An Extensive List of Phrasal Verbs: Grammar Rules

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Conjunctions M eaning Example
Verb
Pronouns
If you want to keep your job
Adverb abide by
To respect or obey a
here, you must abide by our
decision, a law or a rule
Preposition rules.
To explain, give a I hope you can account for

account for
reason the time you were out!
To make sense, seem The facts in the case just don’t

add up
reasonable add up.
advise To recommend not I advise against walking

against doing something alone in this neighborhood.
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Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To have the same

I agree with you. I think you
agree with opinion as someone
should go as well.
else.
We need to allow for

To take into
allow for unexpected charges along the
consideration
way.
1. He appealed to the
1. To plead or court to change its
make a request decision.
appeal to 2. To be attractive 2. A vacation of

or interesting sunbathing doesn’t
appeal to me.
To make a formal
He applied for a scholarship
apply for request for something
for next semester.
(job, permit, loan etc.)
To move backwards, in When he saw the bear, he

back away
fear or dislike backed away in fright.
Local authorities backed

To withdraw, concede
back down down on their threats to build
defeat
on that part of the beach.

Phrasal
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Verb
1. I’m going to be very

1. To give support
strict with him. I hope
or
you’ll back me up on
encouragement
this?
back up 2. To make a
2. You should back up
copy of (file,
all your computer files
program, etc.)
in a secure location.
To base your hopes on I’m banking on you to help

bank on
something / someone with the charity event.
To faint, lose Jenna fell in the parking lot

black out
consciousness and blacked out.
To separate using a The police blocked off the

block off
barrier. street after the explosion.
1. Tommy blew up the

1. To explode red balloon.
blow up 2. To get angry 2. Don’t blow up at me.

It’s not my fault.
boil down It all boils down to who has

To be summarized as
to more power.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To start a computer by You need to boot up your

boot up loading an operating computer before you begin to
system or program work.
To separate from a One of the wolves broke

break away
crowd away from his pack.
1. The washing machine

1. To go out of broke down so we
order, cease to had to call in the
function repair technician.
break down 2. To lose control 2. John broke down
of one’s when he heard the
emotions news.
Burglars broke into my car

break into To enter by force
last night.
Rioting broke out after the

break out To start suddenly government raised the fuel
prices again.
break out To escape from a place Several prisoners broke out

of by force of jail.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To come to an end She broke up with Daniel

break up
(marriage, relationship) after dating him for five years.
Sara is bringing up her

bring up To raise (a child)
children by herself.
To improve, refresh I must brush up on my

brush up
one’s knowledge of French before going to Paris
on
something next month.
To meet by chance or I bumped into Adam at the

bump into
unexpectedly bank. He says “hello”.
1. The light bulb burnt

1. stop out. Please change
(something) it.
working
2. She needs to work
burn out 2. become fewer hours.
exhausted from Otherwise she will
over-working burn out.
Could please call back in ten

call back To return a phone call
minutes?
The game was called off

call off To cancel
because of bad weather.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To become more It took Kylie several hours to

calm down relaxed, less angry or calm down after she saw the
upset accident.
The soldiers carried on

carry on To continue walking in order to get to their
post before dark.
1. To do
something as 1. His orders were
specified (a carried out to the
plan, an order, letter.
a threat) 2. That company does
carry out
2. To perform or not carry out tests
conduct (test, on animals.
experiment)
They said I must check in at

To register at a hotel or
check in least three hours before my
airport
flight.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
1. Donna checked out

1. To pay one’s of the hotel this
bill and leave morning.
(a hotel) 2. I don’t know if this
check out
2. To investigate price is correct. I’ll
check it out online.
When the police started

clam up To refuse to speak asking questions, the suspect
clammed up.
The local authorities have

clamp down To act strictly to prevent decided to clamp down on
on something illegal parking in handicapped
parking places.
1. I was cleaning up and

1. To find by came across some
chance old photos of you.
come 2. To appear, 2. The politician came

across seem, make an across as a
impression complete fool during
the TV interview.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
come Has the owner of the winning

To present oneself
forward lotto ticket come forward?
To rely or depend on You can count on me to keep

count on
(for help) your secret.
cut down To reduce in number or I’ve decided to cut down on

on size the amount of sweets I eat.
1. She cut out a

1. To remove coupon from the
using scissors newspaper.
cut out 2. To stop doing 2. You need to cut out

something all red meat from your
diet.
To handle, take care of Catherine is not good at

deal with
(problem, situation) dealing with stress.
After the storm died down,

To calm down, become
die down we went outside to see the
less strong
damage it had caused.
She didn’t get a salary this

do without To manage without month, so she’ll have to do
without extra treats.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
The suspect’s trial dragged

To last longer than
drag on on longer than we had
expected
expected!
To write (contract, They drew up a contract and

draw up
agreement, document) had me sign it.
Their wedding gave us a

dress up wear elegant clothes chance to dress up and get
out of the house.
To visit, usually on the Why don’t you drop in to see

drop in
way somewhere us on your way home?
1. To deliver 1. I’ll drop off the

someone or papers later today.
something 2. I often drop off in
drop off
2. To fall asleep front of the TV.
To leave school without Zack dropped out of college

drop out
finishing and joined the army.
To reduce, become less

Traffic usually eases off
ease off severe or slow down
about 7pm
(pain, traffic, work)

