Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Come Across
to find something by chance
get an impression of sb
to make yourself understood
Come down with
To get or show symptoms of an illness
Come up to
To approach
To arrive or get as far as
Come into
To inherit
To gain access or entry
Come out in
to become covered in spots on the skin.
Come up against
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
Come through
To be sent and received, of a message.
Become apparent, of a quality.
To recover.
The message came through this morning
Come along
To arrive or to appear
To accompany
Come along, we’ll be late
Come off
To give an impression
To leave
To become detached
I came off as rude
Come to
To recover after fainting
To arrive at
She came to at the hospital
Come up with
Create, invent or think of
I came up with a plan
Cut off
To reduce, remove, stop providing, end abruptly, interrupt
The power was cut off
Cut in
to interrupt or break into a conversation
I was speaking but Mary cut in and started talking
Cut down on
Eat or drink less due to health reasons
Cut out
To delete or cut with scissors.
To stop
To separate from a group
I don’t like that part, cut it out
Cut back
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
Do up
To fasten or tighten
To repair
Why don’t you buy that and do it up?
Do in
Injure or kill
*They did in the gang boss”
Do without
To manage without someone or something
You can do without cigarettes for a week
Do away with
To abolish or put an end to something / To get rid of
* These rules should have been done away with years ago*
(Could) Do with
To need something that would be beneficial
To be connected with someone or something
After that run I could do with some water
Get across
To be communicated or understood
I’m trying to get across to the office but I can’t
Get away with
To do something wrong and not get punished
He got away with punching the wall
Get by
To succeed, survive, or manage at least at a minimal level
100 dollars will be enough to get by this week
