Phrasal verrbs

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The verb Its meaning Exemple
1 Call off cancel All rugby matches locally were called off today.
2 Turn down Reject sth offered or He made applications and was regularly turned down.
proposed.
3 Bring up mention she tried repeatedly to bring up the subject of money"
4 Come up move towards A Young girl came up to me and asked for money.
be mentioned The topic is coming up more during council meetings.
happen The holiday season is coming up quickly.
5 Hand over Pass responsibility to he will soon hand over to a new director
someone else.
Melissa handed over her passport
to give sth to sb else
6 Take over take control The central bank took over foreign debts.
take responsibility of sth She took over as manager two weeks ago.
7 Take up start doing job or activity I’m not good at golf – I only took it up recently.
He's taken up the position of supervisor.
8 Get on Continue/make progress / Alexis and her roommate are getting on (along) better.
have a good relationship how are you getting on
9 Talk over discuss There were several arrivals to talk over.
interrupt She rudely talked over her opponent in the debate.
10 Use up exhaust / use Don't use up all the milk - we need some for breakfast
completely/finish I get used up
11 Look forward to await I am really looking forward to dinner.

12 Catch up reach sth The piano has yet to catch up .

13 Fill in complete Fill in personal and account info only.
14 Hand in submit You must hand in (submit) your application before
1 January.
15 Look up find/search/ This made looking up such information very easy
become better But things are looking up right now.
16 Look into check/ investigate The team is looking into what happened
17 Figure out understand Dickinson is figuring out how flies fly.
solve That is very easy to figure out
18 Go over review This site goes over design type and manufacturer.
19 Show up arrive
20 Ring up call I'll ring you up tomorrow
21 Pick out choose You really picked out a great gift.
22 Break in on interrupt The doctor's voice broke in on her thoughts.
23 Come apart separate I picked up the book and It came apart in my hands.
24 Go ahead START / proceed Go ahead before the fall classes start.
25 Own up Confess In the end, the boys own up
26 Figure out understand or solve sth That is very easy to figure out
27 Get away Escape/leave Stevie was caught, but the rest of us got away
28 Hang in stay positive /dont give up Hang in there – exams are almost over
29 Pass out faint I passed out during this violent procedure.
30 Show off boast/ brag Parents enjoy showing off about their children's achievements.

31 Peter out Finish /come to an end The battle petered out in December, with both sides
gradually exhausted.
32 Lay off give up or stop doing sth or I laid off smoking for seven years
to kick out a worker
The last 346 manufacturing employees were laid off
33 Take on accept a job or responsibility: She took too much on and made herself ill.
34 Cross out delete / cancel / erase He crossed out "thousands" of words.
35 Make out Kiss A couple made out in the corner.
 Undrestand I can't make out your writing.
36 Abide by follow or obey a rule I abide by all of Nevada state laws.
/decision / instruction
37 Pile up to increase in amount or Mail and bills are left to pile up
accumulate
38 Pig out eat a lot or too much HELLA GOOD, I pigged out on that dish.
39 Pick up Collect/learn a language When you live in a country you soon pick up the accent
by practicing it
40 Mix up Confuse She got mixed up with different characters!
41 Make of understand Can you make anything of this information?
42 Plump for Choose We'd plumped for a stay at this historic hotel
43 Polish off Quickly finish / consume they polished off most of the sausage.
44 Decide upon Choose /select They had already decided upon a name
45 Die down decrease The roar of traffic dies down quickly.
46 Get along to have a good relationship My husband and I are getting along
Manage to live or survive Other people getting along – life is good.
47 Hook up To Meet
begin a sexual relationship When did you tow first hook up.
with someone
48 Jack up Increase sharply We need to jack up the price
49 Kick around discuss
50 Kick out Expel She was kicked out of the squad.
51 Lay on provide Our members laid on much needed financial support.
to tell sb sth they didnt I hate to be the one to lay this on you, but your girlfriend has
know just left with another guy.
52 Link up Connect or join We need to link up right now now now
53 Big up exaggerate
54 Blow up explose A bomb blew up near his truck.
55 Book in Check in book in is available 2 hours before departure.
56 Call up To telephone He calls up and old friend and seeks help.
57 carry off Succeed she failed to carry off the gold medal.
take sb or sth away by force bandits carried off his mule.
58 Add on include We add on average 500 new products every month.
59 Ask over Invite We're asking some friends over for dinner on Saturday night
60 Back away retreat / go backwards She saw that he had a gun and backed away.
61 Bag out criticize I don't mean to bag you out
62 Put off delay I actually put off reading this article
63 Turn up arrive or appear unexpectedly Do you think many people will turn up
64 Bring up Raise She was brought up by her grandmother.
65 Do over Do it again
66 Look over check The officers were both looking over our shoulders.
67 Pute away Store Put them away in that box
68 Try out Test I wanted to try out this product.
69 Call on Visite Ill call on you this weekend
70 Look down on despise (ya7ta9irou) He's looking down on us all
71 Look up to to respect and admire sb he kids really look up to their coach
72 Put up with tolerate/endure I can't put up with that.
73 Think back on Remember Think back on the Five-Year Plans
74 abandon survive I find myself getting by on low incomes.
75 Make up for 3awada He's making up for lost time.
76 Put through connect sb using a phone to th Could you put me through to customer services, please?
who want to speak to
77 Knock sth back Drink sth quickly She was knocking back the champagne