PHRASAL VERBS
break down = stop working / failing to function or continue
break off = do something successfully /end a relationship or agreement / pull off
bring about = to cause to happen
bring along = bring someone or something with you
bring back = make you think about an event from the past / revive
bring down = to reduce a level/ cause to lose power
bring out = produce and sell a new product
bring up = look after a child until it is grown up / introduce a subject into a discussion / rise
call back = telephone again in return for a telephone call somebody made to you
call off = cancel an event or agreement that has been planed
carry on = continue doing an activity
catch on = become popular
catch up = reach the same standard or level with someone / reach someone in front of you
come about = happen
come across = find or meet someone by chance
come along = hurry up
come down = become chipper or less than it was before / decrease
come off = it is successful or effective
come up = it is mentioned or discusse 343w2220d d in a conversation or meeting
count on / count upon = expect to happen / rely on somebody to support or help you
cut back on = try to reduce something
cut down = reduce or do something less
cut up = cut it into several pieces
do away with = get rid of it / eliminate
do up = fasten it / repair and decorate a building
do with = you need it or would like it
do without = you manage or survive is spite of not having it / give out
draw up = prepare and write a document out / formulate
drop in = visit someone without making any formal arrangement to do so
drop off = take someone by car to where it wants to go and leave it there
drop out = stop belonging to a group, school etc
fall behind = get behind someone moving slowly
fall out = be no longer friendly with someone
eat out of (someone's) hand = to be manipulated or dominated by another.
get across = succeed in making other people understand something
get ahead / get on = you are successful
get along / get on =have a friendly relationship with someone
get around = go to a lot of different places
get at = manage to reach or obtain something
get away = leave / escape
get back = return / get something back after you have lost or lent it
get by = you just manage to survive and have a fairy satisfactory life
get down = write down / depress
get into = enter a car
get off = leave a bus, train, plane / exit from a car
get on / get ahead = be successful/ make progress / live in a friendly way with someone
get out = leave a place / have someone as a boyfriend or girlfriend
get over = recover from
get round / bypass = find a way of avoiding something or of escaping its effects/ a lot of people hear about something
get through = contact someone on the telephone / succeed in finishing a task / pass an examination
getaway = leave a place in a great hurry
give away = give something to someone without taking money in return
give back = return something to the person who gave it to you
give up = stop doing something
go after = follow or chase someone
go ahead = begin to do that you planned, promised or asked permission to do
go back = return to a place where you were before
go by = go somewhere for a short time in order to do or get something
go down = to become cheaper, lower or less than it was before
go off = to fire a gun or explode a bomb / food becomes stale, sour or rotten / leave the place where you are / to operate, to begin working (an alarm etc)
go on = continue doing something / carry on
go out = spend time with somebody and have romantic relationship
go over = examine, discuss or think about something very carefully
go through = experience an event or a period of time
go up = become more expensive, higher or greater than it was before / rise / increase / travel to a place / it explodes or suddenly starts to burn
hand back = return something to someone / give back
hand on =give or leave something to someone / pass on
hang around, about or round a place = spend a lot of time there doing very little
hold back = not reveal something / prevent somebody from making progress
hold on =want somebody to wait for a short time
hold up = delay an activity or arrangement or make it late / someone points a weapon at you in order to make you give him money or valuables
join in = become involved in an activity
join up = become a member of the army, the navy or the air force / enlist
keep at = to persevere in work or an action.
keep in = keep inside
keep off = prevent someone from going onto a place
keep on = continue doing something / carry on
keep out = a warning you not to go onto that piece of land
keep up = move at the same speed with somebody
kick off = start a game
kick out = force someone to leave an organization / throw out
knock down = hit someone so that he fall to the ground
knock out = eliminate
let down = fail to help, disappoint ; fail to help
look after = take care of somebody or something
look back = thing about something that happened in the past
look down on = think someone or something is inferior or unimportant
look for = try to find something
look forward to = you want it to happen because you expect to enjoy it
look into = investigate
look on = watch something without taking part yourself
look out = watch out / warn someone that they are in danger
look over = examine or inspect
look through = examine everything from a place
look up = look to find an information
look up to = respect and admire someone
make for = move towards a place / head for
make of = think / have an opinion about
make off = leave somewhere as quickly as possible, in order to escape
make out = write out; complete or fill in
make up = invent / comprise / put substances such as lipstick, powder and eye-shadow on your face / become friends again after a quarrel
pass away = to pass out of existence; end.
pick up = stop your vehicle and take someone
put away = put something tidily somewhere
pull down = deliberately destroy a building, to use the land it is on
pull off = bring off / it cause you to stop concentrating in one way
put back = postpone an event / place something in the position it was in before
put forward = state or publish an idea
put on = become heavier / place a piece of clothing over a part of your body
put off = delay or postpone an event or appointment
put out = extinguish/ cause it to stop burning
put through = connect someone with the person they want to speak
put up = stay somewhere for one or more nights
run into = bump into / collide with / meet by chance
run out = you have no more of it left
see off = go with someone to the station, airport that he is leaving from and say goodbye to them there / say goodbye
see through = realize what somebody's intentions are
send off = make somebody leave the field during a game as a punishment
set off = start a journey
set out on = start a journey
set up = make arrangements for something to start / start
slow down =reduce speed
switch off = put out a light
take away = subtract the first from the second
take after = resemble in features, appearance, behaviour or character.
take back = return something
take down = unfasten , disconnect or remove something that is attached to a wall
take off = plane leaves/ leave the ground / undress
take on = accept a job and do what is required / employ someone
take over = to start doing or being responsible for a job
take to = to begin to like someone or something
take up =start doing an activity or job/ continue an activity that was interrupted/ start learning about / occupy
tell off = speak angrily
try on = put something on you to see if it fits you
turn back = go back
turn down = make the level of the sound lower / reject
turn off = close a tap / stop something
turn on = open a tap / start something
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