Phrasal verbs are like magic keys that can open up a whole new world of English. They mix a normal verb with a small word to make something new and exciting. Think of them as special word pairs that dance together to make your English sound better.
This list of 100 common phrasal verbs will help you understand and use them easily, making your English journey fun and interesting. Let’s start exploring these word pairs and see how they can add sparkle to your sentences!
Phrasal Verbs with Meanings
- Close up: Heal a cut or other wound
- Pick at: Eat unwillingly.
- Sump up: Summarize
- Be away: Be elsewhere; on holiday, etc.
- Add up: To make a mathematical total.
- Lie down: Assume a reclining position
- Spell out: Explain in clear and simple terms
- Account for: Be the primary cause of
- Be after: Try to find or get.
- Dig into: Reach inside to get something.
- Count up: Add to get a total
- Do for: Doom; to bring about the demise of
- Pull ahead: Overtake, move in front.
- Pack out: Fill a venue.
- Finish off: Finish completely
- Bear upon: Be relevant to
- Let off: Not punish.
- Play around: Be silly.
- Drink to: Raise one’s glass as a toast
- Do up: Redecorate
- Bone up on: Study hard for a goal or reason.
- Do up: Execute a task or performance
- Auction off: Sell something in an auction.
- Lie around: Be in an unknown place
- Shut in: Lock in
- Do in: Exhaust, to tire out
- Make of: Understand or have an opinion.
- Step on it: Act quickly
- Chew up: Chew so as to make something pulpy
- Roll over: Cause a rolling motion or turn
- Keep around: Keep something near you.
- Shut out: Hide from sight
- Hand in: Give something to a responsible person
- Aim at: To target.
- Attend to: Diligently work on; to pay attention to
- Pin on: Attach the blame to someone.
- Pass by: Go past without stopping.
- Draw up: Come to a halt
- Play up: Behave badly.
- Burn down: Burn completely, so that nothing remains
- Find out: Uncover a weakness (in someone)
- Clock in: Be measured at
- Peg out: Put washing outside to dry.
- Black out: Fall unconscious.
- Get ahead of: Move in front of.
- Bear with: Be patient.
- Rule out: Make something impossible
- Clear away: Leave, disappear
- Key to: Plan things to fit or suit people or situations.
- Knuckle down: Get to work; to focus on a task
- Believe in: Have confidence in the ability or power of
- Bear out: Confirm that something is correct.
- Back into: Enter a parking area in reverse gear.
- Stick it out: Persist or continue
- Book in: Check in at a hotel.
- Shake off: Rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms
- Jack up: Increase sharply.
- Shut down: Close, terminate, or end
- Stay up: Maintain an erection
- Stick to: Persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.
- Cross over: Die
- Head off: Begin moving away
- Shut down: Turn off or stop
- Boil up: Cook or prepare by boiling
- Roll around: Postpone
- Bear on: Be relevant to
- Stay up: Remain in a raised or upright position
- Pack in: Stop doing something.
- Lie around: Do nothing in particular, to be idle
- Die out: Become extinct or disappear.
- Allow for: Take into account when making plans
- Read off: Dictate from a list
- Pop off: Talk loudly, complain.
- Stick with: Follow or adhere to
- Bail out: a business
- Boil off: Be removes by boiling
- Bail out: Rescue, especially financially
- Believe in: Ascribe existence to
- Log on: Enter a computer system.
- Bear down on: Move towards.
- Count off: Count (a series of numbers) aloud
- Quiet down: Become quieter
- Stick with: Persist in using or employing
- Beat down: Strong sunshine.
- Patch up: Fix or make things better.
- Stick up: Be prominent; to point upwards
- Point out: Tell, remind, indicate
- Stick up for: Defend or protect
- Keep at: Continue with something difficult.
- Cancel out: Neutralize the effect of something
- Bash about: Mistreat physically.
- Beat up: Attack violently.
- Knock off: To stop working or doing something, especially at the end of the day.
- Hang on: To wait for a short time; to hold onto something.
- Blow out: To extinguish something (like a flame) by blowing on it; also used to describe a sudden tire burst.
- Drop off: To deliver someone or something to a particular place, typically by car.
- Pull through: To recover from an illness or difficult situation.
- Put out: To extinguish a fire or to publish something.
- Set up: To arrange or establish something, such as a business or an event.
- Break in: To use something new until it is comfortable or works properly; also, to enter a building unlawfully.
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