Phrasal verbs are an important part of learning the English language. Use this list when you don’t understand what the phrasal verbs means.
1. Be after – Try to find or get
1. Blow up – Explode
1. Break off – To stop (temporarily)
1. Act out – Perform something with actions and gestures
1. Carry over – To transport over by carrying
1. Fall about – Laugh so much that one’s entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably
1. Put across – Explain or state something clearly and understandably
1. Bring about – Make something happen
1. Look after – Watch or protect; to keep safe
1. Pull Away – Gain in distance
Phrasal Verbs with “BE”
1. Be after – Try to find or get
E.g. The police are after him because of the theft.
2. Be along – Arrive
E.g. The next bus should be along in the next quarter of an hour or so.
3. Be away – Be elsewhere; on holiday,…
E.g. She‘s away on business for three weeks.
4. Be down on – Have negative feelings toward someone
E.g. After the argument, James is down on his boss.
5. Be down with – Be ill
E.g. I didn’t go to work because I was down with the flu.
6. Be fed up – Be bored, upset or sick of something
E.g. I am fed up of his complaints.
7. Be in – Be at home or at work
E.g. They are never in; I always get their answerphone.
8. Be in – Be submitted, arrive
E.g. The application form must be in by 3pm on Friday.
9. Be in on – Be involved in
E.g. Susan was the only one who wasn’t in on the plan.
Phrasal Verbs with “UP”
1. Blow up – Explode
E.g. The car blew up after it crashed into the wall.
2. Build up – Increase in amount, size or intensity
E.g. We have built up the business over the years and it now employs over 20 people.
3. Burn up – Have a high temperature
E.g. You’re burning up—have you seen a doctor?
4. Call up – Telephone
E.g. I’m going to call up and cancel my subscription.
5. Check up – To make sure that somebody is doing what they should be doing
E.g. My mother is always checking up on me.
6. Come up – Happen unexpectedly
E.g. I’m afraid I can’t make the meeting tomorrow. Something has come up.
7. Divide up – Distribute
E.g. We can divide up the commission among the sales staff.
8. Drive up – Force up the prices or costs
E.g. The uncertainty in the markets is driving up labour costs.
9. Do up – Fasten up
E.g. Do you know how to do up your seat belt?
Phrasal Verbs with "BREAK"
1. Break off – To stop (temporarily)
E.g. He broke off in the middle of a sentence.
2. Break off – To become separate
E.g. The back section of the train had broken off.
3. Break out – To begin suddenly (of war, fire, conflict, etc.)
E.g. They’re worried that war will break out.
4. Break through – To successfully deal with smt that is stopping you making progress
E.g. She attempts to break through prejudice in the workplace.
5. Break up – Break into many pieces
E.g. The cup broke up when he dropped it on the floor.
6. Break out in – “Sweat heavily, develop skin sores or irritation”
E.g. The measles caused me to break out in a rash.
7. Break out of – Escape
E.g. Two dangerous prisoners broke out of Dark Prison last night.
Phrasal Verbs with “OUT”
1. Act out – Perform something with actions and gestures
E.g. They acted out the story on stage.
2. Act out – Express an emotion in your behaviour
E.g. Their anger is acted out in their antisocial behaviour.
3. Back out of – Not keep an agreement / arrangement
E.g. We’re hoping that no one will back out of the deal.
4. Check out – Leave a hotel
E.g. Joan had already checked out of the hotel.
5. Cut out – Remove completely
E.g. He’s cut out all the fat from his diet and he’s a lot slimmer.
6. Draw out – To persuade someone to express their thoughts
E.g. Can you draw out the plans?
7. Find out – Discover some information
E.g. Did she find out about the party?
8. Hand out – Distribute, to give, pass out
E.g. The teacher handed out the English books to the students.
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Phrasal Verbs with “OVER”
1. Carry over – To transport over by carrying
E.g. We carried this house model over the bridge.
