PHRASAL VERBS

PHRASAL VERBS

 

CROSS OUT	Draw a line through something written
LOOK UP	Try to find information in a book, etc.
POINT OUT	Tell somebody important information
READ OUT	Say something out loud which you are reading
RIP UP	Tear into pieces
RUB OUT	Remove with rubber
TURN OVER	Turn something so the other side is towards you
WRITE DOWN	Write information on a piece of paper
CARRY ON	Continue
EAT OUT	Eat at a restaurant
GIVE UP	Stop doing something you do regularly
JOIN IN	Participate, take part
SEND OFF	Make a player leave a game (eg. Football)
TAKE UP	Start (a hobby, sport, etc.)
TURN DOWN	Lower the volume of
TURN UP	Increase the volume of
GET IN(TO)	Enter a car
GET OFF	Leave a bus/train etc.
GET ON(TO)	Enter a bus/train etc.
GET OUT(OF)	Leave a car/building/room etc.
GO AWAY	Leave a place/somebody
GO BACK (TO)	Return (to)
SET OFF	Start a journey
TAKE OFF	Leave the ground
BRING UP	Take care of a child until she or he becomes an adult
FALL OUT (WITH)	Have an argument with somebody and stop being friends
GET ON WITH	Be the boyfriend/girlfriend of
GROW UP	Become older (for children)
LET DOWN	Disappoint
LOOK AFTER	Take care of
SPLIT UP	End a relationship
ADD UP	Find the total of
COME BACK (FROM)	Return (from)
GIVE AWAY	Give something free of charge
HURRY UP	Do something more quickly
PAY BACK	Return money to somebody
SAVE UP (FOR)	Save money (for a specific purpose)
TAKE BACK	Return something to the place it came from
TAKE DOWN	Remove (from a high place)
BREAK DOWN	Stop working (for a machine, etc.)
COME ACROSS	Find something by chance
FIND OUT	Discover information, etc.
MAKE UP	Invent an explanation, excuse, etc.
PULL OFF	Break by pulling
THROW AWAY	Put something in a rubbish bin
TURN OFF	Stop a machine working
TURN ON	Start a machine working
CALL BACK	Ring again on the phone
COME OUT	Be published
CUTT OFF	Disconnect (phone, electricity, etc.)
FILL IN	Add information in the spaces on a form, etc.
HANG UP	Put the receiver down to end a phone call
LOG OFF	Disconnect from the internet/a website
LOG ON(TO)	Connect to the internet/a website
PRINT OUT	Make a paper copy of something on a computer
BREAK IN(TO)	Enter illegally
CATCH UP (WITH)	Reach the same point/level as
GET AWAY WITH	Escape punishment for
GET UP	Leave your bed
MOVE IN	Start living in a new house, etc.
PUT AWAY	Return something to where it belongs
WAKE UP	Stop being asleep
WASH UP	Wash plates, cups, cutlery, etc.