phrasal verbs Flashcards
To take care of, to make sure that someone is safe and well
look after
To turn your eyes away from someone or sth that you were looking at
look away
To search for sth or someone
look for
To find out more about sth in order to improve the situation
look into
To be careful, to avoid inmminent danger
look out
To examine sth, usually quickly
look throught
to think sth or someone is inferior
look down on
to connect someone on the telephone
put through
to postpone, to make someone dislike or nor want sth
Put off
to tolerate, to bear patiently
Put up with
to dress yourself in a place of clothing
Put on
to stop a fire burning
put out
to save for the future (especially money)
put aside
to give sb accommodation in your house
put up
to return sth to its proper place
put away
to create sth by joining or gathering parts together
put together
to propose or suggest sth
put foward
to escape from sb or a place
get away (from)
to find the time to do sth
get round to
to avoid soing sth , to leave a vehicle
get out of
to progress, to be succesful
get on
to persuade sth to agree or to do what you want
get round
to suceed in speaking sb on the phone
get through
to do sth bad without being punished for it
get away with
to reach a place, thing etc to mean
get at
to move away to receive again
get back
to recover from an illness
get over
to leave the ground, to remove clothes
take off
to understand or remember sth that you hear or read
take in
to be or look like a part or relation
take after
to begin a hobby pastime
take up
to begin to deal with sth, such as a job or responsability
take on
to make a note of sth
take down
to get sth from the place it is in
take out
to take control of a business company
take over
to feel or begin to feel a liking for sb
take to
to behave badly towards sb bacuse you are angry about sth else
take out on
to be produced or published, to appear
come out
to meer or find sth or someone by chance
come across
to become concious again
come to
to turn out well, to succeed
come off
to be left money by sb who has died
come into
to happen
come about
to begin to have or suffer from an illness
come down with
to attack, to be directed at or toward
come at
to return, to become popular again
come back
to think of an idea answer etc
come up with
to happen, to continue doing sth
go on
to take an exam or enter a competition
go in for
to become rotten, to explode
go off
to manage without sth that you usually have or need
go without
to become ill, especially with an infectious disease
go down with
to leave your house to go to a social event
go out
to match, to look at sth in a careful way
go with
to be enough for everyone
go round
to study or look at ath in a careful way
go through
to increase to be built
go up
to return sth to its owner
give back
to stop an activity or effort, to quit
give up
to send (light, energy) out from a source
give off
to give sth to someone because you do not want or need it
give away
to hand sth to a person in charge
give in
to force a way into a house
break into
to stop working properly
break down
to end a relationship, to finish or end
break up
to escape from a prision, jail etc
break out
to stop speaking suddenly
break off
to reduce the seixe, amount or number of sth
cut down on
to go across sth to make your journey shorter
cut across
to divide sth into smaller pieces
cut up
to join a conversation suddendly, to interrupt
cut in
to remoce by cutting, to separate
cut off
to take care of and teach a child who is growing up
bring up
to make sth happen, to cause
bring about
to bring back from unconsciousness
bring round
to produce sth, to publish sth
bring out
to introduce a new law
bring in
to appear, to arrive, to be found
turn up
to stop water, gas or electricity flowing
turn off
to happen, to prove to be
turn out
to turn a page on to its other side
turn over
to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal
turn down
to start a journey, to explode
set off
to create or establish sth for a particular purpose
set up
to come and remain for some time
set in
to begin to do sth
set about
to delay the progress of someone or sth
set back
to stop doing or having sth, to make sth end
do away with
to repair and decorate a building
do up
to handle without sth
do without
to kill someone, to make someone very tired
do in
to be helped by having sth
do with
to move towards a place, to help or allow sth to happen
make for
to leave, especially in a hurry or secretly
make off
to invent, to become friends again after a quarrel
make up
to replace sth that is gone or lost, to correct a bad situation
make up for
to see, hear or understand sth
make out