PHRASAL VERB

Definition of Phrasal Verb

A phrasal verb is made up of a verb and an adverbial or a prepositional particle. It is used idiomatically to convey a special meaning completely different from the meaning expressed by the verb or the particle. The same verb followed by different particles conveys different meanings.

Phrasal verbs are consist of two or three parts - an ordinary verb and another word or words like in, for or off. They are very common in English.

LIST OF PHRASAL VERBS

Explore Examples of Phrasal Verbs for Effective Language Use

account for	fixed up	get out of
back out	keep in	make up
deal with	ran after	looked after
care about	watching for	work out
got on with	left off	made up
feel out	my mind	join up
keep up with	looked up	hold on
get out	ask after	asked for
help up	keep down	hold off
died away	drew back	took out
set in	worked up	threw away

A GROUP OF PHRASAL VERBS AND THEIR MEANINGS

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
BACK
back up	support
back out	withdraw

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
BEAR
bear down	defeat, overcome, crush
bear out	carry
bear up	have courage
bear with	endure, tolerate

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
BLOW
blow out	extinguish
blow up	explode

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
BREAK
break up	disperse, shatter
break down	fall, stop working / collapse
break in / into	enter by force
break out	appear and force out escape, spread suddenly
break thro’	penetrate
break off	end

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
BRING
bring forth	produce
bring about	happen
bring down	fall
bring out	publish
bring up	educate, rear

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
CALL
call for	demand, wanted
call in	request to help, summon
call off	cancel
call out	shout
call on	to pay a short visit to a person
call at	to pay a short visit to a place

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
CARRY
carry off	win, snatch
carry on	continue
carry out	execute

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
COME
come round	recover
come over	affected
come about	happen, occur
come cross	to meet by chance, discover
come off	take place
come on	hurry
come up	move to a higher level or position

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
DROP
drop in	visit
drop out	discountinue

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
FALL
fall for	admire
fall off	decrease
fall out	quarrel
fall through	fail to be successfully completed, collapse
fall upon	attack

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
GET
get away	escape
get on	make progress, climb
get over	overcome, recover
get round	persuade
get through	pass
get up	rise

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
GIVE
give in	surrender, collapse
give out	announce
give up	discountinue
give way	yield
give away	present, distribute

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
GO
go about	preform, do
go after	chase, follow
go down	to be recorded, believe will be remembered
go into	examine, investigate
go on	continue, hurry
go through	endure

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
HOLD
hold on	catch
hold out	give, offer
hold back	withhold
hold up	delay

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
KEEP
keep back	with hold
keep down	control, repress
keep going on	continue
keep on	continue
keep to	adhere to
keep it up	continue, maintain

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
LAY
lay by	save
lay down (arm)	surrender
lay down (life)	sacrifice

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
LOOK
look back	contemplate, reflect
look after	take care of
look down	despise, hate
look for	to try to find / search
look into	examine
look over into	examine, investigate
look on	consider, regard
look out	watchful, beware
look to	depend on
look up (book)	scarch for, refer
look upto	respect

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
MAKE
make after	follow
make for	setout
make away	steal
make out	understand
make up	compensate / invent
make fast	secure
make off	run away

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
PASS
pass away	die
pass for	considered as
pass off	falsely present, ignore
pass through	undergo
pass out	faint

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
PUT
put across	narrate
put by	save
put down	crush / write
put forth	announce
put off	postpone, delay
put on	wear
put out	extinguish
put through	implement
put up	stay / provide
put up with	endure, tolerate

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
RUN
run across	meet
run after	chase, seek
run down	decline, collide, deteriorate
run out	exhaust, expire, completely used up
run over	overflow
run on	hurry

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
SEE
see about	deal
see off	witness one’s departure
see through	detect / penetrate
see to	attend

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
SET
set against	oppose
set about / on	start
set in	begin
set out / off	start
set up	establish
set to	with determination, fight, active
set aside	disregard

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
STAND
stand up	rise
stand by	support, wait
stand up	oppose, noticeable

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
TAKE
take down	write
take out	extract
take after	resemble
take in	deceive
take on	fight with, assume
take up	occupy, raise at
take off	leave, remove

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
THROW
throw away	waste
throw up	resign

PHRASAL VERB	MEANING
TURN
turn against	dislike
turn away	refuse admission
turn down	reject, refuse
turn on	cause ot flow by unscrewing water, gas etc., gas
turn off	stop
turn out	produce
turn up	arrive, appear
turn in	sleep
turn upon	attack