Phrasal Verbs

                                    Phrasal Verbs

Account for : Explain, Give a reason 

Blow up  : 1.To destroy by an explosion, 

                    2. Inflate with air or gas 

Bear down : Overcome, defeat

Break down  : Lose control 

Break into  : Enter by force 

Break out   : Start suddenly 

Break up  : Come to an end 

Bring about: Cause to happen

Bring back : Return 

Bring down  : Reduce 

Bring in   : Introduce, yield (earn)

 
Bring out  : To appear, publish, produce 

Bring off : Accomplish

Bring under : Defeat

Brush up on: Improve , Refresh

Call by: To visit briefly

Call in : Send for 

Call off : Cancel

 
Call for : Demand 

Call at : Visit a place 

Call on  : Visit a person 

Call upon  : Appeal 

Carry on  : Continue 

Carry out : Do and complete a task

Carry off : To win

Carry through: To help, complete, fulfill 

Catch on : To understand

Come by : To obtain 

Come about: Happen

Come across : Find by chance 

Come forward : To offer

Come down  : Collapse, humiliation 

Come out : Be published, become known, to appear 

Cut in   : To interrupt 

Deal with : Handle, take care of 

Do away with : Abolish 

Fall in  : Collapse 

Get away : Escape

 
Get back : Return 

Get down  : Descend 

Get in  : Enter, To arrive

 
Get off  : Leave, remove 

Get rid of : Eliminate 

Give in  : Surrender 

Give out  : Distribute, become exhausted 

Give up: Abandon 

Go into: Examine 

Go on : Continue 

Go through : Examine carefully 

Hang up : End a phone conversation 

Hold on : Wait, grip tightly

 
Keep on : Continue 

Keep up : Maintain 

Knock out : Defeat, Destroy 

Lay down : Sacrifice 

Lay off  : Dismiss from work 

Lay on : To supply 

Let down  : Disappoint 

Look after : Take care of 

Look for : To seek, Search 

Look into : Examine, Investigate 

Look over : Examine 

Look up  : Search for 

Make out  : Understand 

Make over : To change, transform, to convert 

Pass away : Die 

Pass by  : Pay no attention to 

Pass off  : Take place 

Pull back : Retreat 

Pull down : Demolish 

Pull out : Withdraw 

Pull up  : To bring up to a stop 

Put across  : Communicate 

Put aside : Keep, suggest

 

Put back  : Restore 

Put by : Save 

Put down  : Suppress 

Put forth : Produce, use 

Put forward : Suggest, to propose 

Put in : Do 

Put off  : Postpone 

Put on: Switch on, wear 

Put out  : Extinguish, Annoyed 

Put up: Raise, build, erect 

Put up with : Tolerate 

Put up at : Accommodate

Relay on : Depend on, trust 

Rule out : Eliminate 

Run after  : Chase 

Run down : Criticize, weaken 

Run out : Come to an end, exhausted 

Run through  : To use, examine 

Set aside  : Reserved 

Set back  : Delay or hinder 

Set off  : To start a journey, a race 

Set up   : To establish

 
Stand by  : To side with one, to support 

Stand for : Support 

Stand up for : Maintained 

Take after : Resemble

 

Take care of : Look after

Take in  : To deceive 

Take for : Believed him to be , mistook

Take in : To deceive

Take to: Become addicted

Take on : To employ, to undertake 

Take over : Take charge, assume charge 

Take up : Absorb, accept, occupied by 

Turn against : Become unfriendly 

Turn down : Refuse, Reject 

Turn off : Stop functioning 

Turn on : Start functioning 

Turn out  : Expelled from, assembled, manufactured, proved

Turn over : Hand over 

Turn up : Appear 

Wind up : To come to an end

Wipe off :  Clean

Wipe out  : Destroy, removeq