LIST OF PHRASAL VERBS
| back down
retreat from a position in an argument |
back out
desert; fail to keep a promise |
back up
move backwards |
| bear up
endure |
blow in
drop in to visit unexpectedly |
blow over
pass without doing harm |
| blow up
explode; lose one's temper |
call up
telephone |
calm down
become calm |
| carry on
continue as before; misbehave |
catch on
understand |
catch up
cover the distance between oneself and a moving goal |
| check up
investigate |
check out
leave; pay one's bill |
cheer up
become cheerful |
| clear out
leave |
clear up
become clear |
close down
close permanently |
| close up
close temporarily |
came about
happen |
come along
accompany; make progress |
| come back
return |
come by
visit someone in his home |
come out
appear; make a social debut |
| come over
come to someone's house, to where someone is |
come through
succeed |
come to
regain consciousness |
| cut in
interrupt |
die away
fade; diminish |
die down
fade; diminish |
| die off/out
disappear; become extinct |
dress up
don fancy or unusual clothes |
drive back
return by car |
| drop in
visit someone casually without planning |
drop out
abandon some organized activity; leave; quit |
drop over
visit someone casually |
| fall behind
not progress at required pace |
fall off
decrease; lose weight |
fall through
fail; not be accomplished |
| fill in
substitute |
find out
learn |
fly back
return by air |
| fly over
fly to where someone is |
get ahead
make progress |
get along
have a friendly relationship |
| get around
circulate; move about |
get away
escape |
get by
manage; either just barely or with a minimum of effort |
| get in
enter |
get off
descend from leave |
get on
enter (a vehicle); mount (a horse, etc.) |
| get on/along
progress; be compatible |
get up
rise |
get through
finish |
| give out
become exhausted |
give up
surrender; fail to finish |
go back
return |
| go off
explode |
go on
happen; continue |
go out
stop burning; leave one's residence |
| go over
go; succeed |
grow up
mature |
hang around
remain idly; dawdle |
| hang up
replace a telephone receive on its hook |
hold on
grasp tightly; persevere; wait while telephoning |
hold out
continue to resist; persevere; persist |
| keep on
continue |
keep up
maintain the required pace or standard; continue |
let up
diminish in intensity |
| lie down
recline |
look on
be a spectator |
make out
progress; succeed |
| make up
become reconciled |
move over
move to the side |
pan out
turn out well; be successful |
| pass out
become unconscious |
pass on
die |
pick up
grow; increase |
| pull in
arrive |
pull out
deport |
pull through
survive (barely) |
| ride over
ride to where someone is |
run away
escape; leave; leave quickly without permission |
run down
slowly lose power so as to stop functioning |
| run off
depart running; drain |
sell out
sell the ownership or responsibility |
settle up
pay one's bills or debts |
| show off
boast by words or actions |
show up
arrive; appear unexpectedly |
shut up
stop talking |
| slow up
reduce speed |
stand by
wait; be prepared to assist |
stand up
stand; rise from sitting; last; endure |
| stay over
remain at someone's house overnight or longer |
step aside
move to one side |
take off
leave the ground |
| take over
assume command |
talk back
answer impolitely |
throw up
vomit |
| turn around
turn so that one is facing another direction |
turn in
go to bed |
turn out
succeed; come; appear, as at a public meeting |
| turn up
arrive; be found unexpectedly |
wait up
remain awake in anticipation |
wake up
awaken |
