Phrasal verbs Flashcards
ask someone out
to invite on a date
ask around
to ask diferent people the same question
break down
stop working (machine)
break up with someone
to stop having a relationship
break in/into
to enter to a place without permission
bring a child up
to take care of someone until they are adults
bring something up / bring up smt
to start talking abt a new subject
call for smt
demand, request that smt should happen
carry on with smt
to continue doing smt
call smt off
to cancel smt that was planned
catch on
to become popular
catch on
to become popular
catch up on smt
do smt you have no time to do
catch up with
to reach smt is ahead of you
come up with
to think and idea, discorver o produce
cut down on smt
to use/do less of smt
do away with smt
to get rid of smt, to elimminate
find smt out/ find out smt
to get information about smt, to discover
get by
manage to deal with a situation, but only just
get on with smt
to start or continue doing smt (especially work)
get on with someone
to have a good relationship
give someone away / give away someone
show someone’s real feelings or true nature (delatar)
give in (to someones request)
to acept what sb wants, after refusing
give up smt / give smt up
stop doing smt
grow up
to slowly become an adult
hand smt out / hand out smt
to give smt to each one in a group (repartir)
look foward to smt
feel exited abt smt that is going to happen
look into smt
to investigate or examinate smt
look up to someone
to admire or respect somebody
make out smt / make smt out
to understand sb or smt with difficulty
own up to
to accept you have done smt or take responsability for it
pass out
to lose consciousness
pick someone up
to collect someone from a place
put smt off / put off smt
to pospone an event or activity
put smt out / put out smt
to make stop burning, to extinguish
put someone up
to acommodate sb temporarily
run out of smt
not having anymore / to finish all of smt
set off
to start a journey
tell someone off
to scold sb for smt they have done (retar)
throw away smt / throw away smt
to get rid of of smt you dont want anymore
turn someone / smt down
refuse
turn up
to arrive or appear somewhere / to find smt unexpectedlly
wear out
to deteriorate
work smt out / work out smt
to understand by thinking / calculate
work something out
understand by thinking / caculate