Phrasal Verb Fireworks
Phrasal Verb Fireworks
“FIREWORKS”
break
up
break break
develop a skin
irritation like
out pimples or a rash
end a romantic
relationship
escape from a
separate into confined area
break off: get something like a prison
pieces
separate ready for using
something from a or consuming
larger thing
away down into off out (x3) through up (x2)
provide
Stop doing come up
come needed
something help/support
annoying! through
come back become
a problem,
return to a approach seen /
issue, topic
place someone obvious
appears
across along (x2) back on
out (x2) over through (x2) up (x2)
1. He tries to hide his anger, but it comes ___________ in his tone of voice.
2. My skating skills are really coming ___________ now that I’m taking classes.
3. We're going to the bar, do you want to come __________?
4. The cat is hiding under the couch and doesn't want to come _________.
5. Something came _________ and I had to reschedule the meeting.
6. We invited a friend to come _________ and watch the game at our house.
7. I came _________ someone's lost wallet in the church parking lot.
8. My friends really came __________ by bringing me meals after my surgery.
9. In that city, people often come __________ to me asking for money.
10. It was nice to come __________ to my own country after a long, tiring trip.
11. Come ________, we're going to be late!
12. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come ___________.
fall back on: break into become very
have the option pieces emotionally upset
to use something so you can’t act
if other plans are normally
not successful
fall behind: fall fall down/over:
not make enough apart fall to the ground
progress to stay on
schedule
be deceived
by a lie/trick
fall off: fall through: have an argument
when something when plans fail with someone and
separates from a stay angry at each
bigger object other
apart (x2) back on behind down
for out (x2) off through
1. I was six years old when my first baby tooth fell _________.
2. The gymnast unfortunately fell ________ during her performance.
3. I keep a few months' expenses in the bank to fall ________ just in case I lose
my job.
4. The old wooden steps fell _________ when someone heavy stepped on them.
5. My boss was slow to answer my e-mails, and now I'm falling ___________ in
the project.
6. He's starting to fall ________ his brother's wife - that's not good.
7. In October, most of the leaves fall ________ the trees.
8. The deal fell __________ because the two companies couldn't agree on the
terms.
9. I fell _________ with my sister years ago and we still don't talk to each other.
10. I'm so stressed out right now - if one more thing goes wrong, I'll fall ________.
get away with:
be accepted
do something bad manage to
get along with: finally by a school,
and escape the go places
have a good manage to club, etc.
consequences physically
relationship do a task
with someone
become
interested /
get
get back at active in
around
someone: get into something
get revenge
arrive
(informal)
get to get get over:
recover physically
or emotionally
have the
opportunity to
do something get through:
good/special proceeding with or
get by: get away: get up: get out finishing something
manage to escape, or of bed, or go difficult
survive take a short to a standing
vacation position
along around (x2) away away with
by into (x2) over through
to up
1. I like my coworkers; we all get __________ well.
2. My roommate isn't a morning person; she never gets ______ before 11AM.
3. New York City has a great subway system that makes it easy to get _________.
4. My son got __________ his top-choice university.
5. I'm really getting _________ gardening these days; it's a fun hobby.
6. It took me two weeks to get _________ the flu.
7. During school breaks, my kids get ________ sleep late.
8. My dog got __________ from me at the park and I had to chase him.
9. This book is so boring; I'm having a hard time getting __________ it.
10. My classmate got __________ cheating because the teacher didn't see him.
11. Sorry it's so messy; I haven't gotten _________ to cleaning lately.
12. I don't really cook, but I get ______ with snacks and takeout.
go under: gain
when a company acceptance /
loses all its money approval from fall to the
go about: and closes a group ground or sink
review
do
go for:
try to get
go over
go by: decrease in
time passing go down level/ price /
value
when a
bomb go off go go on
happen
explodes
proceed or
when an continue
alarm / siren
makes noise go through: go out with
go around:
go with: experience someone:
go up: move here and
select or (especially be dating,
increase in there from place
choose something romantically
level / price / to place
difficult) involved
value
about around by down
off on out with over
through under up with
1. Before the test, I went ________ all the chapters we had studied recently.
2. He went __________ the room, introducing himself to lots of people.
3. I'm single. I haven't gone __________ anyone in quite a while.
4. There are lots of interesting ice cream flavors, but I'll go ________ the double
chocolate.
