN ON -

CATCH UP WITH

COME UP AGAINST = Meet / find

COME UP WITH = Think of

DROP IN ON = Visit for a short time

FACE UP TO = Accept / Deal with

FEEL UP TO = Have the energy and strength to do

GET AWAY WITH =

GET ALONG/ ON WITH = Have good relations with

GET ON WITH = Continue with

GET OUT OF = Avoid a responsibility

GET ROUND TO =

GET UP TO = Do something bad

GO IN FOR = Have as a hobby

GROW OUT OF = Become too old for

KEEP UP WITH

LOOK UP TO = Respect

LOOK DOWN ON = Feel superior to

LOOK FORWARD TO

MAKE UP FOR = Compensate for

PUT UP WITH
RUN OUT OF
STAND UP FOR = Defend
VERBS WITH ONE PARTICLE

ASK AFTER

CALL FOR = Come to your house and collect you

CALL ON = Visit for a short time

COME ACROSS = Find by chance

COUNT ON = Depend on

COME INTO = Inherit

DEAL WITH

DO WITHOUT = Manage without having

GET AT = Suggest

GET OVER = Recover from

GO OVER = Discuss

JOIN IN = Take part in

LIVE ON = Have as income

LOOK INTO = Investigate

LOOK ROUND = Look at everything

MAKE FOR =

PICK ON = Choose a person to punish

RUN INTO = Meet by chance

SEE ABOUT = Make arrangements

SEE TO = Attend to / Take care of

STAND FOR = Tolerate / Be a candidate for

TAKE AFTER = Have the same characteristics as

 PHRASAL VERBS II
VERBS WITH ONE PARTICLE: TRANSITIVE AND SEPARATE

BRING UP

CALL + OBJECT + BACK = Phone you at another time

CARRY OUT

CALL OFF = Cancel

CLEAR UP = Make tidy / improve

FILL IN = Complete by writing/ Take someone’s place

FIND OUT

GIVE + Something + AWAY = Make a gift of / make something known

GIVE UP =

HOLD UP = Rob

KNOCK OUT = Make unconscious

LEAVE OUT = Not include

LOOK UP = Find Information

PICK UP = Collect

PUT ASIDE = Save

PUT + Something + OFF = Postpone

PUT + Someone + UP

SHOW AROUND

TAKE OVER

TAKE UP = Start a hobby

TEAR UP = Tear into pieces

THINK OVER = Consider

TRY OUT

TURN DOWN = Refuse an offer

WEAR OUT = Make tired

WORK OUT = Find a solution

VERBS WITH ONE PARTICLE

BREAK DOWN= Stop working

BREAK OUT = Begin suddenly

COME OUT = Be published

DRAW UP = Come to a stop / Write a legal document

FALL OUT = Quarrel

GET AWAY = Escape

GIVE IN = Stop fighting against

GO OFF = Explode

LOOK OUT = Beware

SET IN = To arrive and stay

SHOW OFF =

TAKE OFF

TURN UP = Arrive / Increase

WEAR OFF