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Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
Example |
Get on |
To get on a bus, get inside a bus |
We couldn't get on because there were lots of people on the bus. |
To have a good relationship with so |
I don't get on very well with Sarah. |
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Come back |
Return |
When are you coming back? |
Take off |
When the plane starts moving and flies up |
I was afraid of flying but when the plane took off I stopped being nervous! |
To stop wearing clothes |
I want to take off this sweater, it's so uncomfortable! |
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Fill in |
Write in the necessary information |
Can you fill in this blank please? |
Wake up |
To stop sleeping |
When did you wake up? |
Put on |
To start wearing clothes |
When I put on my jeans I understood that I don't want to wear them today. |
Fall out |
Have an argument |
I don't want to fall out with you! |
Drop by |
Come for a visit |
Joe promised to drop by next week. |
Break down |
Stop functioning |
My car broke down this morning, that's why I was late to work. |
Bring up |
Start discussing a topic |
Why did you bring that up? |
Calm down |
Relax |
Please calm down! |
Call off |
Cancel |
Why did you call off our meeting? |
Cheer up |
Make happier |
Do you want me to cheer you up? |
Check something out |
Look at |
Check out that cute car! |
Cut in |
Interrupt |
I hate it when people cut in with useless information! |
Dress up |
Wear nice and beautiful clothes |
I want to dress up tonight. |
Fall down |
Fall to the ground |
Careful! You can fall down that way. |
Find out |
Discover |
What did you find out? |
Get over something |
Recover from |
I got over the flu. |
Give up |
Stop trying |
Don't give up! |
Grow up |
Become an adult |
Everybody grows up except Peter Pan. |
Hang on |
Wait for a short time |
Hang on a sec. |
Log in |
Sign in (to a website) |
Are you logged in? |
Log off/out |
Sign out of a website or database |
Log off after you finish using our computer. |
Pass away |
Die |
He passed away last year. |
Pass out |
Faint, lose consciousness |
She passes out at the sight of blood. |
Try something on |
To sample clothes |
I tried on this skirt but I don’t like it. |
Turn up |
Arrive (usually unexpectedly) |
The neighbor's dog turned up at our doorstep. |
Think over |
Think about something for a time, consider |
I need to think things over. |
Some phrasal verbs have more than one preposition. Here are some of them:
Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
Example |
Look forward to |
To be excited about something that will happen in the future |
I look forward to our next meeting. |
Look down on |
Think that someone is not as cool as you are |
He looked down on me. |
Come up with |
Have an idea |
What have you come up with? |
Put up with |
Bear, tolerate |
She has to put up with a lot of stuff at work. |
Look up to |
Admire and respect |
I look up to my parents. |
Keep up with |
Do something fast (at the same speed as someone else) |
You're walking too fast! I can’t keep up with you! |
Run out of |
There is no more of something |
We need to buy bread, we’ve run out of it. |
Make up with |
Start being friends again after a fight |
We've made up with Julie, we missed her. |
Come down with |
Become sick |
She's come down with the flu. |
Cut down on |
do less of something |
I need to cut down on sugar. |
Break up with |
Stop having a relationship |
Kate broke up with Mark. |
When we put a phrasal verb into another tense, we change only the verb part. So if you want to say “calm down” in past simple, it will be “calmed down”. She calmed down after I told her my plans.
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