Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
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Ask around
A
Ask many people the same question
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Ask someone out
A
Invite on a date
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Add up to something
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Equal
Your purchases add up to $205,32
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Back something up
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Reverse
You’ll have to back up your car so that I can get out
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Back someone up
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Support
My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
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Blow up
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Explode
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Blow something up
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Add some air
We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party
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Break down
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Stop functioning
Our car broke down this morning
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Break down
A
Get upset
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Break something down
A
Divide into smaller parts
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Break in
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Force entry to a buiding
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Break into something
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Enter forcibly
The firemen had to break into the house
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Break something in
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Wear something a few times do that it doesn’t look/ feel new
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Break in
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Interrupt
The TV station broke in to report the news
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Break up
A
End a relationship
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Break up
A
Start laughing (informal)
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Break out
A
Escape
The prisoners broke up of jail
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Break out in something
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Develop a skin condition
I broke out in a rash after our camping trip
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Bring something down
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Make unhappy
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Bring someone up
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Raise a child
My grandparents brought me up after my parents died
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Bring something up
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Start talking about a subject
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Bring something up
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Vomit
He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet
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Call around
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Phone many different places/ people
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Call someone back
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Return a phone call
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Call something off
Cancel
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Call on someone
Ask for an answer or opinion
| The professor called on me for question 1
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Call on someone
Visit someone
| We called on you last night but you weren't home
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Call someone up
Phone
| Give me your phone number and i will call you up when we are in town
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Calm down
Relax after being angry
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Not care for someone/ something
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Not like (formal)
I don't care for his behaviour.
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Catch up
Get to the same point as someone else
| You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty.
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Check in
Arrive and register at a hotel or airport
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Check out
Leave a hotel
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Check something/ someone out
Look at carefully, investigate
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Check out something/ someone
Look at (informal)
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Cheer up
Become happier
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Cheer someone up
Make happier
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Chip in
Help
| If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon
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Clean something up
Tidy, clean
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Come across something
I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet
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Come apart
Separate
| The top and the bottom cone apart if you pull hard enough
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Come down with something
Become sick
| My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend
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Come forward
Volunteer for a task or to give evidence
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Come from somewhere
Originate in
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Count on something/ someone
Rely on
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Cross something out
Draw a line through
| Please cross put your old address
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Cut back on something
Consume less
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Cut something down
Make something fall to the ground
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Cut in
Interrupt
| Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle
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Cut in
Pull in too closely in front of another vehicle
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Cut in
Start operating
| The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22 C
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Cut something off
Remove with something sharp
| The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured
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Cut something off
Stop providing
| The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill
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Cut something off
Take out of a will
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Cut something out
Remove part of something ( usually with scissors and paper)
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Do someone/ something over
Beat up, ransack
| She's lucky to be alive. her shop was done over by a street gang
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Do something over
Do again
| My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic
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Do away with something
Discard
| It's time to do away with all of these old tax records
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Do something up
Fasten, close
| Do your coat up before you go outside it's snowing
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Dress up
Wearing nice clothing
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Drop back
Move back in a position/ group
| Andrea dropped back to third place when she felt off her bike
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Drop in/ by/ over
Come without an appointment
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Drop someone/ something off
Take someone/ something somewhere and leave them/ it there
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Drop out
Quit a class, school, etc
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Eat out
It at a restaurant
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End up
Eventually reach/ do/ decide
| We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre
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Fall apart
Break into pieces
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Fall down
Fall to the ground
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Fall out
Separate from an interior
| The money must have fallen out of my pocket
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Fall out
(Of hair, teeth) become lose and attached
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Figure something out
Understand, find the answer
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Fill something in
To write information in blanks
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Fill something out
To write information in blanks
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Feel something up
Fill to the top
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Find out
Discover
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Find something out
Discover
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Get something across/ over
Communicate, make understandable
| I tried to get my point across/ over to the judge but she wouldn't listen
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Get along/ on
Like each other
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Get away
Go on vacation
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Get around
Have mobility
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Get away with something
Do without being noticed or published
| Jason always gets away with cheating in his maths tests
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Get back
Return
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Get something back
Receive something you had before
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Get back at someone
Retaliate, take revenge
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Get back into something
Become interested in something again
| I finally got back into my novel and finished it
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Get on something
Step onto our vehicle
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Get over something
Recover from an illness, loss, difficulty
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Get over something
Overcome a problem
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Get around to something
Finally find time to do
| I don't know when I'm going to get round to writing the thank you cards
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Get together
Meet
| Let's get together for a barbecue this weekend
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Get up
Get out of bed
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Get up
Stand
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Give someone away
Review hiding information about someone
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Give someone away
Take the pride to the altar
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Give something away
Ruin a secret
| My little sister gave the surprise party away by accident
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Give something away
Give something to someone for free
| The library was giving away old books on Friday
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Give something back
Return I would item
97
Give in
Reluctantly stop fighting arguing
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Give something out
Give to many people (usually at no cost)
| They were giving out free perfume samples at the department store
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Give something up
Quit a habit
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Give up
Stop trying
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Go after someone
Follow someone
| My brother tried to go after the thief in his car
