segunda-feira, 28 de junho de 2021

Phrasal Verbs Used as Commands

 

Id Phrasal Verb Meaning
1 Back away! move backwards, away from something frightening or dangerous
2 Back off! (slang – rude) stop bothering or threatening someone
3 Back up! move backwards; step backwards; drive backwards
4 Bear down! push or press down hard
5 Bend down! lean over and forward; lean down
6 Bend over! lean forward from the waist
7 Breathe in! take a breath in; take air into the lungs
8 Breathe out! take a breath out; push air out of the lungs
9 Brighten up! be cheerful; be happier
10 Buckle down! start working, studying, or doing something else seriously
11 Buddy up! find a partner
12 Bugger off! (slang – rude) Go away!
13 Butt out! (slang ­– rude) don’t interfere
14 Buzz off! (slang – rude) Go away!
15 Calm down! relax, don’t be angry, don’t be upset, don’t be worried
16 Carry on! keep doing what you were doing
17 Cheer up! be happier; don’t be sad
18 Chill out! relax; don’t be upset or angry
19 Clean up! clean yourself or your surroundings
20 Close down! close a shop or business so it is not operating
21 Come back! return to where you were
22 Come down! move down off something high
23 come south
24 Come on! (encouraging someone) do what I am telling you to do
25 (not believing someone) I don’t believe you
26 (rushing someone) move faster
27 Come in! enter a closed space
28 Come out! leave a closed space
29 Come over! come to my house; come to where I am
30 Come up! move to a higher place
31 Cool down! Relax; don’t be upset or angry
32 Cover up! put on more clothes
33 Double up! form pairs because space or resources are limited
34 Dream on! (slang) I don’t think what you have just said will happen
35 Drink up! finish your drink
36 Eat up! finish your food
37 Fess up! (slang) confess / admit what you did; tell the truth about what you did
38 Finish up! finish what you have been doing
39 Fuck off! (slang – very, very rude) Go away!
40 Gather around! make a group and come together in one place
41 Gear up! get ready to do something
42 Get away! move away; run away; escape
43 Get down! come down from a high place
44 Get in! go inside something, like a car or bus
45 Get off! go out of something, like a bus or train
46 Get on! climb on board something moving or about to start moving, like a train
47 Get out! (slang ­– rude) Leave this place! (used when angry at someone)
48 Get up! become awake; don’t sleep
49 Give up! stop doing what you’re doing
50 give yourself to the police or authorities
51 Go around! move to where you need to go by passing some obstacle instead of going straight
52 Go away! leave the place where you are
53 Go back! return to where you were
54 Go on! continue what you were saying
55 Grow up! behave in a mature way; don’t act like a child
56 Hang on! wait
57 hold tight
58 Hang up! end the phone call
59 Hold on! waithold this tight or you might fall
60 Hurry up! do whatever you are doing quickly, whether it’s physical or mental
61 Keep away! stay away; do not go near
62 Keep out! stay outside; do not enter
63 Lace up! tie your shoelaces; put on your shoes
64 Lay off! (slang – rude) stop doing something that bothers someone
65 Lie down! put your body in a horizontal position; relax on a bed or sofa
66 Lighten up! cheer up; don’t be so serious or worried
67 Line up! make or form a line
68 Listen up! listen carefully
69 Loosen up! (slang) relax; don’t be so stressed
70 Move along! keep moving; don’t stop in this spot
71 Move back! move to a place in the back
72 Move forward! move to a place in the front
73 Move on! continue your life; go on with your life
74 Open up! Open the door!
75 Perk up! cheer up; don’t be sad
76 Press on! keep doing what you need to do; don’t give up
77 Pull back! move backward
78 Quiet down! stop being noisy
79 Queue up! Make or form a line
80 Saddle up! Get ready to ride a horse by putting the saddle on the horse
81 Scoot over! (slang) move to make space for someone else
82 Stand up! stand
83 Shut up! (slang – rude) be quiet; stop talking
84 Sit down! sit; be seated
85 Sit up! sit straight in your chair, bed, etc.
86 Smarten up! become more intelligent and aware of what’s happening around you
87 Speak up! talk louder
88 Speed up! move faster
89 Stand up! stand
90 Stay away! don’t go near
91 Straighten up! stand straight; do not bend
92 Stretch out! lie down comfortably
93 Sum up! summarize
94 Take off! leave fast
95 Tidy up! clean the place; put things in the right places
96 Turn back! go backwards
97 Turn over! move your body so that the other side faces up
98 Wait up! wait for me to catch up with you
99 Wake up! don’t sleep anymore; become awake
100 Walk away! leave a difficult situation
101 Walk out! leave a situation because you do not approve of something
102 leave someone (leave a relationship)
103 Watch out! be very careful
104 Work away! continue working
105 Write back! reply to a letter or email

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