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PHRASAL

VERB

MEANING EXAMPLES

Act up Pout Stop acting up, and do your homework.

Account for To explain sy with sg You must account for your deeds.

Add up Make sense Her e idence !ust doesn"t add up. A

Allow for Take sg into account #f you go hiking, allow for the $ad weather.

Ask after #n%uire a$out &im was asking after you

Ask for Ask to speak to, call 'o to the office and ask for my seceretary

Ask in #n ite sy to enter She didn"t ask me in, so # got wet outside.

Ask out #n ite sy to go out (inally, Peter asked &ane out.

)ack away To step or mo e $ackslowly

*hen he took the gun out e ery$ody started to $ack away. )

)ack down Yield in an argument Sheila was right, so Paul had to $ack down.

)ack up To support The principal was ne er $acked up $y his staff.

)argain for Take into account *e hadn"t $argained for there $eing so muchtraffic, and we missed the plane.

)ear out +onfirm the truth Helen"s ali$i was $orne out $y her sister.

)ear up To sur i e to get o er thedifficulty

The news of her death was a huge shock for him $ut he $ore up $ra ely $y now.

)e for )e in fa or of #"m for drinking coke.

)e in for To $e a$out to meet )ased on the forcast, we"re in for a huge storm.

)e o er )e finished #"m o er with you. The storm is o er now.

)e up to )e strong enough to do sg.-epend on sy sg

As she was ery ill, she was no longer up to herwork.*hat"ll we $e doing tonight /h, it"s up to you.

)reak down 0ose control of theemotions -a id $roke down and wept when he heard thenews.

)reak down 1se fractions2mathematics3

+an you $reak down these num$er

)reak down Stop the negotiations )ecause neither side compromised thediscussion $roke down.

)reak off Stop talking, terminate He $roke off to answer the phone

)reak off To come loose The handles of the door $roke off.

)reak up +ome to an end, finish a

lo e relationship

The party finally $roke up at 4.55am.

)ring a$out +ause to happen The crisis was $rought a$out $y )renda"s


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resignation

)ring off Succeed in doingsomething

The team tried for years to win the competitionand they finally $rought it off.

)ring on +ause the onset of an

illness

Sitting in the damp $rought on his rheumatism.

)ring on upon +ause trou$le to happen tooneself

You ha e $rought this on upon yourself6

)ring around #nfluence someone to your point of iew

After much discussion, # $rought the committeeround to my point of iew.

)ring around To come to consciousness He hadand accident and he was only $roughtaround in the hospital.

)ring up Mention # feel # ought to $ring up another small matter.

)ring up To puke, to omit, to throwup

He drank so much that he $rought the dinner up.

+all up Mo$ili7e for militaryser ice

Mark was called up when the war $roke up. +

+all off To postpone The party was called off $acuse &im got sick.

+all for To ask for 2esp. some help3 He fainted to the ground so we called for theam$ulance.

+all in To recruit 2for the army3 He was called in when the war started.

+all on To isit *e"ll call on you tonight if you"re home.

+all out To ask sy to lea e the place The police called the terrorists out of the house.

+arry off +omplete successfully 8 perhaps despite a pro$lem

&ane had a difficult role to play, $ut she carriedit off.

+arry out +omplete a plan The attack was successfully carried out

+atch on )ecome popular 8colloquial

This new hairstyle is $eginning to catch on.

+atch up with To keep pace with sg sy # couldn"t catch up with her, she talked so fast.

+lear off away To disperse 2eg clouds3 After the storm the clouds cleared away.

+lose down To shut permanently The store near$y closed down.

+lose up To go closer The car closed up and nearly hit us.

+ome a$out Happen 0et me explain how the situation came a$out.

+ome around To restore consciousness2see. 9: )ring around3

+ome down to )e in the end, a matter of #t all comes down to whether you are preparedto accept less money.

+ome in for ;ecei e 8 especiallycriticism, $lame

The go ernment has come in for a lot ofcriticism o er the decision.

+ome off Take place successfully #"m afraid that deal didn"t come off after all.


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+ome out Appear All the flowers ha e come out. *hen the news came out, e eryone wasshocked.

My photos didn"t come out ery well.

+ome up /ccur 8 usually a pro$lem 8 colloquial

0ook, something has come up, and # can"t meetyou.

+ome up against Meet a difficulty *e" e come up against a $it of pro$lems.

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(eel up to (eel capa$le of doing /ld Mr Smith didn"t feel up to walking all thatway.

(ollow up Act upon a suggestion Thanks for the information a$out that $ook. #"llfollow it up.

