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PHRASAL VERBS 1

(be) Accompanied by: security guards


Adapt to: a new place
Based (on): true story
Blow up : the railroad
Break down: the system, the car
Break into: a house, parts
Break out: a war, an illness, a fire, an epidemic
Break through: in science , in technology
Break up: with somebody
Bring about: changes , new consequences
Bring off= pull off= accomplish=succeed= a mission
Bring up: a child, a topic
Burst into: tears
Call for: immediate help , an ambulance
Care for/ about : environment
Carry on=go on = keep on (with): a journey ,
Carry out: research, experiment , survey, study
Catch on: a trend, a topic
Catch up with: other students, a friend while running
Come across=run into= bump into : an old photo, ex-girlfriend
Come apart: into pieces
Come up with: a theory, an idea
Cope with: a problem,
Cut down on: smoking
Deal with: a problem
Drop by : a friend’s house
(be) Disposed of: old bottles
Embark on: a new business
Face up to: facts, realities
Fall apart: from family
Fill out/ Fill in : a form
Find out : the real reason
Fall through: fail : a task, a mission
Fed up with : noise, traffic
Fight off: terrorism
Figure out=make out=understand : the real reason, the cause
Get away with: a crime
Get by on : salary, a language
Get off: the bus
Get on: the bus
Get over: an illness, a problem
Get rid of : an old TV
Get through: somebody on the phone
Give in (to): to enemy
Give rise to: problems
Give up= quit=stop smoking, a fight
Give away : a secret, a friend
Go in for: a competition
Go through: hard times , a difficult period,
Hand in: a project
Hand over: a company, tradition to others
Hold up: in traffic
Interfere with: private life
Keep away: stay away= refrain from=abstain from from danger

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