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meaning
example sentence
invite on a date
ask around
add up to something
equal
back something up
reverse
back someone up
support
blow up
explode
blow something up
add air
We have to blow 50
balloons up for the party.
break down
stop functioning
(vehicle, machine)
break down
get upset
break somethingdown
break in
force entry to a
building
enter forcibly
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
children.
break something in
wear something a
few times so that it
doesn't look/feel
new
break in
interrupt
break up
end a relationship
break up
start laughing
(informal)
break out
escape
develop a skin
condition
make unhappy
bring someone up
raise a child
My
grandparentsbrought me up af
ter my parents died.
bring something up
bring something up
vomit
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
call around
phone many
different
places/people
cancel
call on someone
call on someone
visit someone
call someone up
phone
calm down
not care
forsomeone/something
catch up
check in
check out
leave a hotel
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
checksomeone/somethi
ngout
look at carefully,
investigate
check
outsomeone/something
look at (informal)
cheer up
become happier
cheer someone up
make happier
chip in
help
clean something up
tidy, clean
come acrosssomething
find unexpectedly
come apart
separate
come down
withsomething
become sick
come forward
come fromsomewhere
originate in
count
onsomeone/something
rely on
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
consume less
cut in
interrupt
cut in
cut in
remove with
something sharp
stop providing
My grandparents cutmy
father off when he remarried.
remove part of
something (usually
with scissors and
paper)
dosomeone/somethingo
ver
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
gang.
do something over
do again (AmE)
My teacher wants me to do my
essay overbecause she
doesn't like my topic.
do away withsomething
discard
do something up
fasten, close
dress up
drop back
move back in a
position/group
drop in/by/over
come without an
appointment
dropsomeone/somethin
goff
take
someone/something
somewhere and
leave them/it there
drop out
eat out
eat at a restaurant
end up
eventually
reach/do/decide
fall apart
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
washing machine.
fall down
fall out
separate from an
interior
fall out
fill something in
to write information
in blanks, as on a
form (BrE)
to write information
in blanks, as on a
form (AmE)
fill something up
find out
discover
discover
get somethingacross/ov
er
communicate, make
understandable
I tried to get my
pointacross/over to the judge
but she wouldn't listen.
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
get along/on
get around
have mobility
get away
go on a vacation
get away
withsomething
do without being
noticed or punished
get back
return
receive something
you had before
retaliate, take
revenge
become interested
in something again
get on something
recover from an
illness, loss,
difficulty
overcome a problem
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
new regulations.
get together
get up
get up
stand
reveal hidden
information about
someone
ruin a secret
give something to
someone for free
return a borrowed
item
give in
reluctantly stop
fighting or arguing
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
(usually at no cost)
give something up
quit a habit
I am giving upsmoking as of
January 1st.
give up
stop trying
go after someone
follow someone
My brother tried to go
after the thief in his car.
go after something
try to achieve
something
go against someone
compete, oppose
go ahead
start, proceed
go back
return to a place
go out
leave home to go on
a social event
date
go over something
review
go over
visit someone
nearby
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
go without something
suffer lack or
deprivation
grow apart
grow back
regrow
grow up
become an adult
hand somethingdown
give something
used to someone
else
hand something in
submit
to distribute to a
group of people
give (usually
unwillingly)
hang in
stay positive
(informal)
hang on
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
(informal)
and shoes!
hang out
hang up
holdsomeone/somethin
gback
prevent from
doing/going
I had to hold my
dogback because there was a
cat in the park.
hide an emotion
hold on
hold
ontosomeone/somethin
g
holdsomeone/somethin
gup
rob
keep on
doingsomething
continue doing
not tell
We kept our
relationship from our parents
for two years.
keepsomeone/somethin
gout
keep something up
continue at the
same rate
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
great college.
fail to support or
help, disappoint
let someone in
allow to enter
sign in (to a
website, database
etc)
look
aftersomeone/somethin
g
take care of
look
forsomeone/something
try to find
look forward
tosomething
be excited about
the future
investigate
look out
be careful, vigilant,
and take notice
look out
forsomeone/something
be especially
vigilant for
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
check, examine
look something up
look up to someone
make something up
make up
make someone up
apply cosmetics to
mix something up
pass away
die
pass out
faint
pass something up
decline (usually
something good)
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
be punished for
doing something
bad
choose
pointsomeone/somethi
ngout
I'll point my
boyfriendout when he runs by.
insult, make
someone feel stupid
postpone
extinguish
put somethingtogether
assemble
put up
withsomeone/somethin
g
tolerate
put something on
put
clothing/accessories
on your body
run
meet unexpectedly
phrasal verb
meaning
intosomeone/somethin
g
example sentence
at the mall.
run
oversomeone/somethin
g
run
over/throughsomething
rehearse, review
run away
leave unexpectedly,
escape
run out
return (usually by
mail)
set something up
arrange, organize
set someone up
trick, trap
shop around
compare prices
show off
sleep over
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
organize, resolve a
problem
stick to something
continue doing
something, limit
yourself to one
particular thing
switch something on
resemble a family
member
return an item
take off
start to fly
remove something
(usually clothing)
remove from a
place or thing
My
grandparents tookus out for
dinner and a movie.
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
tear something up
I tore up my ex-boyfriend's
letters and gave them back to
him.
think back
remember (often +
to, sometimes + on)
consider
throw somethingaway
dispose of
decrease the
volume or strength
(heat, light etc)
refuse
turn something on
turn something up
turn up
appear suddenly
try something on
sample clothing
phrasal verb
meaning
example sentence
will fit.
test
use something up
wake up
stop sleeping
warmsomeone/somethi
ngup
increase the
temperature
warm up
wear off
fade away
Most of my make-upwore
off before I got to the party.
work out
exercise
work out
be successful
make a calculation