Useful and frequently occurring phrasal verbs in English

Useful and frequently occurring phrasal verbs in English

Created:03 Oct 2024 14:18:47 , in  intermediate

Phrasal verbs in English are combinations of a verb and one or more particles (prepositions or adverbs). Together they create a new meaning that is different from the original verb, and not predictable from the individual words in the phrasal verb.

Phrasal verbs

Here is a sorted list of more useful and frequently occurring phrasal verbs followed by their meaning.

  • abide by - follow

  • add on - include

  • ask over - invite

  • back away - retreat

  • back off - retreat

  • bag out - criticize

  • bear on - influence

  • big up - exeggerate the importance

  • blow up - explode

  • book in - check in at a hotel

  • break in on - interrupt

  • bring up - mention

  • bring up - raise (a child)

  • bull up - complicate

  • call off - cancel

  • call on - visit

  • call up - telephone

  • cap off - finish

  • care for - like

  • carry off - succeed

  • carry on - continue

  • catch up - discuss latest news

  • chip in - help

  • come apart - separate

  • cross out - delete

  • cut down on - curtail

  • cut in - interrupt

  • decide upon - select

  • decide upon - select

  • die down - decrease

  • do over - repeat

  • drop out of - leave school

  • figure out - understand or discover

  • fill in - complete

  • fill out - complete (a form)

  • fill up - fill to capacity

  • get along - leave

  • get away - escape

  • get back - return

  • get on - have a good relation

  • give up - quit

  • go ahead - proceed

  • go back - return

  • go on - continue

  • go over - review

  • hand in - submit

  • hand over - relinquish

  • hang in - stay positive

  • hook up - meet

  • jack up - increase sharply

  • keep on - continue

  • kick about - discuss

  • kick out - expel

  • lay off - dismiss

  • lay on - organise

  • leave out - omit

  • link up - connect

  • look forward to - await

  • look into - investigate

  • look over - examine

  • look up - search

  • make after - chase

  • make away with - steal

  • make of - have an opinion

  • make out - understand

  • mix up - confuse

  • opt for - chose

  • own up - confess

  • pass back - return

  • pass out - faint

  • patch up - fix

  • peter out - come to an end gradually

  • pick out - choose

  • pick up - collect

  • pike up - accumulate

  • plump for - choose

  • polish off - finish

  • put away - store

  • put down - insult

  • put off - postpone

  • put out - extinguish

  • ring up - call

  • set up - arrange

  • show off - brag

  • show up - arrive

  • sort out - solve

  • take after - resemble

  • take on - employ

  • take over - take control

  • take up - require

  • talk about - discuss

  • talk over - discuss

  • throw away - discard

  • try out - test

  • turn down - reject

  • turn off - repulse

  • turn up - appear suddenly

  • use up - exhaust

  • work out - exercise

Examples

Tom did something terrible, but got away scot-free.

For a couple of minutes I could not decide upon what to do next.

Jane turns up every Saturday morning and leaves in the evening on the same day.

This post was updated on 03 Oct 2024 14:20:11

Tags:  phrasal verb ,  verb ,  Vocabulary 

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