phrasal verbs
Autor: Realm English | Publicado: 2016-03-23T16:02:00-03:00


phrasal verbmeaningexample sentence

ask&nbsp;sby&nbsp;outinvite on a dateBrian&nbsp;asked&nbsp;Judy&nbsp;out&nbsp;to dinner and a movie.
ask aroundask many people the same questionI&nbsp;asked around&nbsp;but nobody has seen my wallet.
add up tosthgequalYour purchases&nbsp;add up to&nbsp;$205.32.
back&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;upreverseYou'll have to&nbsp;back up&nbsp;your car so that I can get out.
back&nbsp;sby&nbsp;upsupportMy wife&nbsp;backed&nbsp;me&nbsp;up&nbsp;over my decision to quit my job.
blow upexplodeThe racing car&nbsp;blew up&nbsp;after it crashed into the fence.
blow&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;upadd airWe have to&nbsp;blow&nbsp;50 balloons&nbsp;up&nbsp;for the party.
break downstop functioning (vehicle, machine)Our car&nbsp;broke down&nbsp;at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.
break downget upsetThe woman&nbsp;broke down&nbsp;when the police told her that her son had died.
break&nbsp;sthgdowndivide into smaller partsOur teacher&nbsp;broke&nbsp;the final projectdown&nbsp;into three separate parts.
break inforce entry to a buildingSomebody&nbsp;broke in&nbsp;last night and stole our stereo.
break intosthgenter forciblyThe firemen had to&nbsp;break into&nbsp;the room to rescue the children.
break&nbsp;sthginwear sthg a few times so that it doesn't look/feel newI need to&nbsp;break&nbsp;these shoes&nbsp;in&nbsp;before we run next week.
break ininterruptThe TV station&nbsp;broke in&nbsp;to report the news of the president's death.
break upend a relationshipMy boyfriend and I&nbsp;broke up&nbsp;before I moved to America.
break upstart laughing (informal)The kids just&nbsp;broke up&nbsp;as soon as the clown started talking.
break outescapeThe prisoners&nbsp;broke out&nbsp;of jail when the guards weren't looking.
break out insthgdevelop a skin conditionI&nbsp;broke out in&nbsp;a rash after our camping trip.
bring&nbsp;sbydownmake unhappyThis sad music is&nbsp;bringing&nbsp;me&nbsp;down.
bring&nbsp;sby&nbsp;upraise a childMy grandparents&nbsp;brought&nbsp;me&nbsp;upafter my parents died.
bring&nbsp;sthgupstart talking about a subjectMy mother walks out of the room when my father&nbsp;brings up&nbsp;sports.
bring&nbsp;sthgupvomitHe drank so much that he&nbsp;broughthis dinner&nbsp;up&nbsp;in the toilet.
call aroundphone many different places/peopleWe&nbsp;called around&nbsp;but we weren't able to find the car part we needed.
call&nbsp;sbybackreturn a phone callI&nbsp;called&nbsp;the company&nbsp;back&nbsp;but the offices were closed for the weekend.
call&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;offcancelJason&nbsp;called&nbsp;the wedding&nbsp;off&nbsp;because he wasn't in love with his fiancé.
call on&nbsp;sbyask for an answer or opinionThe professor&nbsp;called on&nbsp;me for question 1.
call on&nbsp;sbyvisit sbyWe&nbsp;called on&nbsp;you last night but you weren't home.
call&nbsp;sby&nbsp;upphoneGive me your phone number and I willcall&nbsp;you&nbsp;up&nbsp;when we are in town.
calm downrelax after being angryYou are still mad. You need to&nbsp;calm down&nbsp;before you drive the car.
not&nbsp;care forsby/ sthgnot like (formal)I don't&nbsp;care for&nbsp;his behaviour.
catch upget to the same point as sby elseYou'll have to run faster than that if you want to&nbsp;catch up&nbsp;with Marty.
check inarrive and register at a hotel or airportWe will get the hotel keys when wecheck in.
check outleave a hotelYou have to&nbsp;check out&nbsp;of the hotel before 11:00 AM.
check&nbsp;sby/ sthg&nbsp;outlook at carefully, investigateThe company&nbsp;checks out&nbsp;all new employees.
check outsby/ sthglook at (informal)Check out&nbsp;the crazy hair on that guy!
cheer upbecome happierShe&nbsp;cheered up&nbsp;when she heard the good news.
cheer&nbsp;sby&nbsp;upmake happierI brought you some flowers to&nbsp;cheeryou&nbsp;up.