(ollow up Take more action *e"ll follow up this lesson next week. 'et across )e understood 8 especially

get an idea across# had the feeling # wasn"t getting across. '

'et at #mply 8 a$out personalmatters 8 colloquial

*hat are you getting at exactly

'et down Make to feel depressed 9colloquial

This cold weather really gets me down.

'et down to )egin to seriously dealwith

#t"s time we got down to some real work.

'et off with A oid punishment They were lucky to get off with such lightsentences.

'et on for Approach a certainage time num$er

He must $e getting on for se enty.

'et on Make progress 8 especiallyin life

Sue is getting on ery well in her new !o$.

'et o er )e surprised # couldn"t get o er how well she looked.

'et o er with +ome to the end ofsomething, usuallyunpleasant

#"ll $e glad to get this awful $usiness o er with.

'et round to (ill time to do 8 alsoaround

Sorry, $ut # ha en"t got round to fixing the tapyet.

'et up to -o something 8 usually $ad when a$out children 9colloquial

The children are getting up to something in thegarden. *hat ha e you $een getting up to lately

'i e away )etray His false identity papers ga e him away.

'i e off Send of a smell 8 li%uid orgas

The cheese had $egun to gi e off a strangesmell.

'i e out )e exhausted *hen our money ga e out we had to $orrow.

'i e o er A$andon, de ote The rest of the time was gi en o er to playingcards.

'i e o er Stop 9 colloquial *hy don"t you gi e o er6 You"re getting on myner es6

'i e up Surrender The escaped prisoner ga e herself up.

'i e up )elie ed to $e dead or lost After ten days the ship was gi en up for lost.

'o $ack on )reak a promise The management has gone $ack on its promise.

'o in for Make a ha$it of # don"t go in for that kind of thing.


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'o in for ora couldn"t go through with us.

'row on )ecome more liked 9colloquial

This new record is growing on me.

Hang onto ?eep 9 colloquial # think we should hang onto the car until nextyear. H

Ha e it in for )e deli$erately unkind tosomeone 8 also as ha e got

My teacher has 2got3 it in for me.

Ha e it out with


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0ook into #n estigate The police ha e promised to look into the pro$lem.

0ook on +onsider *e look on this town as our real home.

0ook someoneup

@isit when in the area #f you"re passing through Athens, look me up.

Make for ;esult in The power steering makes for easier parking. M

Make off with ;un away with The thief made off with a alua$le necklace.

Make out Pretend Tim made out that that he hadn"t seen the >oSmoking sign.

Make out Manage to see orunderstand

# couldn"t %uite make out what the notice said.

Make someoneout 1nderstand someone"s $eha iour &anet is really odd. # can"t make her out.

Make up #n ent # think you made up the whole story6

Make up for +ompensate for /ur success makes up for all the hard times.

Miss out (ail to include You ha e missed out a word here.

Miss out 0ose a chance 9 colloquial (i e people got promoted, $ut # missed outagain.

/wn up +onfess 9 colloquial >one of the children would own up to $reakingthe window. /

Pack in Stop an acti ity 9colloquial

&ohn has packed in his !o$. P

Pay $ack Take re enge 9 colloquial She paid him $ack for all his insults.

Pick up #mpro e 9 colloquial The weather seems to $e picking up.

Pin someonedown

(orce to gi e a clearstatement

# asked &im to name a suita$le day, $ut #couldn"t pin him down.

Play up )eha e or work $adly The car is playing up again. #t won"t start.

Point out -raw attention to a fact # pointed out that # would $e on holiday anyway.

Put off Manage to succeed #t was a tricky plan, $ut we pulled it off.

Push on +ontinue with some effort 9colloquial

0et"s push on and try to reach the coast $ytonight.

Put across +ommunicate ideas Harry is cle er $ut he can"t put his ideas across.

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Put off -iscourage 9 upset The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.

Put up /ffer accommodation *e can put you up for a few days.

Put up with Tolerate 9 $ear # can"t put up with all this noise6

;ip off +harge too much 9colloquial

You paid B5 They really ripped you off6 ;

;un down +ritici7e She"s always running down her hus$and.

;un down 0ose power 9 allow todecline

# think the $atteries are running down.

;un into Meet 'uess who # run into at the supermarket6

;un to Ha e enough money # don"t think we can run to a holiday a$road thisyear.

;un o er +heck 8 also run through 0et"s run o er the plan once more.

;un up A $ill 8 let a $ill get longerwithout paying

# ran up a huge telephone $ill at the hotel.

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Turn up Arri e 8 oftenunexpectedly

>ot many people turned up for the lessons.

*ear off 0ose effect 8 especially adrug

These painkillers wear off after a$out two hours. *

*ork out +alculate 8 also work outat for specific amounts The hotel $ill worked out at o er B55.

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