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