INSTITUTO TECNICO COMERCIAL “INCOS EL ALTO” PHRASAL VERBS CONTEST

To stop doing something or admit you were wrong because people

1. Back oppose you
down Party leaders backed down after latest protests.
To explode
2. Blow up That car crashed into the building and blew up!
3. Break To suddenly stop functioning (used for machinery)
down They were on our way to the school when our car broke down.
To mention something
4. Bring up She’s still very sad about her sister’s death, so don’t bring it up.
5. Bump To see or meet someone unexpectedly
into We bumped into Mary when we were in city last week.
To cancel
6. Call off Because of their wedding, we had to call off our holiday.
To make sure someone is okay or safe
7. Check on The doctor had come to check on his patient
8. Check To pay your bill and leave (usually a hotel)
out Have you packed yet? We have to check out by 12 pm..
To ask someone if something is okay or permitted
9. Check I’m pretty sure I can come to party next week. I just have to check
with with my parents.
10. Come To find something unexpectedly
across When I was clearing my phone, I came across to our old messages.
11. Come To return
back I had a great time here. I’ll come back soon!
To enter
12. Come in You don’t need to wait– just come in!
13. Come To think of a plan or an idea
up with She keeps coming up with all kinds of lame excuses.
14. Cut Reduce the size, amount, or quantity of something.
down I should cut down my salt intake.
To go somewhere (usually someone’s home) for a casual visit
I’ll be in my office all day. You can drop by for coffee whenever you
15. Drop by want.
To take something or someone to a specific place
16. Drop off You forgot your wallet in my room. I’ll drop it off at your office later.
finally be or do something
17. End up She ended up marrying his high school boyfriend.
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18. Fall To break into pieces

apart I fell apart after her death.
19. Fall To collapse and fall to the ground
down He fell down at school today.
To discover
20. Find out He find out a new way to travel between cities.
21. Get To have a good, friendly relationship with someone
along We are good friends and always got along with each other.
22. Get To escape
away The police almost caught him, but he got away.
To be able to live through a difficult situation
23. Get by They don’t have a lot of money, but they’ll get by.
To recover from a negative experience or an illness
24. Get over I know your wife mad at you now, but she’ll get over it.
To stand
25. Get up Can you please get up? I think you’re sitting on wallet.
26. Give To give something to others for free
away I think I’m going to give them away. I don’t need these shoes anymore.
To finally agree to someone’s requests after refusing for a while
Our kids have been asking us for a new computer. We finally gave in and
27. Give in got them one.
To stop doing something permanently
28. Give up Her health is getting worse. She need to give up smoking.
29. Go To start or continue a planned activity
ahead It seems this project will go ahead without you.
To leave home and go somewhere
30. Go out I just want to go out and have a party!
31. Grow To develop into adulthood
up When I grow up, I want to be a musician.
To wait for a short period of time
32. Hang on Can you hang on for a minute?
33. Hang To spend time relaxing or socializing casually
out Let’s hang out together sometime soon.
To forcefully tell someone to leave a place
34. Kick out You kick me out from this house.
To allow someone to enter a place
35. Let in Let me in please! It’s too cold out here!
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36. Look To take care of something or someone

after Can you look after my boys while I’m away?
To try to find something
37. Look for I have been looking for you everywhere.
To search for information (usually in a book or online)
38. Look up I didn’t know what ‘meme’ meant and had to look it up in a dictionary.
To become friendly with someone again or forgive them after a
39. Make disagreement or fight
up John still hasn’t made up with Maryam.
40. Pay To take revenge
back It is pay back time for all your crimes.
To go somewhere and collect something or someone
41. Pick up Let’s go to the picnic in one car – I’ll pick you up at 6 o’clock.
To delay doing something
42. Put off I know I should clean my room, but I’ve been putting it off for weeks.
To begin wearing something
43. Put on If she wants to play outside in the rain, make sure to put on a coat.
To tolerate something
44. Put up The neighbor’s dog barks all night long, but I put up with it because they
with are nice people.
To have no more of something
45. Run out We ran out of coffee.
To leave somewhere suddenly
46. Take off Sh didn’t even say goodbye. She just took off!
To cause something to start working; to activate
47. Turn on It’s getting dark here; let’s turn on the lights.
To increase the volume, heat, or lights
48. Turn up This is her favorite song! Turn it up!
To stay awake because you are waiting for something or someone
49. Wait up She’ll be home late today. You don’t have to wait up for her.
50. Watch To be careful of danger (usually said as a warning)
out Watch out! There’s a hole on the ground!
When someone grows up, they gradually change from being a child into
51. Grow being an adult.
up She grew up in Tokyo.
If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your
52. Take appearance, your behaviour, or your character.
after Ted's always been difficult, Mr Kemp–he takes after his dad.
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If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your

53. Break relationship with that person ends.
up My girlfriend had broken up with me.
When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult.
54.Bring up She brought up four children.
To scold, to rebuke, often by yelling. The boy's father yelled at him for
55. Yell at lying to him about cleaning up the mess.
If someone or something lives up to what they were expected to be, they
56. live up are as good as they were expected to be.
to Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.
57. Argue If you argue with someone, you speak angrily to them, telling them that
with you disagree with them: My sister argues with me all the time.
58. Move to stop living in a particular home:
out Her landlord has given her a week to move out.
59. Go out To have romantic relationship with someone
with Why don´t you go out with her?
If you fit in as part of a group, you seem to belong there because you are
similar to the other people in it.
60. Fit in She was great with the children and fitted in beautifully.
If you can get by with what you have, you can manage to live or do
61. Get by things in a satisfactory way. I'm a survivor. I'll get by.
62. Run out to exhaust a quantity or supply of
of Keep writing until you run out of ideas.
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you
63. Figure succeed in solving it or understanding it.
out It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment.
If you find something out, you learn something that you did not already
know, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what's going to
64. Find out happen.
If you call someone up, you phone them.
65. Call up When I'm in Pittsburgh, I call him up.
If you hang around, hang about, or hang round, you stay in the same
place doing nothing, usually because you are waiting for something or
66. Hang someone.
around He got sick of hanging around waiting for me.
to reveal or be revealed clearly
67. Show up My sister showed up at the party.

68. Eat out to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home

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