Phrasal Verbs Examples

English Grammar

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List of Common Use Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs	Meanings	Examples
Act for	Work on behalf of someone	Stuntmen act for the heroes in action films.
Act up	Act badly or wrongly	My fridge has been acting up for four days.
Act against	To oppose	You must act against the criminals.
Abide by	To accept any rule or decision	We are willing to abide by his decision.
Attend to	Look after	Dr. Das attends to his patients’ need constantly.
Allow of	Accepting something that is correct	The students are allowed of answering pointwise.
Act upon	Rely	We are acting upon your decision.
Ask for	Demand	The workers are asking for money.
Back up	To support	The new report will back up her statement.
Bear away	Win	Yesterday I bore away the silver medal.
Bear with	Tolerate	I can’t bear with such pain anymore.
Blow up	Destroy by explosion	The terrorists blew up a hotel.
Blow out	Extinguish	Water has blown out the fire.
Break away	Escape	The prisoners broke away from the prison.
Break down	Fail totally or stop working	Her health broke down. My bike has broken down.
Bring about	Cause	Excessive rain has brought about flood.
Break in	To get into something by force	The dacoits broke in through the window.
Bring down	Reduce	This will bring down the growth of the plant.
Bring out	To launch or publish	Our school is going to bring out our monthly magazine.
Bring up	Look after or educate	He was brought up by his uncle.
Build up	Organise	Netaji built up a strong army.
Burn down	To destroy or be destroyed by fire	The building was burnt down.
Burn out	To become exhausted	Don’t burn out your valuable energy over such a trivial matter.
Burst into	Explode	The boy bursted into tears.
Call up	Remember	I cannot call up his name.
Call for	Require	This report calls for a quick review.
Call at	Visit	You must call at her place.
Call upon	To order	The boss called upon a junior to give updates.
Call off	Withdraw	The strike will be called off soon.
Call over	Read out	She called over his name repeatedly.
Call on	Visit	I will call on her place tomorrow.
Call In	To summon	Call in a nurse.
Carry out	To execute	A survey of five schools in our area will be carried out next month.
Carry on	Continue	Carry on with your work.
Carry over	Continue in the next/another page	Carry over your writing to the next page.
Check up	Examine	Father has gone for eye checkup.
Check in	Arrive (hotel)	They checked in the hotel yesterday.
Come of	Happen to / descend	Whatever may come of I must go to Korea. Swami Vivekananda came of a cultured family.
Come off	Take place	The final examination will come off next month.
Come down	Decrease	The price of banana has come down.
Come across	Meet by chance	She came across her school friends at a movie hall.
Come forward	Advance	Please come forward.
Come through	To survive	Mr. Bose came through the war uninjured.
Come up with	To produce	She came up with a new and unique idea.
Cut down	Reduce	Try to cut down your expenses.
Cut off	Get severed	The computer wires are cut off.
Cut out	To remove something by cutting	A large board was cut out.
Deal with	To discuss	This book deals with the Indian modern art.
Do away with	Abolish	We must do away with child labour.
Fall out	Quarrel	Don’t fall out with your sister.
Fall back	Withdraw	They are going to fall back their plans.
Fall on	Attack	Go and fall on your enemies.
Fall off	Deteriorate	The quality of this product has fallen off.
Get along with	Adjust	Try to get along with your roommate.
Get away with	To escape	The robbers get away with the booty.
Get over	Recovery	She is getting over a bad attack of small pox.
Get by	Manage	Please try to get by the situation.
Get in	Reach	What time did you get in last night?
Give away	Distribute	The prizes will be given away tomorrow.
Give up	Abandon	Don’t give up hope.
Give in	Surrender	You should never give into anyone’s evil desires.
Go on	Continue	What is going on here?
Go with	Suit / Match	This haircut doesn’t go with you.
Go through	Read thoroughly	Please go through the poem carefully.
Go over	Examine	Please go over the answers.