5. After being fired from her job, she went ________ to start her own business.
6. My brother is stressed out; he's going __________ a tough time at work.
7. I was sleeping so soundly, I didn't even hear my alarm go _________!
8. I can't believe it's already December - the year has gone ________ so fast.
9. I'll need to move because my rent is going ________ by $400 next month.
10. She slipped on the ice and went _________ hard, breaking her wrist.
11. I'm not sure how to go ________ telling them the bad news.
12. I miss my favorite coffee shop - it went _________ during the pandemic.
offer or provide
give in: for free reveal or
stop resisting and make known
agree to do what
someone wants
stop functioning,
give give up
become exhausted
time/money to or have no more
charity
stop trying /
doing; abandon stop possessing
an effort something
away (x2) back (x2) in
off out (x2) up (x2)
1. My friends pressured me to get a tattoo and I finally gave _________.
2. Now that I'm successful, I want to find a way to give _______ to the
community.
3. The bakery is giving ________ samples of their cakes, if you'd like to try them.
4. I called her ten times but she never answered, so I gave _______.
5. If you've already seen this movie, don't give ________ the ending!
6. The boss gave ________ safety equipment to the workers.
7. I've had this motorcycle for many years, and the engine finally gave ________.
8. We lent our lawn mower to the neighbors; they'll give it ________ tomorrow.
9. The candles in the church gave _______ a warm yellow light.
10. They had to give _______ their luxury car because they couldn't afford it
anymore.
take something pull with your eat only little bits
with your hand fingers/nails
take passengers of food, as if not
in a vehicle hungry
improve or
increase pick at choose or
select
continue
pick through:
after a break
search within a
collection/mess
get knowledge by of things
learning/experience pick on: pick apart:
tease or bully criticize; find
someone fault
apart at (x2) on
out (x2) through up (x3)
1. Let's go inside - the wind is starting to pick ______ and it's getting cold.
2. If you pick ________ the scab, it won't heal properly.
3. The van will pick us ______ from the hotel and take us to the airport.
4. I don't know why I give you advice when you always pick ________ my ideas.
5. The victim picked _______ her attacker from the six candidates in the lineup.
6. As a child, he was often picked _______ for having a big nose.
7. I picked _________ the garbage to see if I accidentally threw out an important
letter.
8. Children find it easy to pick ______ a new language.
9. Before I go to bed, I pick ______ the clothes I'll be wearing the next day.
10. She seemed distracted and preoccupied; she only picked _______ her dinner.
put aside: stop using delay doing
or considering until something; make a bad start wearing /
later procrastinate impression using clothes,
put away: on someone accessories,
put something in makeup
its proper place
put off produce a show
put on / performance
put back:
return an object to
the location it extinguish a
came from fire / cigarette
put down put put out
publish a regular
write on a piece inconvenience / frequent
of paper put forth / someone publication
forward: offer or
criticize and propose for
humiliate consideration put through:
someone cause someone
kill an animal put up with:
that is old/sick tolerate something to experience
and suffering annoying / difficult something
aside back down forward off (x2)
on out (x2) through up with
1. After you're done with those toys, please put them ________ in the toy box.
2. I'll put _________ a possible budget for the project during the meeting.
3. He put ________ applying for the scholarship, and now it's too late.
4. The children's dance group will be putting _______ a recital this weekend.
5. We put _______ the campfire before we went to sleep.
6. First cook the vegetables, then put them _________ while you cook the
chicken.
7. My neighbor's dog barks all day and I find it hard to put _______ the noise.
8. If you want to enter the contest, put your name _______ right here.
9. The weird smell in that restaurant put me _______, so I didn't eat there.
10. Are you sure you don't mind taking me to the airport? It's a long drive and I
don't want to put you _______.
11. His abusive parents put him _________ a lot of pain.
cause to occur
set apart: (an explosion,
make something reaction, begin a journey
noticeable and alarm)
distinct from
others
set aside: set off start an
separate and effort /
reserve for a project
special purpose
physically assemble
set set out
put things on
display for
something; put in a showing / sale
standing position
set up
set in:
set back: begin to happen
establish delay or prevent (seasons, feelings,
something; a process from trends)
get it ready moving forward
for use
apart aside back in
off out (x2) up (x2)
1. I just bought a new printer; can you help me set it ______?
2. The excellence of his work is what really sets him ________ from his
competitors.
3. We found some problems with the house that set the renovations _______
two weeks.
