PHRASAL VERBS

Come back: to return to where you started.

Come by: to gain possession of; acquire.
Break down: to stop working (machine); to Come down (from): to be handed down from a
analyze or explain something in detail. higher authority.
Break into: to enter a place, usually by force, to Come forward: to offer one’s services or
commit a crime. volunteer.
Break up: to end a relationship or a group. Come in: to arrive; enter.
Bring about: to cause something to happen. Come into: to acquire something, especially as an
Bring up: to mention or raise a topic. inheritance.
Brush up on: to improve or refresh one's Come off: to happen; occur.
knowledge of something. Come on (to): to show sexual interest in
Call off: to cancel something. someone (slang).
Call on: to ask someone to speak or do Come out: to reveal one's sexuality.
something; to visit someone. Come over: to change sides, as in a controversy.
Calm down: to relax; to stop being angry or Come together: to meet or join (people) in order
upset. to do something.
Carry on: to continue doing something. Come up against: to face or deal with a problem
Carry out: to perform or complete a task or plan. or challenge.
Catch up: to meet and exchange news, or to Come up with: to think of or create an idea or
reach the same level as someone else after solution.
being behind. Come up: to manifest itself; arise.
Check in: to register upon arriving (e.g., at a hotel Cut back on: to reduce the amount or number of
or airport). something.
Check out: to look at something with interest; to Cut down on: to reduce the amount or number of
leave a hotel or return something. something.
Come across: to meet or find something by Cut off: to interrupt; to stop something or
chance. someone from continuing.
Come after: to pursue; to follow. Dress up: to wear formal or special clothing.
Come along (with): to accompany someone to an Drop out (of): to leave or quit a course, school, or
event or outing. activity.
Come apart: to break, fall apart, split, or Eat out: to eat at a restaurant instead of at home.
separate. Fall for: to fall in love with someone; to be
Come around: to recover; revive. deceived by something.
Come at: to rush at; attack. Fall through: something already planned or
Come away (with): to be left with a specified agreed falls through, it doesn’t happen.
feeling, impression, or result after doing Fill in: to complete or provide missing
something. information.
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Find out: to discover or learn information. Hang out: to spend time with someone, usually
Get across: to successfully communicate or informally.
convey information. Hang up: to end a phone call; to place something
Get ahead: to make progress or succeed. on a hook or hanger.
Get along with: to have a good relationship with Hold back: to hesitate or be reluctant to act; to
someone. stop or prevent something.
Get by: to manage or survive, often in difficult Keep up with: to stay at the same level or pace
circumstances. as someone or something.
Get into: to become involved in a subject, activity, Let down: to disappoint someone.
or situation. Let in: to allow someone or something to enter.
Get out of: to avoid doing something. Look after: to take care of; to be in charge of
Get rid of: to remove something you no longer something or someone.
want. Look down on: to regard someone as inferior.
Give in: to surrender or stop resisting. Look forward to (+ing): to feel excitement or
Give up: to stop trying or doing something. happiness about something that is going to
Go ahead: to proceed or start something. happen.
Go along with: to agree with or support a plan or Look into: to investigate or examine something.
idea. Look out for: to be alert or pay attention to
Go back: to return to a previous location or state. something; to take care of someone.
Go down: to decrease; to be recorded or happen Look up: to search for information (e.g., in a
(event). dictionary or on the internet).
Go off: to leave a place and go somewhere else; Make out: to understand something, or to kiss
to explode (for bombs, etc.); to start ringing (for romantically.
alarms). Make up for: to compensate for something or
Go on: to continue happening; to speak or act in a make amends.
certain way. Make up: (your mind) to decide; to invent
Go out: to leave one's home to socialize; to stop something (like an excuse).
burning (for fire). Pick on: to bully or criticize someone unfairly.
Go over: to review or examine something Pick up: to collect; to improve (e.g., your mood,
carefully. skills).
Go through: to examine or experience something Point out: to indicate or bring attention to
(e.g., a process or hardship). something.
Hand in: to submit something (e.g., an Pull off: to succeed in doing something difficult.
assignment). Put away: to place an object in its proper
Hang on: to wait for a short time; to hold tightly location.
to something. Put back: to return an object to its original
location.
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Put down: to write on a piece of paper; to criticize Turn up: to appear or arrive, often unexpectedly
or humiliate; to kill an animal that is sick or or late.
dangerous. Wash away: to carry away by water; to remove
Put forth – forward: to offer an idea, plan, or completely.
proposal for consideration. Watch out: to be careful or alert.
Put off: to delay doing something; to make a bad Work out: to exercise; to find a solution.
impression, disgust someone. Write down: to write something on paper.
Put on: to start wearing or using (clothing, etc.); Zone out: to lose focus or daydream.
to produce or perform a show.
Put out: to extinguish something (a fire or
cigarette); to publish; to inconvenience someone.
Put through: to transfer or connect someone on
the telephone.
Put up with: to tolerate or endure an annoying
situation or person.
Run into: to meet someone unexpectedly.
Run out of: to have no more of something.
Run out: to use up or finish something
completely.
Set up: to arrange or establish something.
Settle down: to calm down and live a more stable
life; to start a family or career.
Show up: to appear or arrive at a place.
Stand in: to replace someone temporarily at work
or in a role.
Take after: to resemble or have similar
characteristics to a family member.
Take off: to remove clothing; to become
successful or popular.
Take over: to gain control of something.
Take up: to begin a new activity, hobby, or sport.
Turn around: to change direction; to improve or
reverse a negative situation.
Turn down: to reject or refuse something or
someone.
Turn out: to be discovered or revealed in the end,
often unexpectedly.
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