Common Phrasal Verbs |
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![]() ![]() Some common phrasal verbs, with meanings and examples.
1. ask someone out - to invite on a date Tom asked Emily out to dinner.
2. blow up - to explode or to cause something to explode
3. bring up - to take care of and teach a child who is growing up; to educate a child
4. call off - to cancel, to stop doing or planning to do something
5. carry on - to continue to do what you have been doing
If you carry on working so well, you are sure to pass your exams.
6. come across - to meet or find something or someone by chance
7. come up with - to get or think of (something that is needed or wanted), think of a solution, excuse etc... 8. fall apart - to break into parts in usually a sudden and unexpected way
9. get along - to have a good relationship with someone I don't get along with my brother - we have nothing in common. 10. get away - to go away from a place - to avoid being caught, to escape 11. get over
- to recover from sth, to become healthy again after an illness You have to be strong to get over an illness like that. - to start to forget someone and feel happy again after a relationship has ended Finally, Kate got over her ex-boyfriend. 12. give up - to stop an activity or effort, to stop doing something that you do regularly 13. go on - to continue happening or doing sth as before The conflict between the two neighbours went on for 20 years.
- to happen - to start talking again after a pause or interruption Please go on – I didn't mean to interrupt you. 14. look after - to take care of someone or something
15. look back on - to remember; to reflect on/consider something in the pas, to think about past
"Don't look back in anger" Oasis
16. look forward to - to expect (something) with pleasure
I look forward to hearing from you soon!
17. look up - to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone number in a telephone directory)
18. make out - to write (something, such as a check) - to see, hear or understand (something or someone) often with difficulty, often used in negative with can't and couldn't
19. make up - to invent, sometimes with the purpose of deception (e.g. a story, an excuse, a lie, an explanation)
How to make up a reasonable excuses for being late?
20. pick up - to give someone a ride in a vehicle
Could you pick me up from the airport?
21. put on - to dress oneself - to get fat
He has put on a lot of weight since he lost his job. 22. put off - to put off sth - to postpone, to do something at a later time or date - to put off sb - to cause (someone) to dislike someone or something, 23. put through - to make someone experience something difficult or unpleasant The students were put through difficult tests. 24. turn up - to increase the volume, temperature, etc., of something I can barely hear the radio. Can you turn it up a little? - to appear He didn't turn up for class today. - to be found usually unexpectedly
25. watch out - look out, to be careful (imperative) Watch out for additional effects if you take these medicines.
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