chip inhelpIf everyone&nbsp;chips in&nbsp;we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
clean&nbsp;sthguptidy, cleanPlease&nbsp;clean up&nbsp;your bedroom before you go outside.
come acrosssthgfind unexpectedlyI&nbsp;came across&nbsp;these old photos when I was tidying the closet.
come apartseparateThe top and bottom&nbsp;come apart&nbsp;if you pull hard enough.
come down with&nbsp;sthgbecome sickMy nephew&nbsp;came down with&nbsp;chicken pox this weekend.
come forwardvolunteer for a task or to give evidenceThe woman&nbsp;came forward&nbsp;with her husband's finger prints.
come fromsome placeoriginate inThe art of origami&nbsp;comes from&nbsp;Asia.
count onsby/ sthgrely onI am&nbsp;counting on&nbsp;you to make dinner while I am out.
cross&nbsp;sthgoutdraw a line throughPlease&nbsp;cross out&nbsp;your old address and write your new one.
cut back onsthgconsume lessMy doctor wants me to&nbsp;cut back onsweets and fatty foods.
cut&nbsp;sthgdownmake sthg fall to the groundWe had to&nbsp;cut&nbsp;the old tree in our yarddown&nbsp;after the storm.
cut ininterruptYour father&nbsp;cut in&nbsp;while I was dancing with your uncle.
cut inpull in too closely in front of another vehicleThe bus driver got angry when that car&nbsp;cut in.
cut instart operating (of an engine or electrical device)The air conditioner&nbsp;cuts in&nbsp;when the temperature gets to 22°C.
cut&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;offremove with sthg sharpThe doctors&nbsp;cut off&nbsp;his leg because it was severely injured.
cut&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;offstop providingThe phone company&nbsp;cut off&nbsp;our phone because we didn't pay the bill.
cut&nbsp;sby&nbsp;offtake out of a willMy grandparents&nbsp;cut&nbsp;my father&nbsp;offwhen he remarried.
cut&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;outremove part of sthg (usually with scissors and paper)I&nbsp;cut&nbsp;this ad&nbsp;out&nbsp;of the newspaper.
do&nbsp;sby/ sthgoverbeat up, ransack (BrE, informal)He's lucky to be alive. His shop wasdone over&nbsp;by a street gang.
do&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;overdo again (AmE)My teacher wants me to&nbsp;do&nbsp;my essayover&nbsp;because she doesn't like my topic.
do away with&nbsp;sthgdiscardIt's time to&nbsp;do away with&nbsp;all of these old tax records.
do&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;upfasten, closeDo&nbsp;your coat&nbsp;up&nbsp;before you go outside. It's snowing!
dress upwear nice clothingIt's a fancy restaurant so we have todress up.
drop backmove back in a position/groupAndrea&nbsp;dropped back&nbsp;to third place when she fell off her bike.
drop in/ by/ overcome without an appointmentI might&nbsp;drop in/by/over&nbsp;for tea sometime this week.
drop&nbsp;sby/ sthg&nbsp;offtake sby/ sthg somewhere and leave them/it thereI have to&nbsp;drop&nbsp;my sister&nbsp;off&nbsp;at work before I come over.
drop outquit a class, school etcI&nbsp;dropped out&nbsp;of Science because it was too difficult.
eat outeat at a restaurantI don't feel like cooking tonight. Let'seat out.
end upeventually reach/do/decideWe&nbsp;ended up&nbsp;renting a movie instead of going to the theatre.
fall apartbreak into piecesMy new dress&nbsp;fell apart&nbsp;in the washing machine.
fall downfall to the groundThe picture that you hung up last night&nbsp;fell down&nbsp;this morning.
fall outseparate from an interiorThe money must have&nbsp;fallen out&nbsp;of my pocket.
fall out(of hair, teeth) become loose and unattachedHis hair started to&nbsp;fall out&nbsp;when he was only 35.
figure&nbsp;sthgoutunderstand, find the answerI need to&nbsp;figure out&nbsp;how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room.
fill&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;into write information in blanks, as on a form (BrE)Please&nbsp;fill in&nbsp;the form with your name, address, and phone number.
fill&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;outto write information in blanks, as on a form (AmE)The form must be&nbsp;filled out&nbsp;in capital letters.
fill&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;upfill to the topI always&nbsp;fill&nbsp;the water jug&nbsp;up&nbsp;when it is empty.
find outdiscoverWe don't know where he lives. How can we&nbsp;find out?
find&nbsp;sthg&nbsp;outdiscoverWe tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha&nbsp;found&nbsp;it&nbsp;out.