4. Three months after moving to the city, regret set ________.
5. The controversial new law set _________ a wave of protests.
6. We should set ________ money for our kids' college education someday.
7. We set _______ on our hike early in the morning.
8. The workers set _______ the circus tent in less than an hour.
9. She set ________ her fruits and vegetables at the market and waited for
customers.
take after accept work or hire or
someone: have a responsibility employ
take in: receive similar appearance someone
and understand / personality as a fight or compete
information relative against someone
take on
1. Everyone needs to fasten their seatbelts before the plane takes _______.
2. The pants were too small, so I took them ________ and exchanged them.
3. I always take ________ my shoes as soon as I get home.
4. I’m sorry I said you were stupid. I take it _______.
5. The coach spoke so fast that I couldn’t take ________ all the instructions.
6. Jamie took three days ________ to go skiing in the mountains.
7. Last month an urgent project took ________ all my spare time.
8. She takes ________ her mother – they have the same curly brown hair.
9. The company takes _______ extra staff during the busy season.
10. I've recently taken _______ yoga; I go every week.
11. The technician is taking ________ the TV so that he can fix it.
12. This trend is taking ________ - thousands of people are doing it.
13. Germany took _______ several other countries during World War II.
turn away:
not allow decrease volume
turn around: or heating / air not accept an
someone to invitation or
enter a place change direction conditioning
and go the offer
opposite way
stop / deactivate
turn
a machine, light, go to bed
down give an assignment
electrical device
turn to a teacher or
off supervisor
make someone turn in
lose interest
deliver someone
turn on turn who committed a
start / activate a crime to the police
machine, light,
electrical device
turn
turn up turn out:
make someone over turn into:
have an end
sexually aroused become
result
appear increase
transfer something
flip something volume /
to someone in
to the other side heating / AC
authority
around away down (x2) in (x2) into
off on out over up
1. We're going the wrong way. We need to turn __________.
2. Could you turn the music _______, please? It’s too loud.
3. He asked her out to dinner, but she turned him ________.
4. My son needs to turn his research paper ________ by Thursday.
5. The manager finally turned ________ for the meeting – 45 minutes late.
6. Caterpillars turn _______ butterflies.
7. Time to turn _______ the TV – you’ve been watching for the past three hours!
8. We thought the project was going to fail, but everything turned ______ all
right.
9. He says that girls with long legs really turn him ________.
10. You have to be 21 to enter this club; if you're 19 they'll turn you ________.
11. The police asked the company to turn ________ all their financial information.
12. I’m exhausted – I’m going to turn _______ early tonight.
QUIZ ANSWERS
BREAK
1. Someone broke into our house during our vacation.
2. You got promoted – let’s break out the champagne!
3. I finally managed to break through my limiting beliefs.
4. My car broke down and couldn’t be repaired.
5. She recently broke up with her boyfriend of 2 years.
6. One of the legs broke off of my favorite chair.
7. He broke up the chocolate bar for the kids.
8. I use makeup whenever my forehead breaks out.
9. One runner broke away from the pack and took the lead.
10. There’s a hole in the fence and the dogs are breaking out!
BRING
1. All this rainy weather is really bringing me down.
2. The protesters want to bring about changes in the laws.
3. They have busy lives, working full-time and bringing up five
children.
4. We need to bring the library books back next week.
5. Please bring the groceries in from the car.
6. Don't bring up politics at dinner; it'll cause an argument.
7. The rebels are trying to bring down the country's government.
8. That blue shirt really brings out the color of your eyes.
9. Wow, this song really brings me back to high school!
10. I do freelance work to bring in a little extra income.
COME
1. He tries to hide his anger, but it comes through in his tone of voice.
2. My skating skills are really coming along now that I’m taking classes.
3. We're going to the bar, do you want to come along?
4. The cat is hiding under the couch and doesn't want to come out.
5. Something came up and I had to reschedule the meeting.
6. We invited a friend to come over and watch the game at our house.
7. I came across someone's lost wallet in the church parking lot.
8. My friends really came through by bringing me meals after my surgery.
9. In that city, people often come up to me asking for money.
10. It was nice to come back to my own country after a long, tiring trip.
11. Come on, we're going to be late!
12. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out.
FALL
1. I was six years old when my first baby tooth fell out.
2. The gymnast unfortunately fell down during her performance.
3. I keep a few months' expenses in the bank to fall back on just in case I lose my
job.
4. The old wooden steps fell apart when someone heavy stepped on them.
5. My boss was slow to answer my e-mails, and now I'm falling behind in the
project.
6. He's starting to fall for his brother's wife - that's not good.
7. In October, most of the leaves fall off the trees.
8. The deal fell through because the two companies couldn't agree on the terms.
9. I fell out with my sister years ago and we still don't talk to each other.
10. I'm so stressed out right now - if one more thing goes wrong, I'll fall apart.
GET
1. I like my coworkers; we all get along well.
2. My roommate isn't a morning person; she never gets up before 11AM.
3. New York City has a great subway system that makes it easy to get around.
4. My son got into his top-choice university.
5. I'm really getting into gardening these days; it's a fun hobby.
6. It took me two weeks to get over the flu.
7. During school breaks, my kids get to sleep late.
8. My dog got away from me at the park and I had to chase him.
9. This book is so boring; I'm having a hard time getting through it.
10. My classmate got away with cheating because the teacher didn't see him.
11. Sorry it's so messy; I haven't gotten around to cleaning lately.
12. I don't really cook, but I get by with snacks and takeout.
GO
1. Before the test, I went over all the chapters we had studied recently.
2. He went around the room, introducing himself to lots of people.
3. I'm single. I haven't gone out with anyone in quite a while.
4. There are lots of interesting ice cream flavors, but I'll go with the double
chocolate.
