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Phrasal Verbs Meaning
add up total
ask for request
back up support
blow out put out a flame (by blowing)
blow up explode
break away (from) escape (from); free oneself (of)
break down demolish; stop functioning; lose control;
analyse
break in interrupt; enter (a building) by force
breathe in inhale
breathe out exhale
bring about cause (to happen)
bring back recall
bring forth cause, produce
bring forward introduce, propose
bring in introduce
bring up raise
brush up revise, improve
call for demand; collect
call in visit (briefly or casually); send for; order the
return of
call off cancel
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call out shout, cry, exclaim
call upon invite
carry on continue; misbehave; manage, conduct
check in register ones arrival
check out register ones departure
check up examine
cheer up become happy or make happy
clean up tidy up; acquire (as profit)
close down shut permanently
close up seal; come nearer to one another
come along accompany; progress
come back return
come in enter
come over (or round)
(or across)
visit (casually)
come up emerge; begin to grow; approach; ascend
cover up hide
cry out shout out
cut down fell; reduce
cut off isolate
cut up slice
die down gradually subside
die off die one by one
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die out fade away, disappear; become extinct
dine in eat (dinner) at home
dine out eat (dinner) away from home (in a
restaurant or at a friends house, etc.)
do away with abolish
draw back retreat; withdraw
dress up dress fashionably
drive away (or off) go away; cause to leave
drive out expel
drop in (at) visit casually (a place)
drop out withdraw
eat in eat at home
eat out eat away from home
eat up eat all of
end up eventually reach an end
fade away become weaker or fainter; disappear
fed up (with) bored, tired
figure out estimate
find out discover
fill in fill completely (a hole, etc.); complete (a
form, etc.)
finish off kill
fix up arrange; repair
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follow through pursue
follow up continue following steadily
get ahead advance, prosper
get along progress
get away leave; escape
get back return
give in surrender; hand (books, papers, etc.) to
proper authority or person
give up surrender; stop (a habit, an attempt, etc.);
resign; abandon
go ahead proceed; lead the way; make progress,
succeed
go along (with) accompany; agree (with)
go away leave
go by pass
grow up mature
hand in give in by hand
hand over give up, surrender
hang on continue (to do something)
hang up put up; finish a telephone call by hanging
up the receiver
hold on wait; continue; stop; persist
keep away (from) avoid, stay away (from)
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keep on continue, persist in
keep up (with) keep pace (with)
knock off strike one thing from another; stop
(working); compose hastily; deduct
laugh at mock
lay down put on the ground, etc.; stop fighting;
impose
lay off discharge (usually temporarily); take a rest;
stop
let down lower; disappoint
line up form into a line
live up to maintain a standard equal or worthy of
lock up secure, make safe by locking; put (a person)
in prison
look at inspect, study
l ook about (or
around)
look here and there
look ahead plan (for the future)
look down (on or
upon)
scorn
look for seek, search
look forward (to) anticipate with pleasure
look into investigate