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To finish in a certain Her marriage ended in

end in
way; result in divorce.
If you don’t improve your work

To finally reach a state,
end up habits, you’ll end up being
place or action
fired.
His plans to trek through

fall through To fail; doesn’t happen South America fell through
when he got sick.
He’s trying to figure out how

To understand, find the
figure out to earn enough money to go
answer
on the trip to Spain.
Please fill out the enclosed

To complete (a form/an
fill out form and return it as soon as
application)
possible.
To discover or obtain I’m going to to find out who’s

find out
information responsible for the power cut.
Tom had difficultty focusing

To concentrate on
focus on on work the day before his
something
holiday started.
get along To be on good terms; It’s important to get along

(with) work well with with your team supervisor.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
What are you getting at? Do

get at To imply
you think I’m to blame?
I think we should get away for

get away To escape
the weekend.
To manage to cope or Students without jobs have a

get by
to survive hard time getting by.
When did you get in last

get in To enter
night?
get into How did you get into your car

To enter
(+noun) without the keys?
1. You should get off

1. To leave (bus, the train in Kings
train, plane) Heath.
get off 2. To remove 2. I can’t get the ink
stain off my shirt.
To board (bus, train, I’m trying to get on the flight

get on
plane) to Brussels.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
After they split up, she had a

get on with To continue to do; make
hard time getting on with her
(something) progress
life.
get on He doesnt get on very well

To have a good
(well) with with the other members of the
relationship with
(somebody) committee.
He had a hard time getting

get out To leave out of Newark because of the
snow?
To avoid doing Edna’s trying to get out of

get out of
something working the night shift.
To recover from (illness,

get over Has she gotten over the flu?
disappointment)
To recover from (illness, Mary had the chickenpox last

get over
disappointment) week but she got over it.
Please get rid of that old t-

get rid of To eliminate
shirt. It’s so ragged.
get Let’s get together for your

To meet each other
together birthday on Saturday.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
Will you please get up?

get up To rise, leave bed You’ve got a class in 20
minutes.
1. To cease 1. We will never give in

opposition; to the terrorists’
yield demands.
give in 2. To To hand in; 2. I’ll give in my paper
submit tomorrow.
To stop doing Morris gave up drinking 10

give up
something years ago.
Andy went through a lot of

go through To experience
pain after his mother died.
To spend one’s
He’s like Peter Pan. He never
grow up childhood; develop;
really grew up at all.
become an adult
To submit (report, Please hand in your papers

hand in
homework) before Friday.
Susan volunteered at the

hand out To distribute shelter where she handed
out warm clothes.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
To spend time in a Which pub does the team

hang out particular place or with a hang out at after the game?
group of friends
To end a phone If you hang up now, I’ll never

hang up
conversation speak to you again.
1. Please hold on and

a representative will
answer your call.
1. To wait
2. She was so scared
hold on 2. To grip tightly
on the rollercoaster
ride that she held on
for dear life.
To be quick, act Hurry up and finish your

hurry up
speedily lunch or we’ll miss the train.
To resolve by The two countries met at the

iron out discussion, eliminate conference to iron out their
differences differences.
Yes David, you can join in the

join in To participate
discussion any time you like.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
1. There was a war on,

1. To engage in, so some kids were
become a only sixteen when
member of they joined up.
join up 2. To meet and 2. Let’s separate now
unite with and join up later at
the restaurant.
To continue doing If you keep on making that

keep on
something noise I will get annoyed.
To stay at the same

keep up I read the paper every day to
level as someone or
with keep up with the news.
something
The rugby match kicked off

kick off To begin, start
at 3 o’clock.
Please check your form again

leave out To omit, not mention and make sure nothing is left
out.
I feel so let down because

let down To disappoint they promised me a puppy but
all I got was a doll.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
Andy can you look after your

look after To take care of
sister until I get back?
She’s such a snob. She

look down
To consider as inferior always looks down on
on
anyone who is poor.
If you don’t want to take part in

To be a spectator at an
look on the game you can look on for
event
now.
Harry went to the shop to look

look for To try to find something for a new computer.
look To await or anticipate I’m looking forward to my

forward to with pleasure birthday. It’s in two days time.
I always looked up to my
look up to To admire
father. He was a great man.
To laugh at/ make jokes It’s not nice to make fun of

make fun of
about people in wheelchairs.
To invent (excuse, That’s a good excuse. Did you

make up
story) make up it up yourself?

