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

1. Close up: Heal a cut or other wound
2. Pick at: Eat unwillingly.
3. Sump up: Summarize
4. Be away: Be elsewhere; on holiday, etc.
5. Add up: To make a mathematical total.
6. Lie down: Assume a reclining position
7. Spell out: Explain in clear and simple terms
8. Account for: Be the primary cause of
9. Be after: Try to find or get.
10. Dig into: Reach inside to get something.
11. Count up: Add to get a total
12. Do for: Doom; to bring about the demise of
13. Pull ahead: Overtake, move in front.
14. Pack out: Fill a venue.
15. Finish off: Finish completely
16. Bear upon: Be relevant to
17. Let off: Not punish.
18. Play around: Be silly.
19. Drink to: Raise one’s glass as a toast
20. Do up: Redecorate
21. Bone up on: Study hard for a goal or reason.
22. Do up: Execute a task or performance
23. Auction off: Sell something in an auction.
24. Lie around: Be in an unknown place
25. Shut in: Lock in
26. Do in: Exhaust, to tire out
27. Make of: Understand or have an opinion.
28. Step on it: Act quickly
29. Chew up: Chew so as to make something pulpy
30. Roll over: Cause a rolling motion or turn
31. Keep around: Keep something near you.
32. Shut out: Hide from sight
33. Hand in: Give something to a responsible person
34. Aim at: To target.
35. Attend to: Diligently work on; to pay attention to
36. Pin on: Attach the blame to someone.
37. Pass by: Go past without stopping.
38. Draw up: Come to a halt
39. Play up: Behave badly.
40. Burn down: Burn completely, so that nothing remains
41. Find out: Uncover a weakness (in someone)
42. Clock in: Be measured at
43. Peg out: Put washing outside to dry.
44. Black out: Fall unconscious.
45. Get ahead of: Move in front of.
46. Bear with: Be patient.
47. Rule out: Make something impossible
48. Clear away: Leave, disappear
49. Key to: Plan things to fit or suit people or situations.
50. Knuckle down: Get to work; to focus on a task
51. Believe in: Have confidence in the ability or power of
52. Bear out: Confirm that something is correct.
53. Back into: Enter a parking area in reverse gear.
54. Stick it out: Persist or continue
55. Book in: Check in at a hotel.
56. Shake off: Rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms
57. Jack up: Increase sharply.
58. Shut down: Close, terminate, or end
59. Stay up: Maintain an erection
60. Stick to: Persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.
61. Cross over: Die
62. Head off: Begin moving away
63. Shut down: Turn off or stop
64. Boil up: Cook or prepare by boiling
65. Roll around: Postpone
66. Bear on: Be relevant to
67. Stay up: Remain in a raised or upright position
68. Pack in: Stop doing something.
69. Lie around: Do nothing in particular, to be idle
70. Die out: Become extinct or disappear.
71. Allow for: Take into account when making plans
72. Read off: Dictate from a list
73. Pop off: Talk loudly, complain.
74. Stick with: Follow or adhere to
75. Bail out: a business
76. Boil off: Be removes by boiling
77. Bail out: Rescue, especially financially
78. Believe in: Ascribe existence to
79. Log on: Enter a computer system.
80. Bear down on: Move towards.
81. Count off: Count (a series of numbers) aloud
82. Quiet down: Become quieter
83. Stick with: Persist in using or employing
84. Beat down: Strong sunshine.
85. Patch up: Fix or make things better.
86. Stick up: Be prominent; to point upwards
87. Point out: Tell, remind, indicate
88. Stick up for: Defend or protect
89. Keep at: Continue with something difficult.
90. Cancel out: Neutralize the effect of something
91. Bash about: Mistreat physically.
92. Beat up: Attack violently.
93. Knock off: To stop working or doing something, especially at the end of the day.
94. Hang on: To wait for a short time; to hold onto something.
95. Blow out: To extinguish something (like a flame) by blowing on it; also used to describe a sudden tire burst.
96. Drop off: To deliver someone or something to a particular place, typically by car.
97. Pull through: To recover from an illness or difficult situation.
98. Put out: To extinguish a fire or to publish something.
99. Set up: To arrange or establish something, such as a business or an event.
100. Break in: To use something new until it is comfortable or works properly; also, to enter a building unlawfully.

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