Phrasal verb Flashcards
Local businesses are ___ every month because of the pandemic.
closing down
Christmas soon ___, doesn’t it? Time goes by so fast.
come (a)round: happen again (for regular events)
That’s a good point. I’ve never thought of that before. Maybe I’m ___ your way of thinking.
coming (a)round to: be persuaded to change your mind (about)
How did you ___ that limited version of the book?
come by: get sth, esp sth that’s hard to get.
After being out in the storm, Alice ___ a cold.
come down w/: start to suffer from a minor illness
After the police appealed for help from the public, a number of ppl ___ useful information.
came forward w/: offer help/information
At the age of eighteen, Tom suddenly ___ a fortune.
come into: inherit
I’ll be amazed if this stupid plan ___.
come off: succeed
Your piano playing is ___, isn’t it? You’ve practiced so hard recently!
come on: develop/make progress
I can’t wait until the next Harry Potter book ___.
come out: be published
She married for money - love didn’t ___ it.
come into: If a particular emotion or quality comes into a situation, it influences that situation
She hasn’t ___ from the anaesthetic yet.
come round/to: become conscious
Your favorite show ___ in half an hour. Prepare for it.
come on: start to be broadcast
She ___ a bit of money when her grandfather died.
came into: inherit
So much effort and planning, and it’s all ___.
If plans come to nothing, they fail
I want to ___ smoking and eating to become healthier.
cut down on: do less of sth like smoking
reduce the amount of sth such as fat
The snow at the entrance to the village meant that the village was ___ for over a month.
cut off: make a place difficult/impossible to enter/leave/communicate with
it suddenly ___ me that Sass is so wise because of their Second chance power.
dawn on: if sth dawns on you, you realize it for the first time.
__ tonight and we’ll watch a video together at my house.
come round: to visit someone in their home
The comedian waited for the laughter to ___ before continuing.
A storm is expected tonight, but the wind and rain should ____ by morning.
die down: become less noisy/powerful/active
I think they should ___ the fence so ppl can go in and out whenever that want.
do away w/: get rid of
They should have that old school ___. The ceilings are falling down.
do up: repair/paint/improve
If there is one thing I could never ___, it’s my phone.
do without (st you can’t afford):
The architect started to ___ the plans for the new house.
draw up: create plan,…
I hope you don’t mind me ___ing ___ like this, I know you hate being spoiled, only I was just passing and I really want to have a quick cup of coffee w/ you.
drop in/on: visit unexpectedly
Let’s get the taxi driver to ___ us ___ outside the cinema.
drop off
I didn’t sleep well last night so I ___ right in the middle of the class today!
drop off: fall asleep
The angry shouts from the audience ___ the politician ___ and no one could hear a word he was saying.
drown out: prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise
You need to ___ your responsibilities as an adult.
face up to: accept st and try to deal w/ it
Tam told Cam that having a boiling bath would get her paper-white skin and Cam ___ it so she died.
fall for: believe a joke/lie/trick…
She ___ her father and hasn’t spoken to him since then.
fall out w/: have an argument w/ s.o and stop being friends
I know I should go to the gym today, but I don’t really ___ it.
feel up to: feel well enough to do
I was ___ a book when, suddenly, I saw that gory photo.
flick through: turn and look at the pages of a magazine,… quickly
This rainy weather really __ me ___. It reminds me of Ophelia.
get sb down: make sb feel sad/lose hope
The man pointed at his shoulder, but I couldn’t understand what he was ____.
get at: try to express
When did you ___ from holiday? Tell me about it!
get back: return from a place
Though the family work so hard, they only has enough money to ___.
get by: manage to survive financially
I’m not sure what time it is, but it must be ___ing ___ midnight.
get on for: be almost a particular time, number, age…
Jill had lunch and then ___ revising for her exams.
get on w/; continue doing
When will you _____ taking the throne? Now it’s the perfect opportunity!
get round to: start (after planning to do st for a long time)
I can’t believe we’ve ___ 48 packs of milk in a month!
