Health Phrasal Verbs with Meaning and

Examples
Get over
Pass away
 Meaning: Recover from something
 Meaning: Die  Example: It’s taken me ages to get
 Example: His mother passed over the flu.
away last year.

Come down with

Run over
 Meaning: Become sick (not
 Meaning: Hit by a vehicle seriously)
 Example: Two children were run  Example: I think I’m coming down
over and killed. with the flu.

Break out Throw up

 Meaning: Develop skin sores or  Meaning: Be sick, vomit

irritation  Example: The baby’s thrown
 Example: The measles caused me up her dinner.
to break out in a rash.

Come round
Fight off
 Meaning: Become conscious
 Meaning: Resist an illness  Example: Your mother hasn’t
 Example: I’m trying to fight off a yet come round from
cold. the anesthetic.

Come to Work out

 Meaning: Become conscious  Meaning: Train the body by

 Example: When he came to, he physical exercise
was lying on the floor with his  Example: I work out regularly to
hands tied behind his back. keep fit.

Pass out Warm up

 Meaning: Faint, lose consciousness  Meaning: Begin a physical activity

 Example: People everywhere gradually
were passing out from the heat.  Example: It’s necessary to warm
up before exercise to prevent
injuries.
Block up Dose up (UK)

 Meaning: Stop something from  Meaning: Give medicine to

moving through something else  Example: You should dose up with
 Example: My nose is blocked up. vitamin C to fight colds off.

Lay (Laid) up Lay low

 Meaning: Unable to work, etc.  Meaning: Render someone unable

because of an illness or injury to move or leave their bed
 Example: She’s laid up with a  Example: The flu
broken leg. usually lays people low for five to
ten days.

Swell up
Let up
 Meaning: Become large, inflated,
or bulging  Meaning: Become less strong or
 Example: The boy’s arm swelled stop
up where the bee had stung him.  Example: A cold continues at its
peak for several days, then it
gradually let up.
Clog up

 Meaning: Become or cause to Shake off

become obstructed
 Example: High fat foods can clog  Meaning: Shake something in
up our arteries. order to get something off of it
 Example: She has failed to shake
off her stomach injury.