Most Common Phrasal Verbs list with meaning PDF
- 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
- Make after:
- 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
- Kick out:
- 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.
- Plump for:
- 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.
- Be along:
- 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.
- Mix up:
- Stick with: Follow or adhere to
- Back off:
- 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
- Pile up:
- Quiet down: Become quieter
- Stick with: Persist in using or employing
- Pass away:
- 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.
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