get through: use all of, finish
My brother and I used to ___ lots of things our parents didn’t know about when we were young, such as stealing neighbor’s fruit.
get up to: do; do st you shouldn’t do
I know you haven’t watched the film yet so I won’t ___ the ending ___. I’m not a spoiler.
give away: reveal st you’re trying to hide
I couldn’t finish the crossword so in the end I ____ and had a look at the answers.
give in: stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult
The milk’s gone off so it gives off a disgusting smell.
give off smell/heat/energy…
We ___ every summer because it’s hot and I don’t have to go to school so it’s the perfect time of the year to have fun.
go away: go on holiday
Cedric ___ a great war-time leader in the history.
go down as: be remembered for having done st
She should ___ the design contest. Everyone thinks she’s great at it.
go in for: enter a competition,…
Will used to really like jazz music, but he’s ___ it lately.
go off: stop liking
This is the first book to ___ her personal life as well as her work life.
go into: to discuss, examine, describe, or explain something in a detailed or careful way
Though everybody said they had heard it, May ___ telling the joke.
go on: continue happening/doing st
He started by criticizing me, and then ___ to offer me promotion!
go on: do sth after doing st else
I’d like to begin by ____ what we did in last week’s lessons.
go over: repeat/think about again in order to understand completely.
We were wondering if you’d like to ___ for dinner with us.
go/come round: go/come to sb’s home to visit them
I didn’t like reality TV at first, but it really ___ me after a while.
grow on: you start to like it more
I could never ___ sports. I hate the vibes they give off.
go in for: like
My ambition to be a computer programmer ___ playing computer games.
grow out of: develop from
This necklace was ___ to her by her grandmother so it’s really important to her.
hand down: give st valuable to your children/grandchildren, usually when you die
I took the wallet I had found and ___ at the police station.
hand in: give to a person in authority
2 ppl ___ a security van today and then escaped on motorbikes.
hold up: rob while threatening violence
If you ___ being late for work, you’re going to be in trouble with the manager.
keep on: continue doing
My mom walked so fast that neither I nor my dad could ___ her.
keep up with
Vietnam was ___ yesterday in the game against Thailand.
knock out: defeat and remove from a competition
If you don’t like green onion, then simply ___ it ___.
leave out: not include
I can’t believe that the teacher __ Ben ___ with just a warning. He’s the bully!
let off: give little/no punishment
Be very careful if you’re going to __ those fireworks.
let off: make a bomb,… explode
The students ___ to enter the class when the recess ends.
line up
When I fell off my bike, my head hit the ground and I was completely ___ for 5 min.
knock out: make unconscious
I was ___ in a traffic jam so I was late for work.
hold up: delay
Tracy has ___ her shoes so we’ll have to buy her some new ones.
grow out of: become to big for
It’s my dream job, but I wouldn’t be able to ___ the salary.
live on: use as a source of money
Police are ___ the thief. Just sit there and wait for the result.
look into: investigate
They ___ the house but decided that it was too expensive for us.
look round; examine a place
I’ve always ___ my mom because of her wonderful willpower and intelligence.
The arrogant princes always ____ her people.
look up to
look down on
It seems that the burglars ___ without being seen by dressing as postmen.
make off: escape
Neil tried to ___ that he’d won the lottery, but we all knew it wasn’t true.
make out: pretend that sth is true
Someone was waving at me in the distance but I couldn’t ___ who it was.
make out: see, hear, or understand sb/st with difficulty
Could you please __ the cheque __ to ‘Eurofinance limited’.
make out: write all necessary information on a cheque,…
knock
knock down: destroy
knock off: stop working
knock out: defeat
make
make out sth/sb
make over sth
make off with
take
take away
take over
Anger and grief ___ her so she has been suffering for days.
take over from (emotion…)
Before railways were built, many good were ____ cannals.
carried on
We take ___ more oxygen when we laugh, and our heartbeat slows down.
take in
to plan st in detail
map st out
move about
move around; move in a continuous, aimless manner
