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    Common Phrasal Verbs

    Phrasal Verb Meaning

    1. add up To refer to information which is meaningful, logical and that makes sense

    2. answer back To reply rudely to someone

    3. ask someone out To invite someone on a date

    4. break down To stop functioning (vehicle, machine)

    5. break in/into To enter a place by force in order to steal

    6. break something down To divide into smaller parts

    7. bring something up To start talking about a subject

    8. bump into someone To meet someone you know without having planned it

    9. call something off To cancel something

    10. carry out To do or complete something

    11. catch up with someone To meet someone to update on each other’s life events

    12. come across as To give other people a certain feeling or opinion

    13. come up with something To suggest or think of an idea

    14. do without To manage without something

    15. drag on To last longer than expected

    16. drop by To stop by for a short visit

    17. drop someone/something off To leave someone or something in a place or destination

    18. fall behind To fail to do something fast enough or on time

    19. fill someone in To give someone details about something

    20. follow up To take further action connected to something that has already happened

    21. get along with someone To have a good relationship with someone

    22. get down to To start to actually doing something

    23. get on with To continue doing something

    24. give up To stop trying

    25. hang on to something To keep something


    Phrasal Verb Meaning

    26. hang out To spend time with someone


    27. keep up with To do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or
    something/someone something
    28. kick off To begin (usually referring to sports)

    29. let someone down To disappoint

    30. look forward to To feel excited about something that is going to happen

    31. look up To check for the meaning of something

    32. make do with To use what is available although it is not enough or what you wanted

    33. miss out To lose an opportunity to do something

    34. narrow down To reduce a list of options

    35. pass out To faint or lose consciousness

    36. point out To emphasise or indicate a piece of information

    37. pull through To get through an illness or other dangerous or difficult situation

    38. put something off To postpone or delay something


    39. put up with
    To tolerate, endure
    something/someone
    40. rule something out To eliminate or not consider something

    41. run into someone To meet someone by chance

    42. run up against To encounter difficulties


    To attract people’s attention by displaying one’s abilities or
    43. show off
    accomplishments
    44. sleep over To stay overnight at someone else’s home

    45. stand up for To support or defend someone or something

    46. work something out To come up with a solution

    47. take after To resemble in appearance to someone

    48. talk someone into To persuade or convince someone to do something

    49. turn up To appear suddenly

    50. wind up To finish or put an end to something

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