2. Carry over – To transfer (something) to a later point in time
E.g. The rent was carried over to December.
3. Change over – To make a transition from one system to another
E.g. The farm has changed over to organic methods.
4. Fall over – To stop working suddenly
E.g. My computer keeps falling over.
5. Hand over – Give something to somebody with your hands
E.g. The captured thief was ordered to hand over his gun.
6. Make over – To convert to a different use
E.g. We’re going to make over the garage into a guest suite.
7. Pass over – To by pass or skip (something)
E.g. They chose to pass over her rude remarks.
8. Pull over – Drive to the side of the road and stop your car
E.g. When she noticed the police car behind her, she pulled over.
Phrasal Verbs with "FALL"
1. Fall about – Laugh so much that one’s entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably
E.g. Every time he performed the trick people would fall about laughing.
2. Fall apart – Disintegrate
E.g. My old briefcase is falling apart. I’ll have to buy a new one.
3. Fall away – Cease to support a person or cause
E.g. After the divorce, all his friends fell away one by one.
4. Fall back on – Use something for support in a difficult situation
E.g. I have $10000 in my savings to fall back on.
5. Fall behind – Be late (for a regular event)
E.g. You’re falling behind with the rent.
6. Fall down – Fall to the ground, to collapse
E.g. The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.
7. Fall for – Fall in love with someone
E.g. He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.
8. Fall in – Collapse inwards
E.g. The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in.
9. Fall into – Be classified as; to fall under
E.g. That falls into three categories.
10. Fall off – Become detached or to drop from
E.g. A button fell off my coat.
Phrasal Verbs with "PUT"
1. Put across – Explain or state something clearly and understandably
E.g. All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas
2. Put aside – Save (money)
E.g. I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency
3. Put away – Take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory
E.g. They put the game away by scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter
4. Put back – Return something to its original place
E.g. He carefully put the vase back on the shelf
5. Put by – Preserve food by canning, freezing, drying, …
E.g. Our family has been putting food by for generations
Phrasal Verbs with "BRING"
1. Bring about – Make something happen
E.g. Social changes that have been brought about by new technology.
2. Bring along – Bring someone or something to certain place
E.g. You can bring your friends along if you like.
3. Bring around – Bring something with you when you visit
E.g. He brought some books around when he came last night.
4. Bring down – Make something cheaper/ to reduce
E.g. The improvements in technology have brought the prices of computers down considerably.
5. Bring forth – Remove something from where it is kept or hidden
E.g. She brought forth the diary and showed it to us.
6. Bring forward – Make something happen earlier than originally planned
E.g. The meeting has been brought foward to this Friday instead of next week.
Phrasal Verbs with "LOOK"
1. Look after – Watch or protect; to keep safe
E.g. He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away
2. Look to – Seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone
E.g. Whenever I’m upset, I look to Mary to cheer me up.
3. Look for – Search for; to seek
E.g. He spent his life looking for the truth
4. Look into – Investigate, explore, or consider
E.g. If you are buying a new car, you might want to look into getting a hybrid or other high-efficiency vehicle
5. Look out – Look from within to the outside
E.g. Look out, and you will see the rain has stopped.
Phrasal Verbs with "PULL"
1. Pull Away – Gain in distance
E.g. She pulled away just as he was about to kiss her.
2. Pull Down – demolish
E.g. They pulled down the old sports stadium to build a new one.
3. Pull For – support; especially teams
E.g. Who are you pulling for in the cup finals?
4. Pull In – train or bus arrival at a station
E.g. The train pulled in right on time.
5. Pull Off – manage to do
E.g. The Yankees pulled off a great upset in the finals.
6. Pull Over – stop a vehicle by the side of the road
E.g. We pulled over to check our tires as something was making a funny sound on the car.
7. Pull Through – recover from and illness
E.g. We didn’t know if he was going to pull through but in the end he did.
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