Phrasal verbs 🥲 Flashcards
meet up
to meet another person in order to do sth together
bail out
to drop out from sth
kick out
to force someone to leave a place or organization
done away with
get rid of
declutter
dispense with
come against with
deal with a problem
butt in
to interrupt a conversation
grow out of sth
become big that sth does not fit you anymore
go down with
become ill
bring sth out
to make sth noticeable
fall off
when the amount of sth becomes smaller
fall through
fail to happen
hold up
to steal violently
blow sb away
to surprise sb
spring up
to start to exist suddenly
stand up to
to defend yourself against a powerful person
get round to doing sth
to do sth that you have intended to do for a long time
crep in
to walk slowly and silently
put on
pretend
set out
to start an activity with a particular aim
“they set out to discover a cure for cancer”
fade away
disappear
catch on
become popular
catch up
to keep up with
“i need to catch up on what they have done while i was on holiday”
get by
to have enough money to live
put by
to save money to buy sth
“i am putting by to buy me a new computer”
get away with
avoid doing sth
brush up
to improve
turn up
show up
to arrive
fall out
to argue
leap in
to do sth without thinking first
set aside
leave until later
pull down
demolish
“pull down a building”
miss out
to fail to use an opportunity or get advantage of sth
“dont miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sales”
frown upon
to disapproved of sth
“smoking is frowned upon in many societies”
get ahead in
to make a progress/ succeed
“it is difficult to a woman to get ahead in politics”
wind down
chill out
relax
hold on
wait
call on
pop into
call upon
visit sb
pick on sb
to bulley
“he gets picked on because he is fat”
came across
stumble upon
stumble across
find by accident
come out
be published
bloom (for flowers)
“my book comes out next week”
come
round
regain consciousness
visit casually
come through
deal with, survive
“i have come through an accident”
come about
happen
live it down
forget sth that you think is wrong
“i will never live it down if i lose this job”
put sth down to sth
to blame sth on sb or sth
“the failure of the festival was putted down to the weather”
whip out
to grab sth quickly
“i whip out my phone and dialogued the emergency service”
hail from
to be from somewhere
“the actor hailed from 🇬🇧”
contend with
to argue
“the teacher really likes to contend with unruly students”
from scratch
from the beginning
“he made a cake from scratch”
account for
be the reason for sth
“perhaps the bad weather accounts for the poor attendance to the party”
burn out
to become tired or sick due to working hard
brake out
- escape
- when sth unpleasant begins to happen
- end a relationship
get on
to grow old
“aunt Mary is getting on, dont you think?”
to read up on/ about sth
to spend time reading in order to find information
“before setting up your own company, you should read up on legal requirements”
to take to sb/sth
to start to like
“i took to this book as son as i started reading it”
come along
to make progress
“how are you coming along with your project”
to have it in for sb
when sb makes your life difficult
keep sth from sb
not to tell sb about sth
look over
revise
loosen yourself up
to relax and calm the nerves
“many people turn to alcohol as it loosens them up”
shower sb with sth
to give sb a lot of praise and presents
finish up
end in a different way from what sth started or was planned
get up to sth
to do sth that causes people to disapprove with you
“she usually gets up to some sort of trouble at school”
write off/ away for sth
to write a letter to an organization asking them to send you something
write back
to reply
write down
write on paper
go down with sb
go over with sb
to be received in a particular way by sb
“his novel went down well with the public”
run away with sth
believe sth that is not true
“dont run out with the idea that i am serious about you”
hand over to sb
to give your power to sb
settle up with sb
to pay someone the money you owe them
keep on at sb
to insist on talking in an annoying way about sth
“my parents keep on at me to smarten myself”
fit in with sth
to adapt to something
“fit in with a plan”
pay off
bring good results
“i hope his hard work pay off in his exams”
expand on/about sth
to give more details about sth, to explain sth
“she mentioned a few ideas bur she didnt expand on them”
wind up
end up
keep sb/sth out
to not go in a place, stop sb or sth from going into a place
put out
stop a fire
bombard sb with sth
to direct so many things at sb
“children bombard parents with questions”
tor into sb
to criticize somebody
“my boss really tor into me about not getting that report on time”
weigh sth up
to think carefully about sth before doing it
“i am weighing up my options before taking a decision”
set in
when sth unpleasant sets in, it begins or seems to continue in a serious way
“the rain looks as if it has set in for the rest of the day”
set about
deal with sth
psych out
to behave in a very confident way in order to make your opponents feel less confident
“we used to psych out our opponents”
drum sth into sb
to teach sth to someone by repeating it many times
“good manners are dram into us at an early age”
push somebody on to sth
to encourage sb to do sth
“we pushed each other on to greater things”
sell
off
to sell something quickly and cheaply
pay up
pay all the money you owe to somebody
pay in
to put money in a bank account
“pay in a cheque”
give out
to come to an end
“our supplies gave out”
brush sb off
to ignore sb or not willing to listen to sb
“she brushed me off with weak excuses”
wear thin
become weaker and not believable
“excuses wear thin”
round off
complete sth by doing sth, how you finish sth
“they rounded off the meeting with coffee”
round up
to give a conclusion
“lets round up”
doze off
to feel asleep
to pick up on something
to give particular attention to something that someone has said
“i would like to pick up on what you said about…”
polish off
to kill somebody
pass of as sb or sth
to make people
believe that someone or something is other than what they are
“they were trying to pass of this shirts as armani”
back down
to admit defeat and say that you were wrong
“eventually, he backed down and apologized”
pass up something
to fail to take advantage of a situation
“i cant believe yo passed up the opportunity to travel abroad”
