Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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Come Across

A

to find something by chance
get an impression of sb
to make yourself understood

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2
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Come down with

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To get or show symptoms of an illness

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3
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Come up to

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To approach
To arrive or get as far as

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4
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Come into

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To inherit
To gain access or entry

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5
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Come out in

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to become covered in spots on the skin.

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Come up against

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To confront, or deal with, something.
Be faced with or opposed by something such as an enemy or problem.
We came up against a lot of opposition from management

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Come through

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To be sent and received, of a message.
Become apparent, of a quality.
To recover.
The message came through this morning

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Come along

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To arrive or to appear
To accompany
Come along, we’ll be late

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9
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Come off

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To give an impression
To leave
To become detached
I came off as rude

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Come to

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To recover after fainting
To arrive at
She came to at the hospital

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Come up with

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Create, invent or think of
I came up with a plan

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Cut off

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To reduce, remove, stop providing, end abruptly, interrupt
The power was cut off

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Cut in

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to interrupt or break into a conversation
I was speaking but Mary cut in and started talking

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14
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Cut down on

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Eat or drink less due to health reasons

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15
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Cut out

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To delete or cut with scissors.
To stop
To separate from a group
I don’t like that part, cut it out

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16
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Cut back

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Reduce the amount or quantity of something, especially expenditure.
Do something less frequently or reduce one’s consumption of something.
We have to cut back on paper money

17
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Do up

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To fasten or tighten
To repair
Why don’t you buy that and do it up?

18
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Do in

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Injure or kill
*They did in the gang boss”

19
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Do without

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To manage without someone or something
You can do without cigarettes for a week

20
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Do away with

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To abolish or put an end to something / To get rid of
* These rules should have been done away with years ago*

21
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(Could) Do with

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To need something that would be beneficial
To be connected with someone or something
After that run I could do with some water

22
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Get across

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To be communicated or understood
I’m trying to get across to the office but I can’t

23
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Get away with

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To do something wrong and not get punished
He got away with punching the wall

24
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Get by

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To succeed, survive, or manage at least at a minimal level
100 dollars will be enough to get by this week

25
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Get down to

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To start doing something with concentration
Lets get down to work

26
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Get on

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To have a good relationship with someone or something
They don’t get on very well

27
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Get out

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To leave, exit, or become free of
Get out of here!

28
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Get over

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To forget and move on
To recover or overcome from
Get over it, it was years ago

29
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Get round to

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To do something that you have intended for a long time
To eventually begin or return to some procrastinated task
Well, we should get round to studying

30
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Get round

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To persuade someone
* She knows how to get round her dad.*

31
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Get through

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To complete or to finish a task
To finish something successfully after initial difficulty

32
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Get through to

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To succeed in communicating with / To manage to speak to someone
Did you manage to get through to your boss?

33
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Get up to

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To be involved in something
Rise from bed after sleeping.
Become strong or agitated
She usually gets up to some sort of trouble at school

34
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Get at

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Reach or gain access to something.
Imply something
the dog could not get at the meat on the high shelf.
what are you getting at when you look at me like that?