Go down	Decrease	The price of mobile phones have gone down.
Go out	Extinguish	The lights went out after it started raining.
Hand down	Pass on to generations	Fables are handed down from the past, from ear to ear.
Hand out	Circulate	Roshan is going to hand out paper bills before opening his cafeteria.
Hand over	To deliver	The thief was handed over to the policemen.
Hang on	Depend	Don’t always hang on her.
Hold up	Delay	The train from Mumbai was held up for one hour.
Hold out	Offer	They have held out a good salary.
Hold back	Hide	Mala seems to hold back something.
Hold over	Postpone	Please hold over the date of our meeting.
Keep away from	Be at a distance	Keep away from strangers.
Keep up	Maintain	Keep up the good work.
Keep down	Put a limit to	The Government must keep down the prices of essential goods.
Keep off	Keep at a distance from	You must keep off wild animals.
Lay by	Save	Mother suggested her to lay by some money for future.
Look over	Examine	Look over every details before signing the contract.
Look up	Search / searching something in a book	Look up the synonym of “search” in the dictionary.
Look down upon	Hate	Do not look down upon the poor.
Look after	Take care of	You must look after your parents.
Look out	To search for	I was looking out his picture on facebook.
Look forward to	Expect with pleasure	I am looking forward to her arrival.
Make out	Understand	I cannot make out the meaning of this phrase.
Make up	Compensate	She doesn’t know how she will make up for his loss.
Make of	Think	What do you make of me?
Pass out	Become unconscious	She passed out due to over exercise.
Put out	Extinguish	Put out the fire.
Put on	Wear/Assume	Put on your new dress for the party.
Put off	Postpone	She has put off the meeting.
Put in	Submit	Please put in your application to me.
Put up with	Tolerate	He could not put up with this anymore.
Run away	Flee	The thief ran away from the house with a lot of money.
Run after	Rush for	The dogs were running after the thief.
Run out	Become exhausted	Mita’s patience has run out.
Run over	Drive over	A car ran over a woman.
See off	To bid goodbye	I went to the airport to see her off It’s hard to see
See through	Detect	through the cause of his illness.
Set back	Hinder	It is too late to set back my plans.
Set about	Start	I must set about unpacking my luggage.
Set in	Begin	The summer season has set in.
Set off	Begin a journey	We will set off before the night.
Set aside	Reserve/ Save	Mala set aside a part of her income for the future.
Set up	Establish	It was set up in 1931.
Set on	Urge to attack	She sets her dogs on me.
Stand against	Resist	It is high time to stand against corruption.
Stand by	Support	She will always stand by me.
Stand for	Represent	White stands for purity.
Stand up	Standing on the feet	Stand up all of you, said the teacher.
Stand out	Oppose	She is likely to stand out his idea.
Take down	Write	Take down the dictation.
Take after	Resemble	The girl has taken after her mother.
Take on	Undertake	Tendulkar took on the charge of the Indian cricket team.
Take over	Take the charge	From now on, he will take over the charge of the hotel.
Take back	Withdraw	She wishes to take back her promises.
Take off	Leave the ground	The plane will take off at 8 am.
Take for	Consider a person for someone else	She took him for her brother.
Tell of	Describe	She told of her experience.
Tell upon	Affect	Over exercise can tell upon one’s health.
Turn about	Turn around	You are ordered to turn about.
Turn down	Refuse	He turned down my proposal.
Turn off	Switch off	Please turn the radio off.
Turn up	Arrive	She must turn up in time.
Turn on	Open/Switch on	Please turn the fan on.
Turn out	Produce	The company turns out 150 mobiles every week.
Write down	Record in writing	Sudha wrote down every word spoken by the teacher.
Write out	Copy	She wrote out the entire passage.
Work on	Influence	The Prime Minister’s speech worked on the citizens.
Work out	Solve	I don’t know how to work out your problems.
Work for	Try for	Gandhiji worked for the freedom of India.
Work up	Excite	Rana worked him up to anger.
Work off	Get rid of	Ramu worked off his anger.

List of Common Use Phrasal Verbs

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