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This list shows about 200 common phrasal verbs, with meanings and examples. Only the most usual meanings are
given. Some phrasal verbs may have additional meanings.
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Verb
Meaning
Example
invite on a date
ask around
add up to something
equal
back something up
reverse
back someone up
support
blow up
explode
blow something up
add air
break down
break down
get upset
The woman broke down when the police told her that
her son had died.
break something
down
break in
enter forcibly
break something in
break in
interrupt
break up
end a relationship
break up
break out
escape
break out in
something
make unhappy
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bring someone up
raise a child
bring something up
bring something up
vomit
call around
cancel
call on someone
call on someone
visit someone
call someone up
phone
calm down
You are still mad. You need to calm down before you
drive the car.
catch up
check in
check out
leave a hotel
check
someone/something
out
check out
someone/something
look at (informal)
cheer up
become happier
cheer someone up
make happier
chip in
help
clean something up
tidy, clean
come across
something
find unexpectedly
come apart
separate
become sick
come forward
come from
somewhere
originate in
count on
someone/something
rely on
Please cross out your old address and write your new
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one.
cut back on
something
consume less
We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after the
storm.
cut in
interrupt
cut in
The bus driver got angry when that car cut in.
cut in
stop providing
do
someone/something
over
do something over
do again (N.Amer.)
do away with
something
discard
do something up
fasten, close
dress up
drop back
Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her
bike.
drop in/by/over
drop
someone/something
off
drop out
eat out
eat at a restaurant
end up
eventually reach/do/decide
fall apart
fall down
The picture that you hung up last night fell down this
morning.
fall out
fall out
fill something in
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fill something up
find out
discover
discover
get something
across/over
get along/on
get around
have mobility
get away
go on a vacation
get back
return
get on something
I just got over the flu and now my sister has it.
overcome a problem
get round to
something
get together
get up
get up
stand
You should get up and give the elderly man your seat.
ruin a secret
give in
give something up
quit a habit
give up
stop trying
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go after someone
follow someone
go after something
go against someone
compete, oppose
go ahead
start, proceed
go back
return to a place
go out
date
Jesse has been going out with Luke since they met last
winter.
go over something
review
go over
I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I think I'll go over for
an hour or two.
go without something
grow apart
grow back
regrow
grow up
become an adult
grow out of
something
This bike is too big for him now, but he should grow into
it by next year.
hand something in
submit
The police asked the man to hand over his wallet and
his weapons.
hang in
hang on
hang out
hang up
hold
someone/something
back
hide an emotion
hold on
hold onto
someone/something
hold
someone/somethingup
rob
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keep on doing
something
continue doing
not tell
keep
someone/something
out
keep something up
let someone in
allow to enter
look after
someone/something
take care of
look down on
someone
look for
someone/something
try to find
look forward to
something
investigate
look out
check, examine
look something up
look up to someone
make something up
make up
make someone up
apply cosmetics to
mix something up
pass away
die
pass out
faint
pass something up
choose
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point
someone/something
out
postpone
extinguish
put something
together
assemble
put up with
someone/something
tolerate
put something on
run into
someone/something
meet unexpectedly
run over
someone/something
run over/through
something
rehearse, review
run away
The child ran away from home and has been missing for
three days.
run out
set something up
arrange, organize
set someone up
trick, trap
shop around
compare prices
show off
sleep over
stick to something
switch something on
return an item
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take off
start to fly
Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake!
Can you take the garbage out to the street for me?
tear something up
think back
consider
throw something
away
dispose of
refuse
Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come for
dinner.
turn something on
turn something up
turn up
appear suddenly
try something on
sample clothing
I'm going to try these jeans on, but I don't think they
will fit.
test
use something up
wake up
stop sleeping
warm
someone/something
up
warm up
wear off
fade away
work out
exercise
work out
be successful
make a calculation
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