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
She had so many cats that

To mistake one thing or
mix up she kept mixing up their
person for another
names.
Did you hear? Our new

To arrive in a new home
move in neighbors are moving in this
or office
afternoon.
To leave your When are you moving out?

move out home/office for another We need your office for the
one. new guy.
You were so tired after the

nod off To fall asleep game that you nodded off on
the couch.
To admit or confess Come on. Own up. We know

own up
something you did it!
Your grandfather passed

pass away To die away peacefully in his sleep
last night.
He didn’t drink enough water

pass out To faint so he passed out at the end
of the race.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
I’ll pay you back as soon as I

pay back To reimburse
get the loan.
To postpone, arrange a Don’t put off until tomorrow,

put off
later date what you can do today.
It’s very dark in here. Please

put on To turn on, switch on
put on the light on.
The fire fighters were able to

put out To extinguish
put out fire in ten minutes.
I can put you up until the

To accommodate, give
put up weekend but then I’m going
somebody a bed
away.
I’ll pick you up at around 7:00

pick up To collect somebody
to take you to the airport.
As I already pointed out,

To indicate/direct
point out there was a mistake in your
attention to something
calculation.
To count on, depend You can rely on me. I always

rely on
on, trust arrive on time.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
Since he had a sound alibi,

rule out To eliminate the police ruled him out as a
suspect.
To escape from a place He ran away from home and

run away
or suddenly leave joined the circus.
To meet by accident or
I’m so glad I ran into you. I
run into unexpectedly (also:
need to ask you something.
bump into)
To have no more of We’ve run out of milk. I’ll just

run out of
something. pop next door to borrow some.
Let’s set off early to miss the

set off To start a journey;
rush hour traffic.
They set up their own

set up To start a business company when they were still
in high school.
Don’t buy that. Let’s shop

shop
To compare prices around and see if we can find
around
something cheaper.
He’s such a show off. He has

To brag or want to be
show off to tell everybody about his
admired
new computer.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
I don’t think she’ll show up

show up To appear/arrive
tonight. Her daughter is sick.
shut up Shut up, you’re spoiling the

To be silent, stop talking
(impolite) movie!
I think you should sit down.

sit down To take a seat
It’s bad news.
To rise from a sitting The whole stadium stood up

stand up
position for the national anthem.
My big brother always stuck

stick up for To defend up for me when I got into a
fight.
To resemble, in
Angie really takes after her
take after appearance or
grandmother.
character
Please take care of my cat

take care of To look after
when I’m away.
The plane will take off as

take off To leave the ground
soon as the fog lifts.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
I hear they’re taking on extra

take on To hire or engage staff
staff for this event.
Please take out your mobile

take out To remove; extract
phones and turn them off.
To reprimand/criticize The coach told her off for not

tell off
severely trying hard enough.
Take your time and think it

think over To consider
over before you decide.
To wear something to Go ahead, try it on and see if

try on
see if it suits or fits it fits?
I asked her out but she

turn down To refuse
turned me down flat.
To finish a product (so Your parents used up all the

use up
that there’s none left) coffee!
Watch out! There’s a dog in

watch out To be careful
the road.

Phrasal
M eaning Example
Verb
1. Julie wore out her

1. To become
shoes running the
unusable
marathons.
wear out 2. To become
2. Julie was worn out
very tired
after all that running.
1. To do physical 1. You should work out

exercise twice a week at the
2. To find a gym.
work out solution or 2. Can you work this

calculate out? I’m no good at
something math.
I’ll wash up if you wipe off the

wipe off To clean (board, table).
table.

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To explain, give a I hope you can account for

To make sense, seem The facts in the case just don’t

advise To recommend not I advise against walking

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To have the same

We need to allow for

appeal to 2. To be attractive 2. A vacation of

To move backwards, in When he saw the bear, he

Local authorities backed

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1. I’m going to be very

To base your hopes on I’m banking on you to help

To faint, lose Jenna fell in the parking lot

To separate using a The police blocked off the

1. Tommy blew up the

blow up 2. To get angry 2. Don’t blow up at me.

boil down It all boils down to who has

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To start a computer by You need to boot up your

To separate from a One of the wolves broke

1. The washing machine

Burglars broke into my car

Rioting broke out after the

break out To escape from a place Several prisoners broke out

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To come to an end She broke up with Daniel

Sara is bringing up her

To improve, refresh I must brush up on my

To meet by chance or I bumped into Adam at the

1. The light bulb burnt

Could please call back in ten

The game was called off

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To become more It took Kylie several hours to

The soldiers carried on

They said I must check in at

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1. Donna checked out

When the police started

The local authorities have

1. I was cleaning up and

come 2. To appear, 2. The politician came

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come Has the owner of the winning

To rely or depend on You can count on me to keep

cut down To reduce in number or I’ve decided to cut down on

1. She cut out a

cut out 2. To stop doing 2. You need to cut out

To handle, take care of Catherine is not good at

After the storm died down,

She didn’t get a salary this

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The suspect’s trial dragged

To write (contract, They drew up a contract and

Their wedding gave us a

To visit, usually on the Why don’t you drop in to see

1. To deliver 1. I’ll drop off the

To leave school without Zack dropped out of college

To reduce, become less

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To finish in a certain Her marriage ended in

If you don’t improve your work