5. After being fired from her job, she went on to start her own business.
6. My brother is stressed out; he's going through a tough time at work.
7. I was sleeping so soundly, I didn't even hear my alarm go off!
8. I can't believe it's already December - the year has gone by so fast.
9. I'll need to move because my rent is going up by $400 next month.
10. She slipped on the ice and went down hard, breaking her wrist.
11. I'm not sure how to go about telling them the bad news.
12. I miss my favorite coffee shop - it went under during the pandemic.
GIVE
1. My friends pressured me to get a tattoo and I finally gave in.
2. Now that I'm successful, I want to find a way to give back to the community.
3. The bakery is giving away samples of their cakes, if you'd like to try them.
4. I called her ten times but she never answered, so I gave up.
5. If you've already seen this movie, don't give away the ending!
6. The boss gave out safety equipment to the workers.
7. I've had this motorcycle for many years, and the engine finally gave out.
8. We lent our lawn mower to the neighbors; they'll give it back tomorrow.
9. The candles in the church gave off a warm yellow light.
10. They had to give up their luxury car because they couldn't afford it anymore.
PICK
1. Let's go inside - the wind is starting to pick up and it's getting cold.
2. If you pick at the scab, it won't heal properly.
3. The van will pick us up from the hotel and take us to the airport.
4. I don't know why I give you advice when you always pick apart my ideas.
5. The victim picked out her attacker from the six candidates in the lineup.
6. As a child, he was often picked on for having a big nose.
7. I picked through the garbage to see if I accidentally threw out an important
letter.
8. Children find it easy to pick up a new language.
9. Before I go to bed, I pick out the clothes I'll be wearing the next day.
10. She seemed distracted and preoccupied; she only picked at her dinner.
PUT
1. After you're done with those toys, please put them back in the toy box.
2. I'll put forward a possible budget for the project during the meeting.
3. He put off applying for the scholarship, and now it's too late.
4. The children's dance group will be putting on a recital this weekend.
5. We put out the campfire before we went to sleep.
6. First cook the vegetables, then put them aside while you cook the chicken.
7. My neighbor's dog barks all day and I find it hard to put up with the noise.
8. If you want to enter the contest, put your name down right here.
9. The weird smell in that restaurant put me off, so I didn't eat there.
10. Are you sure you don't mind taking me to the airport? It's a long drive and I
don't want to put you out.
11. His abusive parents put him through a lot of pain.
SET
1. I just bought a new printer; can you help me set it up?
2. The excellence of his work is what really sets him apart from his competitors.
3. We found some problems with the house that set the renovations back two
weeks.
4. Three months after moving to the city, regret set in.
5. The controversial new law set off a wave of protests.
6. We should set aside money for our kids' college education someday.
7. We set out on our hike early in the morning.
8. The workers set up the circus tent in less than an hour.
9. She set out her fruits and vegetables at the market and waited for customers.
TAKE
1. Everyone needs to fasten their seatbelts before the plane takes off.
2. The pants were too small, so I took them back and exchanged them.
3. I always take off my shoes as soon as I get home.
4. I’m sorry I said you were stupid. I take it back.
5. The coach spoke so fast that I couldn’t take in all the instructions.
6. Jamie took three days off to go skiing in the mountains.
7. Last month an urgent project took up all my spare time.
8. She takes after her mother – they have the same curly brown hair.
9. The company takes on extra staff during the busy season.
10. I've recently taken up yoga; I go every week.
11. The technician is taking apart the TV so that he can fix it.
12. This trend is taking off - thousands of people are doing it.
13. Germany took over several other countries during World War II.
TURN
1. We're going the wrong way. We need to turn around.
2. Could you turn the music down, please? It’s too loud.
3. He asked her out to dinner, but she turned him down.
4. My son needs to turn his research paper in by Thursday.
5. The manager finally turned up for the meeting – 45 minutes late.
6. Caterpillars turn into butterflies.
7. Time to turn off the TV – you’ve been watching for the past three hours!
8. We thought the project was going to fail, but everything turned out all right.
9. He says that girls with long legs really turn him on.
10. You have to be 21 to enter this club; if you're 19 they'll turn you away.
11. The police asked the company to turn over all their financial information.
12. I’m exhausted – I’m going to turn in early tonight.
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