Phrases Flashcards
Break down
to stop working
Bring up
to mention or start discussing a topic.
Carry out
to accomplish or perform a task.
Check in
to register at a hotel or airport
Check out
to leave a hotel or examine something
Come across
to find or meet by chance.
Come up with
to think of or suggest.
Cut back
to reduce or decrease.
Cut off
to stop providing or interrupt
Deal with
to handle or manage a situation.
Drop off
to leave someone or something at a specific location.
End up
to finally be in a particular place or situation
Figure out
to understand or solve something
Fill in
to complete or provide necessary information
Fill out
to complete a form by providing necessary information.
Find out
to discover or determine
Get along
to have a good relationship
Get back
to return from a place.
Get on
to board a vehicle or progress
Get up
to rise from bed after sleeping.
Give up
to stop trying or surrender.
Go on
to continue or happen.
Hold on
to wait a moment.
Keep on
to continue doing something.
Look after
to take care of someone or something.
Look for
to search for something or someone.
Look forward to
to eagerly anticipate something.
Make up
to invent a story or excuse, or to apply cosmetics.
Pass out
to lose consciousness or distribute something
Pick up
to lift or collect someone or something.
Put off
to delay or postpone.
Run out
to exhaust the supply of something.
Set up
to establish or arrange.
Show up
to arrive or appear.
Take off
to leave the ground (plane) or remove something.
Throw away
to discard or dispose of.
Turn off
to stop the operation of a device.
Turn on
to start the operation of a device.
Work out
to exercise or find a solution.
Hold up
to delay or rob.
Blow up
to explode or enlarge.
Run over
to hit with a vehicle or rehearse.
Break up
to end a relationship or to disperse.
Look up
to find information or improve.
Come over
to visit someone at their place.
Break in
to forcibly enter a place or interrupt.
Turn out
to attend or result.
Give back
to return something to its owner.
Move on
to proceed or progress.
Call off
to cancel something.
Bring about
to cause something to happen.
Turn down
to reject or refuse.
Look into
to investigate or research.
Hand over
to give control or responsibility.
Come in
to enter or participate.
Check up on
to investigate or verify.
Take over
to assume control or responsibility.
Get across
to successfully communicate something.
Hang out
to spend time casually.
Head for
to move towards a particular destination.
Lay off
to dismiss an employee for economic reasons.
Pull off
to succeed in doing something difficult.
Set off
to begin a journey or trigger an event.
Wait on
to serve or wait for.
Go over
to review or examine.
Lead to
to result in or cause.
Call on
to request or visit.
Count on
to rely or depend on.
Back up
to support or make a copy.
Speak up
to express one’s opinion openly and confidently.
Think over
to consider carefully.
Go through
to experience or examine carefully.
Put up with
to tolerate or endure.
Cut down on
to reduce in number or size.
Catch up on
to do something you have not had time to do earlier.
Catch up with
to reach the same level as others.
Go along with
to agree or cooperate.
Come up against
to face or encounter, usually a problem or difficulty.
Do away with
to abolish or discard.
Draw up
to prepare or write something.
Get over
to recover from something.
Give in
to surrender or yield.
Hang on
to wait for a short time.
Jump at
to accept an opportunity eagerly.
Keep off
to not go onto something.
Laugh off
to dismiss something by treating it as a joke.
Let down
to disappoint someone.
Look over
to examine or inspect.
Make out
to manage to see or hear something.
Nail down
to finalize or secure.
Open up
to become available or accessible.
Point out
to indicate or show.
Run through
to rehearse or review quickly.
Take back
to return something or admit that something you said was wrong.
Throw up
to vomit or abandon.
Try out
to test or experiment with.
Wind up
to end up; to conclude
Brush up on
to improve, refresh one’s knowledge of something.
Bump into
to meet someone unexpectedly.
Burn out
to become exhausted from overwork.
Buy into
to believe or accept something as true.
Check out
to examine or investigate.
Clear up
to explain or solve a misunderstanding.
Cut out
to eliminate or remove.
Dress up
to wear formal clothes or a costume.
Eat up
to consume all of something.
Fall apart
to break into pieces, or to fail.
Fill up
to become full, or to make something full.
Get away
to escape or take a vacation.
Give away
to donate or reveal a secret.
Hang up
to end a phone call.
Kick off
to start or begin.
Let off
to release or excuse from a duty.
Make for
to move towards.
Pass on
to give something to someone else, or to die.
Pick out
to choose or select.
Put forward
to propose or suggest.
Run into
to meet by chance, or to encounter a problem.
Send off
to say goodbye to someone who is going on a trip.
Take in
to understand or absorb information, or to deceive someone.
