Phrasal+verbs+(some!)


 * More phrasal verbs and exercises. Why not spend a little time browsing these sites and learning a little more!

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Phrasal verbs are those short verbs followed by one or more prepositions that native English speakers use all the time! There are something like 17,000 of them. Here are just a few of the more common ones.

2) mention or introduce a topic || 2) ask a student a question in class || 2) investigate || 2) receive again || 2) arrive (the plane gets into New York at 3am) || 2) avoid some unpleasant activity || 2) put up clothes on a line or a hook || 2) do past work 3) become friends once again || 2) lose consciousness || 2) take in one's hand || 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the ground (aeroplane) || 2) remove || 2) to refuse (a job) || 2) to go to bed 3) to give yourself to a higher authority such as the police || 2) take things from your pockets || 2) arrive unexpectedly || John, who was going to bring the tent, couldn't come so our camping trip **fell through**. ||
 * ask out || ask someone to go on a date ||
 * bring up || 1) rear children
 * call back || return a telephone call ||
 * call in || ask someone to come to an official place for a special reason ||
 * call off || cancel ||
 * call on || 1) visit
 * call up || call on the telephone ||
 * catch up (with) || reach the same position or level as someone ||
 * check in || register at a hotel ||
 * check into || investigate ||
 * check out || 1) borrow a book from a library
 * cheer up || make (someone) feel happier ||
 * clean up || make clean and orderly ||
 * come across || find by chance ||
 * cross out || draw a line through ||
 * cut out || stop an annoying activity ||
 * do over || repeat ||
 * drop by || visit informally ||
 * drop in (on) || visit informally ||
 * drop off || leave something/someone somewhere ||
 * drop out (of) || stop going to school or class ||
 * figure out || find the answer by logic ||
 * fill out || complet a form ||
 * find out || discover ||
 * get along (with) || to have a good relationship with ||
 * get back (from) || 1) return from somewhere
 * get in/into || 1) enter a car
 * get off || leave any vehicle ||
 * get on || enter any vehicle ||
 * get out of || 1) leave a car
 * get over || recover from an illness ||
 * get through || finish ||
 * get up || arise from bed, a chair etc ||
 * give back || return something to someone ||
 * give up || stop doing something ||
 * go over || review or check ||
 * grow up || become an adult ||
 * hand in || submit an assignment ||
 * hang up || 1) stop a telephone conversation
 * have on || wear ||
 * keep out (of) || not enter ||
 * keep up (with) || stay at the same position or level ||
 * kick out (of) || force (someone) to leave ||
 * look after || take care of ||
 * look into || investigate ||
 * look out (for) || be careful ||
 * look over || review or check ||
 * look up || look for information in a reference book ||
 * make up || 1) invent
 * name after || give a baby the name of someone else ||
 * pass away || die ||
 * pass out || 1) distribute
 * pick out || select ||
 * pick up || 1) go to get someone
 * point out || call someone's attention to ||
 * put away || remove to an appropriate place ||
 * put back || return to original position ||
 * put off || postpone ||
 * put on || dress ||
 * put out || extinguish a cigarette, fire ||
 * put up with || tolerate ||
 * put someone up || give someone a bed for the night ||
 * run into || meet by chance ||
 * run across || find by chance ||
 * run out (of) || finish a supply of something ||
 * show up || appear, come to ||
 * shut off || stop a macine, equipment, light etc ||
 * take after || resemble ||
 * take off || 1) remove clothing
 * take out || 1) take someone on a date
 * take over || take control ||
 * take up || begin a new activity ||
 * tear down || demolish, reduce to nothing ||
 * tear up || tear into pieces ||
 * think over || consider ||
 * throw away || discard; get rid of ||
 * throw up || vomit ||
 * try on || put on cothing to see if it fits or suits ||
 * turn down || 1) decrease volume
 * turn in || 1) to submit classwork
 * turn off || stop a machine, equipment, light etc ||
 * turn out || 1) extinguish a light
 * turn up || 1) increase volume or intensity
 * fall through || fail to happen